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Their Grass is Greener
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Challenge: Black and White Landscape (Basic Editing*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Nikon D1X
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-135mm f/3.5-4.5
Location: Sonoma County, California
Date: Apr 20, 2010
Aperture: f 9
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2010

 I've driven by this view five days a week for the last thirty years. The Pacific Ocean is a few miles beyond the horizon. It was one of those rare days when I'm not late for work, the clouds were suitable, and there's a challenge I could stop and shoot for.

Experimented with channel adjustment curves under a desaturation adjustment layer. Then played with Shadow/Highlights command for a while, then USM for contrast enhancement. Resized, sharpened, resized for web, sharpened, fade.


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Place: 288 out of 382
Avg (all users): 5.0884
Avg (commenters): 5.8750
Avg (participants): 5.0500
Avg (non-participants): 5.1702
Views since voting: 738
Views during voting: 235
Votes: 147
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2010 07:41:17 PM
A pleasing scene, perhaps a little grayish looking on some of mountains in the distance. I suspect you had a choice between strong contrast and bringing out some detail. If they had stronger contrast I would probably have said something about lack of detail. There's just no pleasing some people, is there?
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 04/30/2010 02:33:26 AM
This seems a bit soft too me.
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 04/29/2010 08:31:38 AM
The clouds really work in this picture.
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 04/27/2010 11:05:38 PM
Interesting how the tree line mimics the mountains to some extent. Seems like a lot of gray tones, with very few dark areas. Makes the photo seem a bit flat.
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 04/27/2010 07:27:35 PM
difficult to tell with b&w whose grass is greener. foreground and sky good. middle ground weak. immediate focus on sky rather than landscape
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 04/26/2010 07:15:24 PM
This is a very nice image with great composition. I'll bet this would be really cool with a little more contrast. JMO
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 04/26/2010 05:10:27 PM
The processing seems to have made the hlls seem very flat
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 04/26/2010 11:17:06 AM
great cloud formation in this shot. Love the heaviness of them over the land which seems to have a bit of sun poking through.
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 04/26/2010 03:17:18 AM
This needed a little color too! I think a "Cheddar Cow" would have looked great out in this pasture! I sure love this part of the world! The purity of the exposure also appeals to me more than many of the 'Burned black'photos in this challenge! 8
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