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Dunes & Light
Dunes & Light
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: D&L (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Monahans Sandhills State Park, Monahans, Texas
Date: Aug 27, 2005
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2005

 Used circular polarizing filter.
Adjusted white balance.
Cropped.
Adjusted brightness & saturation curves.
Several stages of unsharp mask.
Resize.
One more unsharp mask.

Stopped by the sanhills on my way west. Submitting from a roadside rest area with internet access. We'll see how it does...

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 200
Avg (all users): 6.5992
Avg (commenters): 7.2308
Avg (participants): 6.3145
Avg (non-participants): 6.8551
Views since voting: 1139
Views during voting: 389
Votes: 262
Comments: 28
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/04/2005 09:10:52 PM
A winner in my mind. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/04/2005 04:59:51 PM
This is just so lovely in it's starkness...very well done.
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 09/04/2005 04:57:28 PM
simple, minimalistic yet very good image..love the ripples in sand and the grasses.
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 09/04/2005 03:22:08 PM
Nice shot!
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 09/04/2005 03:08:35 PM
Dunes are always attractive. They speak to the deeper soul. 7
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 09/04/2005 01:59:34 PM
Dunes & Lines would have a good title as well. Good capture.
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 09/04/2005 02:34:24 AM
The texture in this one is awesome. Love it.
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 09/02/2005 05:58:35 PM
I like the wind lines. This would've done well in leading lines.
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 09/02/2005 12:03:33 PM
I like this shot, normally I would say the horizon needs to be straight but this works. Actually I think it would be cool if you added a few more degrees of tilt to it.........8
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 09/02/2005 08:54:38 AM
Very cool. I think some brightness adjustment would do this picture more justice however.
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 09/01/2005 09:29:57 AM
Perfect photo, perfect interpretation. Congrats!
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 09/01/2005 04:28:02 AM
could use some more contrast and saturation
heres my 2 second edit, just adjusted the curves a little bit and increased the saturation about 15 points
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keep at it
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 08/31/2005 08:55:37 PM
Very nice! 9
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 08/31/2005 05:34:34 PM
Nice angle on the dunes and capturing the pattern as well. I also like the bit of scrub at the top. Good job.
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 08/31/2005 12:50:49 AM
amazing texture, i really like your lighting control
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 08/30/2005 07:12:11 PM
wonderful shot, neat perspective
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 08/30/2005 04:27:38 PM
Nice shot I think this would have worked nice in the contrast challenge too. Good luck.
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 08/30/2005 01:46:49 PM
Oh Wow... What cool texture and lighting. Awesome shot!
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 08/30/2005 09:58:43 AM
Classic beauty
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 08/30/2005 08:13:09 AM
wow, wonderfull~! i am currently reading a book called "photography" and one of the first demonstrative photos looks remarkably like this! i love it!
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 08/29/2005 08:01:52 PM
Nice design.
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 08/29/2005 06:44:55 PM
Nice DOF
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 08/29/2005 02:55:11 PM
Fantastic lines, really cool capture. Will do well. bumping up.
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 08/29/2005 02:50:40 PM
outstanding capture
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 08/29/2005 01:04:47 PM
I was wondering if I would see sand dunes in this challenge. great job.
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 08/29/2005 09:36:33 AM
I love the textures. I think this is a good shot and appropriately named. I don't know if a better vantage point would have been possible to eliminate the trees on the horizon - I find them a bit distracting.
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 08/29/2005 09:21:32 AM
nice shot!! Great DOF
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 08/29/2005 05:28:15 AM
Like the idea...dune looks good, would have liked a little more light coming up behind the dune.
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