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A Portable View
A Portable View
andri


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Challenge: Window Framed (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Haukadalur, Iceland
Date: Apr 20, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Apr 20, 2006

 How this was done:
In the "easiest" way possible I think - Larus, Steinar and I simply put the (rather largish) window into a car and drove off to the countryside for a shoot of the window and through the window.
Here at Geysir in Haukadalur Larus and Steinar held the window suspended in the air using a pair of string which I later cloned out. I borrowed Larus's 5D and used my own 17-40mm lens for the shot as it wasn't wide enough on my own 10D. I also used a polarizer to help fend off reflections from the window and to enhance the sky.

I just wish I had been slightly lower or closer to the window so the tourists heads hadn't been cut off.

Editing steps:
Converted and cropped using Adobe Camera RAW.
In Photoshop I first remeved the strings holding the window with the clone brush. I also had to clone Steinar's shoe and hand out. There was also a distracting reflection from my tripod in the window which I cloned out.
Color/constrast enhancements:
I simply used the automatic exposure, shadow etc. settings in Camera RAW for this shot and imported into Photoshop.
In Photoshop I first converted the image using the [url=//www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/photoshop_corner/essay_21/essay.html]Russel Brown method[/ur]. I then copied the bottom color layer to the top and changed the blend-mode to soft-light (this is a favorite method of mine and probably of many more). I also copied a 2nd layer version of the to the top and changed the blend-mode to color. I then messed a bit with the opacity of those layers.
I also applied two curves, one to increase the contrast by using soft-light blending and one in which I masked out everything but the sky and set blending mode to multiply to darken the sky a bit.
And finally after flattening the image I increased the local contrast by applying unsharp mask with radius 50 and 16 in amount.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 180
Avg (all users): 6.2720
Avg (commenters): 7.3784
Avg (participants): 5.9130
Avg (non-participants): 6.4810
Views since voting: 1826
Views during voting: 433
Votes: 250
Comments: 41
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/01/2006 07:32:14 AM
Another fine entry 'Borked' by the voters.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/30/2006 07:22:40 PM
excellent! 10!
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 04/30/2006 05:57:33 PM
Ah, if only you had gotten the window slightly higher or gone slightly lower and had the heads of the people in the shot. Cool shot though, it´s masterfully held by whoever is holding up the window :)
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 04/30/2006 04:06:59 PM
This is different, Nice job! How does the window stay like that??
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 04/30/2006 03:36:33 PM
This would have been a lovely photo without the window. I can't really see why it's there other than to meet a DPC challenge.
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 04/30/2006 01:55:25 PM
Impact! Great.
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 04/30/2006 01:51:25 PM
um... WOW if this is legal it deserves a tutorial, WOW excellent image
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 04/30/2006 01:36:27 PM
amazing picture! should score very well i like the contrast
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 04/30/2006 12:26:02 PM
Woah! one of the best in show...to bad all those ppl. have to be standing there watch/photographing...this is why all photographers should carry enough beer on them to attract people else where...lol (sorry slap happy mood).

great shadow impressive image nice sky tones also, post prossess blends well.
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 04/30/2006 07:53:17 AM
Very inventive. Love it!
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 04/29/2006 09:50:13 PM
How on Earth did you do this... if you just took the window frame there how did you stop people from staring at you???
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 04/29/2006 07:52:30 PM
This has a surreal sense with the floating window. I like it very much. The shadow it's casting, and the people behind it create white an interesting vignette. Nicely done. 8
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 04/29/2006 07:15:44 PM
I'm not a big fan of this one. It feels like somebody stuck a window in the way of an otherwise beautiful view. It does fit the challenge though.
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 04/29/2006 06:53:57 PM
Very interesting composition. I have no idea how you suspended the window (but I'd love to know). One minor improvement would be to have the lower panes fully enclose the people in the background instead of having their heads cut off by the wooden slat.
 04/29/2006 04:34:23 PM
Great idea.
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 04/29/2006 02:06:29 PM
Good ues of colours
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 04/29/2006 01:38:51 PM
Wow this is defiantly a 10! Amazing job!
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 04/29/2006 10:14:07 AM
great image. must have been a drag to take these windows there eh? good luck and one of the best ones in the challenge ;)
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 04/29/2006 08:41:55 AM
Great contrast and colors, it would be much better if the people's heads wouldn't be "cut off". Great idea...
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 04/29/2006 07:26:40 AM
Great how it looks as if the window is just floating all on its own. Really nice view too. 8
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 04/29/2006 07:26:17 AM
Yep, this is just excellent! I wonder how you did it??? Good luck. 9
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 04/29/2006 06:53:12 AM
I rated this high, intersted to know how you did it!
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 04/29/2006 05:56:43 AM
Very well done.
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 04/29/2006 04:16:34 AM
Where is this nice shot.
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 04/28/2006 10:54:34 PM
This is pretty surreal. Nice setup, or is the window always floating there? :)
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 04/28/2006 02:11:35 PM
Sniðugt þetta hjá Ãslendingum að taka með sér glugga í bíltúr út um allar trissur.
Góð hugmynd og flott mynd.
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 04/28/2006 01:02:02 PM
Top 3
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 04/27/2006 09:18:18 PM
6, frame is a little light and clean when compared to the darker feel to the rest of the picture. I would like to see the heads of the gyeser watchers so maybe a lower camera angle would have been good. JMO
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 04/27/2006 12:42:59 PM
the idea is nice, but I think I would've waited untill the person at the right was inside of the frame or out of your photo ;)
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 04/27/2006 02:39:42 AM
no way! this is awesome...this should win if it's legal !!! great work
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 04/26/2006 09:48:48 AM
I would like to know how you did this... but the photo is absolutely amazing! 10.
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 04/26/2006 08:01:01 AM
The subject seems to be the WINDOW vs. the window FRAMING THE SUBJECT.
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 04/25/2006 11:16:31 PM
Clever. I would like to have seen the heads of the people. It would have added greater tension to the picture - a simultaneous feeling of detachment from people yet a yearning for a connection by the act of looking at them. .
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 04/25/2006 04:02:14 PM
imaginative
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 04/25/2006 11:16:08 AM
Oh this could be perfect if the heads weren't chopped off.
Small detail that annoys.
Great idea & well executed. 8
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 04/24/2006 07:59:20 PM
Very clever.....
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 04/24/2006 05:02:45 PM
Good idea, but the window overpowers the background.
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 04/24/2006 08:28:39 AM
10
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 04/24/2006 07:30:46 AM
Obscuring the people makes me want to open the window to get a better look to see what's going on.
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 04/24/2006 06:06:15 AM
Love the way that the frame 'floats' above the ground. A pity that there are people in it for me.
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 04/24/2006 03:43:03 AM
Nice take on the challenge, not a great fan of the burnt sky but its ok, I do however like the surealism here and the fact that the window is closed, almost making it Private Veiwing, overall an interesting shot. I think though that if I had gone through so much trouble to set up a shot like this I would of taken the extra steps to maybe arrange the people into the frams so it didn't look so untidy. bottom left couple should be sitting or kneeling to get them whole in frame, and the lonesome figure far right is a tad distracting.. hope this helps -7-
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