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Challenge: Burst of Color (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Pardee Reservoir
Date: Jan 8, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 200
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2006

 Thanks everyone for your comments and votes, high or low. Some folks commented about the unusual color in this, so I'll try to explain it.
All I did in PS was to adjust curves and some cloning. I did no color shifting or any thing like that. I think the color comes from the fact that this is fresh/brand new green sprouts of grass. You know how brand new grass is always lighter green. also it was slightly wet. Here in California it is the rainy season and everything is returning to life from the brown dry summer.
But, probably the biggest factor was the late afternoon Sun. It was slightly cloudy this day, but the Sun broke through the clouds and just highlighted that part of the gravel road. You can see just at the top of my image where the grass and the rest of the road are not in the Sun and they are a more normal green.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 244
Avg (all users): 5.7796
Avg (commenters): 6.5294
Avg (participants): 5.6154
Avg (non-participants): 5.9297
Views since voting: 1010
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 245
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/15/2006 05:21:47 PM
I keep coming back to this one, great pic for the challenge. Bumping it up. The focus, color, exposure and composition are all very nice.
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 01/14/2006 04:26:52 PM
This would fit the Roads challenge to a tee.
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 01/14/2006 02:51:14 PM
I really like the contrast here. The color pops out at you... excellent.
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 01/14/2006 12:13:36 PM
Great composition and capture.
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 01/14/2006 10:51:33 AM
Great photo. Yummy and natural.
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 01/14/2006 10:19:29 AM
Why is the grass yellow?
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 01/14/2006 03:54:04 AM
visually stunning
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 01/13/2006 09:54:26 AM
I love the sun and lighting effects you've captured here. The creative perspective and composition works well too
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 01/13/2006 08:31:09 AM
One of the best of the challenge. It would do great for the road challenge, also. Love the green of the sides and the center. Perfect composition, simple, good light,... The only thing could have done a better picture IMO would have been to make disapear the blue "thing" in the upper centre extreme of the photo. Well done. Go to my faves.
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 01/11/2006 05:05:56 PM
This is quite dramatic, with the bright yellow fields between the tracks.....
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 01/11/2006 04:24:39 PM
It seems over saturated and/or hue-shifted... I guess I prefer colors to be bright, but real.
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 01/11/2006 11:04:50 AM
Nice job- making the everyday thing, a thing of art.
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 01/10/2006 02:59:23 AM
Now this is the first image I've come across where colour shift has been used so dramatically. What an interesting pattern it makes
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 01/10/2006 01:16:25 AM
A very interesting image. I love the play of light on the grass. Had this been a leading lines challenge I think you'd ribbon for sure but still a great image and thanks for sharing it.
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 01/09/2006 03:55:48 PM
Green is good. White is overrated.
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 01/09/2006 12:04:15 PM
nice find and shot
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 01/09/2006 11:59:28 AM
Interesting colour, makes me wonder where all the yellow came from.
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 01/09/2006 08:29:12 AM
Very interesting photo
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 01/09/2006 07:59:53 AM
Hmmm. Not sure how to vote fairly. I don't like the technique, but you've got a nice composition and it technically meets the challenge. I don't see "burst", but I'll let that slide. 7
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