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Challenge: Acronyms (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Warkworth, New Zealand
Date: Feb 25, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2007

SETI=Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, the online experiment that uses home computers around the world to analyse data from radio telescopes looking for alien life. you can learn more at their website.

I was originally going to call this UHF (Ultra High Frequency, being the spectrum that some satellite's transmit on) but SETI is a much better fit for the challenge.

Editing Steps:
Convert from RAW
* exposure -0.38
* Shadow contrast -2
* Hilight contrast -49
* Saturation +29
Neat Image
Tone Mapped
Colour Balance 0, 0, -16
Auto Levels
Masked on dish & ground
* Curves
Masked on sky
* Levels 0, 0.71, 255
* Colour Balance +43, +1, -13

Post Challenge:
Here's the original for anyone interested:

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 201
Avg (all users): 6.3961
Avg (commenters): 7.6667
Avg (participants): 6.1690
Avg (non-participants): 6.5904
Views since voting: 1369
Views during voting: 269
Votes: 154
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0


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03/07/2007 11:56:18 PM
Congrats on a top 20! I really like this one.
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03/05/2007 05:27:20 PM
Great shot here and, l really love the processing of this one.....
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03/05/2007 03:40:50 PM
Excellent processing! I'm thinking this would be an awesome night shot opportunity too... Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/04/2007 12:17:08 PM
Composition looks good. Sky is very serious - 10
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03/04/2007 10:22:59 AM
Good one - 9
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03/02/2007 02:37:08 AM
Brilliant concept. I don't know whether the sky was this monochromatic when you shot it, but It feels a little bit artificial to me. If you desaturated it, you might want to try it with a bit more color. There are some artifacts around the dish that bother me a bit. A bit of the ole dodge and burn to boost the contrast of the sky and this would be a 9 or a 10 for me.
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03/02/2007 12:52:24 AM
Overdone postprocessing on an overall nice photo.
With HDR it is important to not go overboard, like sharpening, avoid the halo's
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03/01/2007 11:56:04 PM
nice colours but the green is too strong imo I dont know the title but Good Luck, no wait.. googled it :) Good Choice
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03/01/2007 05:57:35 AM
Surely they will find them with that big ole thing....
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02/28/2007 05:26:50 AM
7
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02/27/2007 02:13:06 PM
Nice shot. I really like the sky.
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02/27/2007 06:40:18 AM
This looks ever so familiar! Very nice clouds and contrast with the grass..
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02/26/2007 12:39:38 PM
Love this depiction of your acronym! 10!
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02/26/2007 06:31:07 AM
Good title, not too happy about the green :(
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02/26/2007 03:47:57 AM
This is my favorite for this challenge, although I really hate the sky. I love the radio telescope and it speaks directly to the acronym. (10)
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02/26/2007 03:33:13 AM
nice but suffering from a little haloing
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02/25/2007 08:16:13 PM
very well done... one of my favorites in this challenge
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02/25/2007 07:36:58 PM
Great title!!!
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02/25/2007 07:19:09 PM
I really like the clouds here. The lighting here really adds to the subject of the photo. It is also really well composed.
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