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The Mists of Coquille
The Mists of Coquille
mocabela


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Challenge: Travel Guides (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Coquille, Oregon
Date: Sep 2, 2004
Aperture: F/3.2
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/200 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 3, 2004

 I'm a bit fan of morning fog, hence this picture. I was at first going to post it in my portfolio, but then I remembered the Travel Guide challenge, and decided to play with the photo some more. I'm sure people will complain about it being too edited, but I like the softness with the misty background; I think it has a dreamy feeling about it. I'm hoping the score won't suffer too much from the abundance of noise and compression artifacts.

Editing: Resized, USM, curves, hue/saturation, sharpening, Neat Image, adjustment layers, a bit of spot editing to remove artifacts, cloned out a small piece of power line, and added the border. I think that's about it.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 189
Avg (all users): 6.5917
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 6.3130
Avg (non-participants): 6.9029
Views since voting: 1681
Views during voting: 386
Votes: 218
Comments: 23
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 02/15/2005 07:35:35 PM
Gorgeous painterly feel!
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 10/09/2004 12:50:03 PM
Thank you for thinking of this image and posting it in the 'mist'poem thread. It's a lovely capture of mist in the trees – Like a ‘backwash’(as said in the poem)to the rest of those lovely autumn colours and shapes in the foreground of the photo.
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 09/13/2004 07:44:09 PM
I loved this shot. Congrats on 17th. 10 from me, adding to my favorites.
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 09/12/2004 08:39:55 PM
I really like this shot!
I think it should have been in the top 3!
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 09/12/2004 08:29:14 PM
Congratulations on your 17th placing wuth this fiery image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/12/2004 07:41:05 PM
Beautiful! I love the colors, the textures, the framing. (though I bet you get negative comments on the border, the trees used to frame the photo are excellent)
Good luck on the challenge!

P.S. This has to be top 5. Good luck!
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 09/12/2004 04:58:32 PM
My eyes keep going to the salvaged items by the red edifice and to the white roof and poles. the foreground and trees and mist are wonderful and I wish those distractions were not there. I think the salvaged items minor enought that expunging them might not have been a bad idea. the other probably not. Don't get me wrong, it is a very fine effort and lovely scene with the mist making a fine softness to the background. good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2004 05:35:11 PM
Great colors here and good use of the (Oregon?) fog to tell the story.
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 09/11/2004 04:22:58 PM
would have tilted this a couple of degrees counter-clockwise, nice mood in this and framing
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 09/11/2004 12:59:30 PM
You've made the best of what could be a mundane subject and gloomy wetaher.! This is quite atmosphereic although I'm not sure it makes me want to visit - if that's the intention.
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 09/11/2004 06:24:49 AM
very eeries but I love the golden glow of the foreground.
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 09/10/2004 11:16:05 AM
This is wonderful. A monumentally well controlled and processed shot. Love the tones particularly, in the grasses, and the progression of light in the mist. Not quite sure it really fits - it isn't the kind of big bright shot i'd expect to see in a guide. Want to give it a ten, but that consideration is just going to cost you a point.
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 09/08/2004 09:30:20 AM
What a great, serene setting... it almost looks like a painting. Very nice work :)
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 09/07/2004 10:11:47 AM
Very nice landscape. Thirds and framing teories are playing a succesful role. I like the combination in Beautiful colors and misty atmosphere. Congrats
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2004 08:38:33 PM
This photo has lots of interest. Good capture of the mist and dramatic colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2004 08:23:25 PM
This doesn't really look like a tourist destination, but it's still one of my favorite shots in this challenge. The mist looks great and you still managed to get deep, rich colors even in low light. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2004 05:15:41 PM
great mood shot, good work
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 09/06/2004 04:38:20 PM
I love the colors in this one. I always love fog photos. The dark frame works well. I can't imagine more than one Coquille. You are in Oregon?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2004 11:47:34 AM
Good colors. Nice composition.
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 09/06/2004 08:14:24 AM
THIS meets the challenge! A great composition, great light, well exposed... I love this shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2004 12:10:08 AM
Very pretty
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 09/05/2004 10:01:23 PM
Top shot. Love the sot mistyness and the colors. 10
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 09/05/2004 08:36:41 PM
Beautiful shot. Maybe a tad over-saturated
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