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Bringer of the Storm
Bringer of the Storm
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Challenge: Grunge II (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-1100D
Lens: Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Canon
Date: Apr 12, 2012
Aperture: 13.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2012

 Took a photo of the sky with the light coming through the clouds & also took some bord in flight photos, one of which was a nice silhouette which i decided would look good against the sky i mentioned.

Editing (paintshop pro X4): First I used topaz denoise 4 on the sky to smooth it out a bit more before using local tone mapping on it to make it look more stormy. I then created a new layer and set the properties opacity in the 30-40s range and blending mode to DARKEN. I loaded my bird photo, adjusted brightness and contrast using levels so the bird was black and the sky was very bright.. i then cropped and pasted the crop into the layer i created, as it was set to darken, only the bird shows. I then created another layer and pasted in the texture i found through a stock account on devinat art. a texture i had used a few times before. I set this layers properties to BURN blending and lowered oppacity, I also desaturated the textures colour completely as it was a bright burnt orange and i needed it with no colour, just wanted the texture lines and cracks.. merged all down, resized, sharpened a little and saved.

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Place: 27 out of 120
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2012 04:47:23 PM
Wonderful image and processing.
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 04/19/2012 11:03:46 AM
Like this quite a bit.
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 04/17/2012 10:27:41 AM
Dark & moody- very nice. Just my personal preference, but I think the bird is too sharp, it looks like it's on the photo, not in it.
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 04/15/2012 04:21:38 AM
Nice picture and processing!
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 04/14/2012 08:28:27 PM
well played
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/14/2012 05:52:53 PM
Title fits. Awesome clouds.
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 04/14/2012 11:38:12 AM
Brilliant.
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 04/13/2012 05:20:16 AM
LURVE!!!!! Simple and effective at telling a story.
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 04/12/2012 11:34:39 PM
Nickyb...? Marvelously textured and profound image
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