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The Leaves Are Falling All Around
2nd PlaceThe Leaves Are Falling All Around
jtlee321


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape in Portrait Orientation (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
Location: Cedar Creek
Date: Oct 29, 2006
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 Sec.
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2006

 The title I chose for this image correlates to lyrics to a song that was stuck in my head while I was shooting this. I am a big Led Zeppelin Fan. Anyway this is about 5 minutes from my house on Cedar Creek which is in the Lewis River watershed. It was about 10:00 in the morning and the clouds had just started to lift. The Sun started to beam right down onto the creek bed. I was finally in the right place at the right time. I hope you all enjoy this image as much as I do.

I want to thank everyone for the ribbon. I cannot believe I got one on my first challenge submission. There were so many strong contenders. I would have been very happy to make top ten. So again thank you all for the support. I am now officially addicted to this site.

Now for a little technical info: Post on this was not much. I applied a contrast mask to help bring out the shadows, then I applied a levels adjustment layer to set the white and black points, then a hue and saturation adjustment layer to add a little more punch to the leaves, and then finally I added a curves adjustment layer to remove a slight color cast.

Here is the unedited image. This is the RAW file saved as a jpg and cropped to 640 pxls tall.


Statistics
Place: 2 out of 308
Avg (all users): 7.5339
Avg (commenters): 8.8571
Avg (participants): 7.1279
Avg (non-participants): 7.7667
Views since voting: 16330
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 236
Comments: 55
Favorites: 55 (view)

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 03/30/2007 01:00:54 PM
Great work
 11/12/2006 02:46:29 AM
A magical photograph well deserving of a ribbon! Quite breathtaking...Congratulations.
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 11/11/2006 04:58:04 PM
Gorgeous! Congrats on the ribbon.
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 11/09/2006 01:07:32 PM
Congrats,great job, thanks for posting the unedited image as well very helpful!
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 11/09/2006 09:15:41 AM
Rich and vibrant colors in this beautiful scene, congrats on winning the red ribbon!
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 11/08/2006 09:54:41 PM
great shot and contrast of colors.
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 11/08/2006 06:43:55 PM
Really beautiful shot. Congratulations on your 2nd place. :-)
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 11/08/2006 06:06:46 PM
Ramble on indeed = )
Great shot, wouldn't change a thing
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 11/08/2006 11:45:54 AM
Congratulations on your Ribbon with this beautiful Autumn scene!
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 11/08/2006 10:44:05 AM
Amazing shot. Love the vibrance here. Also, thanks a bunch for posting the unedited version. I found it helpful!
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 11/08/2006 10:18:55 AM
Really great colors, looks like it belongs in a fairy tale. Nice job & congrats on your first ribbon!!
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 11/08/2006 09:24:03 AM
Great shot, congrats on your first ribbon!
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 11/08/2006 08:10:21 AM
Congrats on your ribbon! Very nicely done.
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 11/08/2006 06:16:07 AM
Congratulations on your first ribbon Justin! Well done!
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 11/08/2006 04:54:57 AM
Great finish on your first challenge.
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 11/08/2006 04:40:20 AM
Congratulations!
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 11/08/2006 04:09:55 AM
Very lovely! Congratulations, Justin!
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 11/08/2006 02:51:05 AM
Congratulations on your first ribbon! I suspect that this won't be the last one, too. Wonderfully composed, and dead-perfect shutter speed.
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 11/08/2006 01:34:21 AM
Absolutely gorgeous and my favourite out of the top 10 images in this challenge (including mine!) :) very well done
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 11/08/2006 01:12:42 AM
WOWsers ! great great great ... congratulations on this fantastic photo !!!
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 11/08/2006 12:19:08 AM
You joined Aug. 22 2004 and this is your first submission! Was this photo 2 years in the making ;-)
 11/07/2006 11:07:54 PM
Congratulations with this beautiful image, the colors are just amazing!
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 11/07/2006 08:50:36 PM
Thank you wavlength. I have been shooting for about 4 years now. It has become a deep passion of mine. I would like to maybe start making money at this. LOL.. We'll see..
 11/07/2006 08:48:35 PM
not too shabby for a first entry, but I gather from your profile that you've been at this a while ;) Congrats!
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 11/07/2006 08:40:42 PM
Congratulations!!!! Well earned ribbon!
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 11/07/2006 08:28:24 PM
What beauty does fall bring and what a lovely capture to entice the senses. Big Congratulations on your RED!
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 11/07/2006 08:09:15 PM
Congrats on the ribbon. Excellent work!
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 11/07/2006 08:08:44 PM
brilliant! congrats!
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 11/07/2006 08:05:06 PM
Congratulations, I knew (well at least hoped) this would ribbon!
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 11/07/2006 07:25:26 PM
Well done on the ribbon! Absolutely beautiful
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2006 05:15:20 PM
I love the colors and softness of the water. Great photo! 10!
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 11/03/2006 08:04:31 PM
Sweet!
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 11/03/2006 04:34:27 PM
love the longer exposure on this...a lovely image 8
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 11/03/2006 01:29:54 PM
The lighting, the colors, the composition, and the exposure of the water make this stunning photo a 10 for me!
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 11/03/2006 11:50:15 AM
nice
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 11/03/2006 08:29:09 AM
I love everything about this image.
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 11/03/2006 08:18:44 AM
Calendar photo!! 10 and a favorite!!
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 11/02/2006 01:40:34 PM
Great motion blur on the water. Good color and sharpness. Maybe just a little over-exposed near the top, but not much. -9-
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 11/02/2006 10:34:25 AM
this is really nice! 9
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 11/02/2006 09:15:18 AM
over-processed IMO (a little too much contrast). Shutter speed was dead-on.
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 11/02/2006 08:18:29 AM
Ribbon contender... nice shutter use, composition is unique, must've gotten wet getting that perspective. Good luck -10
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 11/02/2006 04:17:36 AM
wow! nice one.For me the Upper right is little over exposed.
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 11/01/2006 05:22:08 PM
Just wow, very nice!
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 11/01/2006 03:21:34 PM
I love the long shutter speed
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 11/01/2006 02:15:07 PM
Very nice.
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 11/01/2006 12:14:43 PM
Great capture, great PP
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 11/01/2006 11:28:46 AM
Beautiful!
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 11/01/2006 10:59:17 AM
This is stunning! The leaves in the foreground give this an almost magical quality, especially when combined with the blurred water. A 10 and a fav!
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 11/01/2006 07:38:16 AM
Great autumn image!
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 11/01/2006 06:16:36 AM
Gorgeous! I love this image. Would look great as a print!
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 11/01/2006 05:22:46 AM
I like this shot a lot. Wonderful color contrasts on the yellows and greens, nice lighting in the background. I think I would have preferred a faster shutter as I'm not a huge fan of the long shutters on water giving the foamy look. 9.
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 11/01/2006 03:27:07 AM
good one!
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 11/01/2006 01:12:01 AM
Yes you already know this is a great photo, one of the ribbon contenders.
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 10/31/2006 11:30:07 PM
Nicely placed leaves...what glue did you use? Very competent shot
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 10/31/2006 08:18:26 PM
Excellent, and very Muench like! Fantastic find and well captured. 10 from me!
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