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Come into my Garden
Come into my Garden
LonnieD


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Challenge: Entrance II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Kuilsriver, Western Cape, South Africa
Date: Mar 27, 2010
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Mar 30, 2010

 Taken at Langverwagt Estate(long awaited), Kuilsriver.

Tweaked in Camera Raw.
Duplicated.
Crop.
Curves.
Hue/Sat.
Brightness/Contrast.
Levels.
Adjustment layer(can't think waht it is called but 50% gray layer and use brush tool to reveal more detail)
Sharpen.
Resize.
Stroke.
Save.

Statistics
Place: 70 out of 114
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Avg (commenters): 5.8571
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Views since voting: 846
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Votes: 181
Comments: 8
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 04/10/2010 10:42:06 PM
LOnnieD - thank you so much for putting down your steps in processing this delightful composition. It makes my job much easier.

Now, the first thing that I noticed in this composition was the gray sky. Probably not what you hoped a viewer would see. But there it was. When this sky is cropped out, you still have a fine composition which shows off the entryway and the garden quite nicely. It also makes a strong feature of that pleasant peaked roof in the background. Then, if, indeed, you bring your crop in on the sides to show just those topiary trees in the foreground, it also accentuates the entrance nicely.

Just thoughts. there are so many ways to look at an image, especially one as nice as this one is.

Nice to see your work again. I'll look forward to seeing more.

Alice

 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/05/2010 10:10:24 PM
What a wonderful entrance. This photo works on many levels. Well done!
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 04/05/2010 10:23:17 AM
Pretty garden. Can't seem to find the focus point. 5
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 04/03/2010 07:54:47 PM
A charming shot.
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 04/01/2010 08:25:21 PM
MAUD? :) 6
 04/01/2010 12:19:50 PM
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 03/31/2010 11:57:06 AM
This has a real neat tilt shift effect going for it. I am presuming it is full scale. Great color and good lighting make this an excellent image and worthy of an honorable mention!
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 03/31/2010 10:21:03 AM
Different perspective would have helped here - the house takes too much away from the path (or entrance in this case). Perhaps a low-level shot from the right or left, getting both bushes into the frame and the focus on the path?
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