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Millenia Exposed
Millenia Exposed
Rebecca


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stationary (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: Paint Mines Interpretive Park - Calhan, CO
Date: Jul 1, 2006
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 1, 2006

 Paint Mines Interpretive Park is a geological oddity in the middle of Nowhere, Colorado out on the plains. It\'s an ancient clay pit exposed by nature to reveal tri-colored clay strata. The local Native American tribes came here to mine clay for their pottery - hence the name of the park. Thousands of years of erosion have left these mushroom-capped towers throughout the park. I swear this is the real-life Land of Oz - all it\'s missing is a yellow brick road and an Emerald City.

Wide angle/macro lens
the holy filter trifecta: warmer, polarizer, and UV

Rotate & Crop
Brightness -10
Curves (slight S)
Saturation +10
Hue (Master +4/10/0, Blue +5/20/0)
Color Balance (Midtones -8/0/+8 / Highlights 0/0/-5)
Neat Image
Color Balance again (Midtones 0/0/-12)
Resize
Unsharp Mask 50/2/6
Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 284
Avg (all users): 6.1757
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.8228
Avg (non-participants): 6.3706
Views since voting: 834
Views during voting: 283
Votes: 222
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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 07/12/2006 09:08:45 PM
Nice shot. The clouds and the composition is fantastic.
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 07/12/2006 05:04:50 AM
Beautiful shot! Congrats on your second best score!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/10/2006 02:49:25 AM
Very Brave!
 07/07/2006 12:29:13 PM
The opening suggests that maybe the rocks could move but the cap on the foreground rock is holding it down so it seems even more stationary than most rock formations. 10
 07/06/2006 05:36:23 PM
Excellent framing, love the colours and textures.
 07/06/2006 04:37:01 PM
Beautiful colors, textures and framing. Very nice.
 07/06/2006 04:21:00 PM
beautiful picture--nice detail in the rock face and contrast between sky and stone
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/06/2006 03:08:20 PM
Very nice composition.
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 07/05/2006 03:40:08 PM
just a big rock
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 07/04/2006 09:03:39 PM
the clouds do wonders for this image!
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