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Challenge: Free Study 2012-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Year 4
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Date: May 31, 2012
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60, 1/250, 1/15
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2012

 _MG_0564_5_6

Thanks for the votes. This is now my new personal best by about .2 and will likely be at the top for a long time!

I was visiting my mom in Alamosa, CO after having been in Albuquerque for the eclipse a week earlier. She asked what I wanted to do for the day we were there and I said I wanted to get up at 4:30 in the morning and drive over to the dunes (a 45 minute drive) to take photos of the sun rising. I know she thought I was crazy, but she went along with it. She saw this shot on facebook recently and said that it was worth getting up so early.

I get it that this is a bit overprocessed for some tastes. I edited about 10 different ways and finally settled on this one. I'm going to work up a more natural looking version without as much saturation and see what that looks like.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 273
Avg (all users): 6.8770
Avg (commenters): 7.8182
Avg (participants): 6.8182
Avg (non-participants): 7.0294
Views since voting: 1642
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 122
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 06/10/2012 05:46:47 AM
Congrats to you.a cracker of a shot.
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 06/08/2012 02:34:47 PM
Thanks for the votes and comments!

Message edited by author 2012-06-08 18:36:24.
 06/08/2012 11:26:03 AM
A beautiful picture of the dunes! I live in the San Luis Valley and love to photograph them.
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 06/07/2012 11:54:16 PM
How was your trip? It's a wonderful place, isn't it? I got one of my higher placings from my trip there last year. Did you venture far into the dunes? That's where you really get into the moonscape, the unknown.
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 06/07/2012 11:38:22 PM
Congrats on top 10. Really beautiful shot. I love the definition that the shadows give to the dunes.
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 06/07/2012 08:19:17 PM
Dunes are so sexy!. Congrats on the tt.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2012 07:33:38 PM
Amazing light!
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 06/07/2012 07:07:47 PM
Beautiful!
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 06/07/2012 06:18:11 PM
WOW.
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 06/07/2012 05:17:44 PM
Wow, spectacular color; like the light and shadow play. (voted earlier)
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 06/07/2012 03:37:53 PM
such a stunning capture(s) but aspect ratio and way too hot overprocessing hurts this. 7. gl
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 06/04/2012 05:52:22 PM
Wow, well done.
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 06/03/2012 06:39:31 AM
How about that for a nice bit of light,smashin'
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 06/02/2012 05:28:26 PM
wonder ful cop, great ones, great vision.
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 06/02/2012 05:06:36 PM
Taken at a great time of day, has nice shadows on the dunes, sky is a little boring but you get what you get with skies. Overall a decent shot but to me the image looks way over processed, the early morning light glow is yellowish and not all the attractive especially in contrast to the back ground. 5
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 06/02/2012 01:46:34 PM
This is amazing. Your use of light and control over the contrast is great. Deserving of my highest marks so far... 9!
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 06/01/2012 04:28:56 AM
The lighting is great.
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