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Challenge: Free Study 2010-12 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix Z70
Location: Cold Creek, Nevada
Date: Dec 25, 2010
Aperture: f/6.7
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/220
Galleries: Landscape, Panoramic
Date Uploaded: Dec 16, 2010

 I live in a very 'bland' place as far as scenery goes. The desert is very barren. On christmas day my son and I took our ATV's up into the mountains where it had recently snowed. The day was dreary and overcast. All of a sudden, I noticed a hole had opened in the clouds and was shining on the desert floor about 30 miles away and 5000 feet lower in elevation. It looked totally cool so I snapped a photo. Actually, I don't even know how to do that HDR stuff. In fact, I think it turns photos into cartoons. My edit was very basic. I did lighten the shadows 'cause it was so dark and burned the desert floor below because it was a little washed out. Other then that, it's pretty much just a photo. But, my score is very low: sadly. I think most people think I have over-processed what is a fairly normal photo - and they are low-balling it. Noise? Not really seeing it. Hmmm...it's ok

Statistics
Place: 203 out of 275
Avg (all users): 5.2938
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2981
Avg (non-participants): 5.2857
Views since voting: 778
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 160
Comments: 4
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 01/08/2011 12:19:59 PM
Our titles were almost the same, you must have been been reading my mind or vice-versa, LOL!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/06/2011 09:48:59 PM
you chose a nice perspective for this shot
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 01/04/2011 08:29:41 PM
I really like this and would like it even better were it not for so much noise. Such a view....
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 01/01/2011 07:12:04 PM
A very good scene to capture. Unfortunately, I think you just missed on having a really beautiful photo. Seems you may have used some HDR technique that is causing some un-naturalness to this scene.
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