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Challenge: Warm Colors III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Miscellaneous
Camera: Sony DSLR-A580
Lens: Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha
Location: Nebraska
Date: Aug 10, 2013
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1600, 1600
Shutter: 1/60
Date Uploaded: Aug 13, 2013

 [Aug. 18th, 2013 11:30:37 AM]

The ugly green (and other color) stuff barely visible on the right behind the truck is smoke or haze or whatever from another balloon nearby, I think. I processed this as a single image HDR and it showed up more in the merged version than the original where it is almost invisible. At -1, it is invisible. Had I not been processing within an hour of roll-over, I probably would have checked back and decided I could safely burn it out. Unfortunately, I didn't have or take the time to do so even though I felt the image would be much better with a clean black background.

[Aug. 20th, 2013 12:39:42 PM]

I looked again at this version and see that the front end of the truck is awful, too. Sorry. I do think I could have burned a bit more and maybe cropped in so it would not have been so noticeable.
Sitting at 5.8x half a day from roll-over - not at all unhappy with that given the flaws.
Quite happy with the finish.
Here are a crop of my entry with more burn than I think would have been allowed and my favorite capture from the evening which required expert editing.


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/20/2013 07:24:51 PM
Now this is unique, fantastic capture
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 08/20/2013 05:08:41 PM
so big it can get two trucks up in the sky! how can one not like this?
bump
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 08/17/2013 05:23:53 PM
there is some ugly green ghosting around the car, kind of spoilst the image, but I like the light from the balloon, good find.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/17/2013 01:58:13 AM
I like the colors in the balloon. What is going on with the green in the right side of the image?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/16/2013 05:18:00 PM
Nice shot and well composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/15/2013 03:51:59 PM
I think this is the exact same balloon I rode!!
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