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Driftwood
Driftwood
cheekymunky


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Challenge: Ansel Adams (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: swansea bay
Date: Mar 3, 2005
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 3, 2005

 Alas being car-less really didnt help for this challenge :( Still I'll make do! I used a Grad-filter (tabacco i think) to darken down the sky, but still expose the sand correctly, but then used a fill-flash to pick up the detail on the wood. Once in photoshop made it high constrast B&W and cloned out the shadows from the flash, did a bit of dodging on the sky, but its more or less as it was. Also dodged some of the wood that wasnt lit by my measly flash. The inspiration for this photo was Ansel Adams's "White Branches, Mono Lake, CA, 1950". Really enjoyed this challenge, i hope there are a few more "emulating the greats" coming up

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2005 05:56:23 AM
great sky. wish the lighting on the foreground was more natural
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 03/12/2005 07:10:29 AM
did you use the flash on this one?
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 03/12/2005 01:53:53 AM
I like the composition and the dramatic sky, but I feel that the driftwood itself is a little too bright in comparison with the rest of the image.
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 03/11/2005 08:25:52 PM
very good range of tonality. I like the subject if the forground...8
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 03/10/2005 11:39:16 AM
Lovely in many ways, but there's a STRONG sense of foregroudn flash here that's flattening the image badly. The background is murky, not as luminous as it could be,a nd this doesn't help.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2005 11:41:19 AM
Nice
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 03/08/2005 06:47:42 AM
Very good. Good composition and editing.
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 03/08/2005 02:50:02 AM
fill flash ?
foreground looks odd -- nice sky though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2005 01:59:59 AM
Nice job. Wood looks a bit too light, through.
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 03/07/2005 06:55:50 AM
Interesting! (in a good way) Maybe too much burning in the sky!
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 03/07/2005 03:34:28 AM
The limbs on the left pull me out of the photograph
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 03/06/2005 07:22:44 PM
umm....i do'nt know, i can't put my finger on it..
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