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Catching The Grand View
Catching The Grand View
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Challenge: Spring (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
Location: Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Date: May 12, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2012

 Grand Canyon shot. 3 exposures HDR's. The only thing is that I had to crop the top part since the merged HDR had blown highlights due to the sun. Do not know how to avoid that when preparing HDR's.

Statistics
Place: 36 out of 133
Avg (all users): 5.9912
Avg (commenters): 7.4000
Avg (participants): 5.9400
Avg (non-participants): 6.0313
Views since voting: 355
Views during voting: 195
Votes: 114
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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 06/07/2012 04:57:30 PM
Very nice light. You might want to try cropping just a bit more off the top, though. If you cropped down to the lowest semi-circle of the yellow band, you would retain the impression of sunshine (especially with all the nice light rays) without having to contend with the blown gray sun blob, or the impression that the image is tilted. One of the true beauties of the Grand Canyon is the variety of colors which shimmer in the light. I don't know if you could bring back some of those colors through your tone-mapping, but if you could, you would have a spectacular effect. With a few more tweaks, this could be off the charts outstanding.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2012 04:32:12 PM
I like this image a lot; the person almost gets lost in the shadows, but a great image all the same. (voted earlier)
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 05/22/2012 12:07:08 PM
Beautiful
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 05/22/2012 05:27:30 AM
Love the perspective and light. I'm not a fan of the way the processing has affected the sun so that its a greyish blob, I think blown highlight is perfectly ok when the sun is in the frame.
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 05/18/2012 04:27:58 PM
Gorgeous photo
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 05/17/2012 07:54:31 PM
Dead Horse Point, I presume? Great lighting.
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 05/16/2012 06:57:17 PM
I really like this photo. I would've scored it higher, but it doesn't really say "spring" to me. 6
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