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Harmony of Nature
Harmony of Nature
lizzyc3


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Balance (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-P72
Location: Mountain View, CA
Date: Jul 17, 2004
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2004

There aren't too many sunsets in the Bay Area so I took at least 80 photos and this was the best one out of them. I boosted the shadows up a lot until the colors looked good. Then I burned some of the bottom where it was washed out. I then cloned out some of the trees, which I hope isn't too obvious. This might be a stretch but hopefully it'll do well

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.1910
Avg (commenters): 6.5556
Avg (participants): 5.1609
Avg (non-participants): 5.2198
Views since voting: 944
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 178
Comments: 13
Favorites: 0


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07/29/2004 06:12:59 AM
Hi Liz from the Critique Club

First of all your image is very striking a lovely sunset but maybe a little over saturated or sharpened just a bit too much
The comments given are all in your favour but I think in this challenge the voters tended to vote for the images with Balance as an obvious image look at the top 10
I think what we all have to remember when we vote is that there is usually more than one way to look at the challenge
I myself did wrong with this challenge and placed an image that seemed more harmonious as you have done with the balance of nature and I scored very low.

So even though you only had an average score I dont see this as a reflection on you but more of how the voters vote, as many really nice images are like yours, just that, really nice images but not quite with that 'WOW' factor of how the people see things.
Very frustrating but keep trying and I think like us all we will one day get it right for the D P C voters. (One can only hope!)
There seems to be a very high standard on D P C with some very good cameras and equipment and some very good ideas

Your image also looks nice with the top (The darker band)cropped off

I hope my comments are helpful to you
If you have any questions you can P M me
Good luck in future challenges
Regards
Sally
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2004 10:54:57 PM
What a beautiful sunset!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/25/2004 12:20:24 PM
Terrific colors and contrast. I'd be tempted to crop the tree to be about 1/3 of the photo, but that's a personal thing. It's great the way it is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/25/2004 01:30:22 AM
Nice color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/25/2004 12:35:50 AM
I normally don't score very high on sunset pics cause they're overdone but this one is pretty good!
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/24/2004 10:21:47 PM
I have been looking at this on and off all week. I love the colors, and think this fits the challenge really well. -9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/23/2004 10:16:00 PM
Totally amazing and beautiful photo. Looks like the sky is on fire.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/23/2004 10:00:14 AM
lovely color
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/22/2004 06:53:27 AM
Without the title it dosn't really show balance but nice landscape shot anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/21/2004 02:57:49 AM
Beautiful sky! Maybe if this was shot vertically to evenly balance the dark sillouhette of the land vs. the sky it may have added to the title and theme? Nice photo nonetheless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/20/2004 08:18:49 AM
Hlýtur að vera íslensk mynd nema hún sé Satureituð til andskotans ... :)
07/20/2004 03:40:42 AM
Great sky, good work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2004 05:24:53 PM
Great colors
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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