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Challenge: Diagonal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Somewhere between Harvey and Brunswick Junction
Date: Nov 26, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2006

 Not sure if this is diagonal enough, but the voters will let me know soon enough : ) Also decided to go the opposite of the saturated colour thing. I like it for this shot, we'll see if anyone else does too. Oh, used a Circ Polarizing filter which gave the gradient to the sky.

Nothing fancy in the processing dept.
levels
then a copy of the first levels with reduced opacity about 50%
curves
hue/sat under a channel mixer layer for B/W conversion
then reduced opacity of channel mixer layer to about 75%
and the hue/sat to about 85%. That's how I got the desaturated look.
Another curves on top of that.
A little NI
USM
small white border
resize
save for web

I think that's it!

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Lucky 13th! Thanks everyone!
...Lucky 12th! Thanks everyone!

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 345
Avg (all users): 6.4508
Avg (commenters): 7.8750
Avg (participants): 6.0652
Avg (non-participants): 6.8020
Views since voting: 1989
Views during voting: 314
Votes: 193
Comments: 20
Favorites: 8 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/03/2007 08:27:05 AM
This slight desat combined with the polarizer is really creative. It gives a unique feel and quality to the photo. Like on a blazingly hot day when a hint of coolness is first felt in the air.
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 02/12/2007 07:14:47 PM
Wonderful color and tones in this image...love the PP.
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 02/05/2007 06:34:46 AM
The somber tone and earthy feel of the fence is amazing. The darkness of the clouds leads you to expect some kind of release from built up energy that was building all day. Great shot!
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 12/13/2006 06:49:27 PM
A lovely and pleasant outdoor study. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 12/06/2006 07:27:54 AM
:) the 13th...congratulations! fantastic sky and the details! it looks like the fence is about to take off, up there, to that awesome sky! ths is so very opimistic and light and just great feelings this photo brings
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 12/06/2006 12:58:04 AM
Great work Nick, you sure know how to capture that WA sky.

nick
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 12/06/2006 12:49:58 AM
OMG!!! You went to my hometown. I spent the best years of my life on a farm on Old Coast Road, Harvey. Who is it that you know down there?

This is so weird...!
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 12/05/2006 11:48:30 PM
Very strong compositon, perfet desat and awesome sky. I think you are right about your outtake, that it is not diagonal enough, but I have to say I like that one more as a photograph. In this particular challenge, this is as good as it gets. Congrats!
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 12/05/2006 09:50:18 PM
congratulations on coming 13th in a field of 345 ... it's a stunning and dramatic entry ... and your competition was pretty fierce ... you may have to go out and celebrate!! .. i would ..

Message edited by author 2006-12-06 02:53:16.
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 12/05/2006 09:09:48 PM
Awesome image here that remind me of our distant home, when we were living in WA.....
I love this one Nick, well done mate....
The colors are just awesome.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2006 05:42:44 PM
Wow! The desat in this photo is PERFECT! 10.
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 12/03/2006 10:11:48 AM
Well, making pictures like this you shouldn't be out of work. This is quite beautiful, even though it looks sort of surreal. Good diagonal feel to the image, even with the straight horizon. ~8
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 12/01/2006 04:54:50 PM
I like the colors of the sky and the image, but I don't understand the title - Is the fence out of owrk because it doesn't function or is the land/farm out of work??
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 11/30/2006 09:24:41 PM
10
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 11/30/2006 04:46:46 AM
Dramatic scenery!
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 11/30/2006 04:27:21 AM
Makes me think of Kansas.
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 11/29/2006 08:23:20 PM
I love the contrast and the desaturated color in this one. I love the dramatic texture change between the foreground and the sky. Good Eye!
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 11/29/2006 03:43:38 PM
I was trying to make the rickety fence work but you suceeded! great! 9.
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 11/29/2006 08:34:20 AM
Plus: Nice choice of diagonals and great backdrop for it too, especially how the end of the diag.'s lead to the sky.
Minus: Not much really!
Score: 9
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 11/29/2006 12:47:47 AM
lovely image, i like the tones
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