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Natural Reflections
Natural Reflections
justin_hewlett


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Challenge: Best of 2005 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A75
Location: Sandy, UT
Date: Aug 4, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2006

 Taken on a hike near my house. In post-processing I did a lot to bring out the color. I used a variety of duplicate layers with different blending modes, most notably "multiply," which added a lot of contrast and color. I used separate levels adjustments for the sky, land, and water. I then burned in the edges and sky to "contain" the landscape, and applied sharpening. I also applied some slight NeatImage to the sky and water to remove some noise.

Hoping to do well...

Statistics
Place: 176 out of 833
Avg (all users): 6.1894
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.0857
Avg (non-participants): 6.7313
Views since voting: 1328
Views during voting: 590
Votes: 417
Comments: 23
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/28/2006 10:34:15 PM
Great job here Justin. The blues are eerily smooth and overly saturated which I like. Great landscape shot!
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 03/06/2006 07:28:24 AM
Really nice... Love the deep saturation. Beautiful.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2006 04:05:08 PM
Blue (my favorite color!) Deep, Rich Blue!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!
Polarizing filter? I see that the sun is at a 90 degree angle to the sky! Great!
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 01/30/2006 04:01:17 PM
Beautiful colors and composition
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 01/27/2006 05:53:03 PM
Really bright colours here, maybe a tad too vibrant? I like the composition though with the leading lines, and the reflection is really nice.
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 01/26/2006 09:42:20 AM
Amazing color and clarity. Good work.
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 01/26/2006 06:48:28 AM
Strong colors make this image stand out, and the reflection is pretty good as well.....
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 01/21/2006 03:45:59 AM
the blues are a little stronger than what I'd expect, but conditions are probably different down south where you are.
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 01/20/2006 11:21:53 AM
beutiful shot, but the blue of the sky and the blue of the water look very different, hmm.....9
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 01/20/2006 08:15:13 AM
The colors seem on the verge of being oversaturated. It gives the picture a dramatic although not very realistic look. Just my opinion of course.
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 01/20/2006 05:43:38 AM
pretty
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 01/20/2006 12:51:53 AM
wow i feel like im right there at the scene...wonderful bright colours... 8
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 01/19/2006 05:37:08 PM
A beautiful capture and flawlessly composed and processed. A very worthy contender for a high placement in this challenge... :)
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 01/19/2006 03:37:55 PM
Beautiful colors. Very crisp. Great reflections.
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 01/18/2006 07:06:45 PM
10 from me...good luck!
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 01/18/2006 05:24:26 PM
I really don't like the processing done here. The colors have been pushed *way* too much, and the gradient is a little too strong.
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 01/18/2006 01:39:13 PM
great scene but it looks a tad oversharpened to me
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 01/18/2006 02:30:01 AM
ouch my eyes! I think I have never seen so mush crisp collores ;) 10 P.s if I may try to improve this pic in my mind is that if one person would throwin stone in to the lake ;) Then it would be goregeus ;)
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 01/17/2006 11:07:43 PM
Very nice - from composition, vibrant colors, and detail - everything fits together here.
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 01/17/2006 03:08:13 PM
Very pretty, great strong colours...would clone out the little white dot in the water...but lovely shot just the same
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 01/16/2006 03:13:23 PM
Can't say anything but this is a beautiful shot. Everything's right.
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 01/16/2006 06:12:54 AM
Lovely colors. I do feel that a bit of processing was done here to sharpen and soften some areas. Focus is spot on in some areas and a bit off in others. None the less, a (9) from me.
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 01/15/2006 07:34:55 PM
This is a very nicely shot image, bgut I find it a bit oversaturated for my taste. Also, some of the rocks are a bit hot.
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