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Adversity is like a strong wind
Adversity is like a strong wind
Silent-Shooter


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Challenge: Six Word Memoirs (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Zebula, Bela-Bela South Africa
Date: Jul 4, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 sec
Galleries: Black and White, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jul 5, 2011

 Shot on tripod in a strong wind. Used CPL filter and 9 stop filter to give grass very soft look.

Shot in RAW and then simple adjustment layer for Hue and Saturation and another B&W adjustment layer. Adamus sharpening to resize and SFW.

Statistics
Place: 33 out of 150
Avg (all users): 6.0955
Avg (commenters): 9.3333
Avg (participants): 6.1017
Avg (non-participants): 6.0918
Views since voting: 642
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 157
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 07/14/2011 03:34:34 AM
Hey Steve. Good simple shot and taking the time to set this up and using what you have here you have done a great job on it.
Comp perfect for the simplicity and minimalism to work. The only thing that could maybe improve it for me is the blacks to the top being to dark. You have some banding going from shades of grey into the black which can be corrected easily. The black however is too void. I know it was new moon at the time of this shoot but just the simplest inclination of a moon there somewhere at a good spot in the black would boost this image for me. I would not crop of the blacks for then the image becomes meaningless, but having something else there as well would push it up a notch for me. Good finish and doing so with a shot like this says something. I think other comments below echo that as well

Message edited by author 2011-07-14 03:35:57.
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 07/13/2011 02:13:51 AM
like the way the void merges with the bottom third. stunning.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/12/2011 11:55:24 PM
Beautiful minimalism.
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 07/12/2011 05:04:51 PM
If your good you can photograph anything well, obviously you fit in this category. hope this one is on the front page.
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 07/10/2011 09:46:14 AM
Lovely composition.
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 07/09/2011 06:29:16 PM
I like how this is strikingly sharp yet unrevealing. The toning and negative space extend the drama. (not voting).
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 07/08/2011 09:27:50 AM
Beautiful! Love the minimalism
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 07/07/2011 06:33:29 AM
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 07/06/2011 01:05:20 PM
Wonderful image, but I'm not crazy about what you did with the pp'ing of where the sky meets the grass.
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