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Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods
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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Date: Oct 8, 2006
Aperture: 10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2006

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs. It is almost always sunny here, so most photos in GOG have harsh shadows. We had a completly overcast day today (only happens once in a great while) and I was able to get this shot without the shadows... Yeah!
I'm hoping for a 6.5 out of this shot!

Statistics
Place: 308 out of 625
Avg (all users): 5.5191
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.4828
Avg (non-participants): 5.6579
Views since voting: 731
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 183
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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11/13/2006 11:57:47 PM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Excellent focus, bringing out tremendous texture in the scree and rocks. I respectfully disagree with the comments on too much noise. I don't see the noise, rather great texture captured in terrific detail.

Lighting: The lighting is a little harsh, but, oddly enough, I'd like to see this one with even deeper shadows and a hair more contrast in the rocks. I do find issue with the sky here. It is a bit overpowering for this particular capture. I think composing it out of the frame would have looked better to me, but I am not sure it would have pulled better votes from DPCland.

Composition/Content: The composition feels a little tight, but I do like the placement of the large stones in your frame. It gives the eye areas to almost bounce around, both to and from. While the border debate is sure to rage for years to come, I think adding a simple white border with a little black stroke would really relax the feeling of this image. Even still, you created a very nice flow with this one.

My Opinion: While a technically fine image, I think you missed the DPC voters with the WOW factor. I am sure that the scale of the stones are grand, even breath-taking, but that is missed by looking at 640px capture of what is there. As-is, I think 5.5 is a little low, but this is a pretty tough crowd.

Eric

Message edited by author 2006-12-30 00:57:33.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/04/2006 02:03:59 AM
i cant tell i its the grain in the rock but the trees in the background seem really noisy.
11/03/2006 05:54:32 PM
Feel like there is just a tad to much noise in this one...
11/02/2006 04:54:00 PM
Nice capture of the texture on the rocks. B&W makes a good choice for this photo.
11/02/2006 01:46:25 PM
i like this shot except for the very white sky
11/01/2006 06:47:31 PM
I find this photo to be a bit too sharp and grainy. I realize that the rocks and other objects are highly textured, but the photo looks overprocessed to me.
11/01/2006 01:38:26 PM
Great array of textures and a good composition for such an odd assortment of shapes. Nice black and white conversion as well. I do think a darker sky would be better, because the whiteness seems to steal the thunder from the great texture of the rocks. :)
11/01/2006 01:36:40 PM
Wonderful stone formations. Sharp. 6
11/01/2006 05:35:44 AM
Subject well focused: 2
Lighting: 2
Composition: 1
Subject is focal point: 1
First impression/ Wow factor: 1
Total: 7
10/31/2006 11:23:14 PM
or trolls:)


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