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The Cave of the giants
Alex_Petrini


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Challenge: The Amazing Minimal Editing Ruleset (Minimal Editing I)
Collection: Landscapes
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Date: Aug 24, 2013
Date Uploaded: Aug 27, 2013

[Sep. 5th, 2013 11:03:53 AM]

This is taken in Tricase, Puglia, Italy. Salento, the southernmost area of Eastern Italy is full of wonders. Many rock cliffs and caves, such a paradise for the photographers. Such a shame that I live at 6 hours driving from there :/

Not an easy shot to take.

First of all my B+W ND110 filter fell on the ground and I was very lucky that it didn't break. The exposure was extremely hard for an on camera shot. The sky could be blown very easily and the dark rocks could be underexposed.

I worked hard with the camera settings (d-lighting, contrast, saturation noise reduction and sharpness) and I used a nice trick for the sky: with my left hand, starting from a quite long exposure, I covered for a few seconds the upper part of the lens, so the sky came out pretty well exposed and not blown.

I'm pretty sure that some voters could cast low votes for the vignette, but that's what I get using that filter, so I'll live with it. The more I look at this image, the more I'm satisfied with it. Landscape photographers know what I mean! :)

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 77
Avg (all users): 6.2360
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 6.2381
Avg (non-participants): 6.2340
Views since voting: 426
Views during voting: 196
Votes: 89
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/08/2013 01:31:47 PM
It was one of my favourites, Alex! Molto bella.
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 09/07/2013 03:49:51 AM
Originally posted by Alexkc:
Originally posted by Neat:
Oh you drove 6 hrs to get there, did you go there just for this challenge?


No, I was there for work and for a few days of vacation with my family. My last 4-5 entries have been taken there :)


oh ok wonderful!!
 09/06/2013 05:04:14 AM
another shot i thought would finish higher. definitely not an easy shot to take.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2013 12:24:18 AM
Originally posted by Neat:
Oh you drove 6 hrs to get there, did you go there just for this challenge?


No, I was there for work and for a few days of vacation with my family. My last 4-5 entries have been taken there :)
 09/05/2013 08:05:19 PM
I really don't understand why this wasn't higher than mine!

Oh you drove 6 hrs to get there, did you go there just for this challenge?

Message edited by author 2013-09-06 00:36:17.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2013 02:15:46 PM
Wow.

This is an amazing spot, a touch of editing and this is a mind-blowingly great image.

Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2013 04:53:56 AM
a fantastic scene. the colors are subtle but work well- the sea green of the water over the burnt umber rocks, the shades of violet and cerulean in the sky, a great job with minimal.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/04/2013 04:07:00 AM
Stunning
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 09/01/2013 08:29:04 PM
Nice scene. Kinda wish we had less of the wider view and could get into the details a little more. Quality of the photo is good overall with nice sharp focus and I like the in-camera vignette.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/31/2013 05:08:37 AM
I expect to see this awesome scene with a ribbon on it at the end.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/30/2013 12:01:33 PM
Perfectly exposed. Not an easy thing to do with a dark landscape against sky.
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