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Winter Solitude
Winter Solitude
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Challenge: Sky (Expert Editing)
Collection: Challenge Photos
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Slinger, WI
Date: Dec 14, 2006
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Dec 10, 2006

 Canon 5D mounted on Bogen 3221 tripod. Single exposure (RAW)

Editing Details:
- Converted RAW file twice using ACR; once for sky, once for foreground. Foreground was lit by a sodium vapor lamp (very orange) and required different WB.
- Perspective correction
- Curves adjustment
- USM for local contrast enhancement
- USM for sharpening
- Resized for submission
- Final light pass of USM

This was shot at 7:30 PM the night the challenge closed. Just minutes after this was shot, clouds blanketed the sky, shutting down the show.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 123
Avg (all users): 6.7434
Avg (commenters): 8.1818
Avg (participants): 6.3529
Avg (non-participants): 6.8782
Views since voting: 1857
Views during voting: 626
Votes: 265
Comments: 19
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/22/2006 10:01:41 AM
Fine shot, Fritz. It is beautifully seen. Congrats on your top-20.
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 12/22/2006 02:52:48 AM
This was also one of my favorite 10's! I am so in awe of these starry night photos! Every time I leave my shutter open that long in the sky, my stars look like trails. I keep trying tho - I would kill to someday get a photo like this!

AWESOME photo!!!!

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 12/21/2006 11:21:20 PM
Wow, I would have never guess this was slinger. I need to see little switzerland or the speed way. Have you seen that house in Jackson that has the 70,000 lights? We are planning on a ride up there Xmas eve to have a look maybe snap a few shots. Looked spectacular on the news the other night.

edit, Forgot to say, Cool picture.

Message edited by author 2006-12-22 04:22:34.
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 12/21/2006 07:45:46 PM
Wow, one of my 9s.

Well, now I know you can see the northern lights in WI.
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 12/21/2006 07:41:29 PM
Way to go, Fritz, this is good! It's funny though, to me, more than solitude, it's like hope, with all that light shining on the cabin.
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 12/21/2006 07:18:12 PM
One of my favs. Wish it'd done a tad better. Great job.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/19/2006 10:09:12 AM
nice shot! i wish the house would have been centered though...
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 12/19/2006 05:36:58 AM
freaky! I like how the house is conveyed in such a minimal but corrupt way, like it was painted by a (talented) schizophrenic. 8
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 12/19/2006 04:51:20 AM
Very "X-files" feel to this photo...eery yet beautiful. Well done!
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 12/16/2006 03:12:45 PM
Very dramatic and beautifully colored. The place ment of the house is a bit troubling for me as it is just off center leaving the feeling that it's a bit off ballance. Otherwise, very cool!
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 12/16/2006 10:19:40 AM
WONDERFUL 10 adding to faves!
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 12/15/2006 11:46:11 PM
wow...stunning...love the graduated sky
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 12/15/2006 04:34:46 PM
excellent - 10
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 12/15/2006 12:01:24 PM
Beautiful, though I wish I could see a little more detail in the roof.
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 12/15/2006 11:16:50 AM
i wish that building was a little more to the right
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2006 06:03:08 AM
I love how you brought out the house in the foreground
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 12/14/2006 10:00:13 PM
Excellent! 8 for now. I may bump it up when I finish voting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/14/2006 08:17:15 PM
Nice one here.....
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 12/14/2006 07:33:41 PM
GOD - this is so awesome. Probably my favorite I've seen yet. 10
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