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Arizona Fence
Arizona Fence
jbeazell


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black & White II (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S602Z
Location: Off Highway 89 in Arizona
Date: Nov 14, 2004
Aperture: 5.00
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/110
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 15, 2004

 This was taken somewhere along Arizona Highway 89.

PP :
1) bump up a little bit of the saturation in the photo
2) create new layer, channel mixer.
3) set the monochrome option, then tweak the red / green / blue to taste. bump the contrast up a little bit.
4) USM : 225% / .5 pixels / 0 levels
5) save, then a heavy run through helicon noise filter, at 220%.
6) back to PS-CS, crop / resize / save for web at 81%.

Statistics
Place: 255 out of 636
Avg (all users): 5.2778
Avg (commenters): 5.5909
Avg (participants): 5.1058
Avg (non-participants): 5.6429
Views since voting: 860
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 306
Comments: 23
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/23/2004 05:44:46 PM
Nice shot and very nice DOF here. This photo reminds me of a True Australian Story called 'The Rabbit Proof Fance'.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/23/2004 06:29:07 AM
ok
 11/22/2004 07:36:52 PM
Try this again with a higher contrast
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/22/2004 05:30:48 PM
I like the sky ... but the plants in the background just sort of "blend into the sky" with little separation. I doubt the colors were similar ... so my guess is that performing your color-to-b&w conversion with Channel Mixer or something similar could have resulted in a much more compelling b&w. If you'd like me to explain more after the challenge is over, send me a PM.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/22/2004 04:51:53 AM
So little contrast goes well with lazy feeling. Quite used subject, but sky and unusual location makes it an image anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/21/2004 11:44:37 AM
Great!! Totally Awesome, an 8!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/20/2004 08:15:55 PM
The fence leads the eye nicely through the image but there seems to be a lack of contrast in the image. The full tonal range doesnt look present and so the image seems very light and so a little indistinguished. Adding more contrast would define certain areas of the image and give it a little more tonal depth.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/20/2004 03:25:17 PM
Nice subject in an interesting setting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/20/2004 09:18:15 AM
Fences can be alluring, can't they?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2004 10:40:16 PM
With the level of contrast the fence gets lost in the scrub, bring the fence out. Perhaps this shot would work in color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2004 06:05:43 PM
I like the feeling of desolation here. The sky is different enought to make it good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/19/2004 06:24:25 AM
Nice picture. I think it would look better if it had a more contrast.
June
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 11/19/2004 03:33:09 AM
maybe a bit darker, seem to be a little overblown.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/18/2004 01:01:40 PM
You're losing too much fence in the brush. Perhaps color would've popped this photo? A good concept, but it's getting lost.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/18/2004 11:43:13 AM
I like the composition. It just appears a little too gray rather than b&w.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2004 06:42:41 PM
nice shot i lov the comp. and the sky in this shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2004 02:17:58 PM
The sky is really interesting. I like the different perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2004 01:42:41 PM
It looks like you were going for a IR type look. I would like to see more black in the image. Nice z axis usage of the fence. 7



Image viewed on professional calibrated/color graded monitor set to Web Gamma range.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2004 06:44:30 AM
Photo is a bit busy, could use more contrast - tones are somewhat flat.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/17/2004 04:16:33 AM
It seems like this image needs some punch, possibly increasing the contrast would help?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2004 08:07:44 PM
I don't know if you have the abllity to use curves, but the foreground looks a little bright and sky looks a little dark. Nice use of leading lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2004 07:31:58 PM
this is a really great image, i think just a little more contrast would have really brought out some more tones
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2004 07:16:17 PM
I believe this photo lacks enough contrast to make it particularly appealing...
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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