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Challenge: Free Study 2007-03 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM
Location: Lake Mathews California
Date: Mar 20, 2007
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/250th
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2007

 Same scene as the shot submitted as the million dollar homesite for the Langdon's birthday challenge. Only a few miles from my house as the redtailed hawk flies, a place I'd only seen from horseback but not with this quality of light. It's an uninteresting view with ordinary light! Grad ND, contrast, toned, USM. Cloned out one small power tower. Darkened edges. Fighting the urge to submit horsey snow shots from New Hampshire instead, hope this does OK.

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Place: 141 out of 561
Avg (all users): 6.0392
Avg (commenters): 8.1429
Avg (participants): 5.9735
Avg (non-participants): 6.2250
Views since voting: 690
Views during voting: 222
Votes: 153
Comments: 12
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 04/08/2007 05:03:15 AM
Still love this view Lynne, would love to see the color version too. Very dramatic.
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 04/07/2007 08:34:05 PM
Lynne, this is SO BEAUTIFUL and dramatic. I can't imagine how awesome it would be to ride a horse and see scenery like this! I bet a picture ON one of those spectacular horses of yours would be out of this world! (maybe for an expert editing challenge ????)

This is beautiful (understatement)!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/05/2007 11:17:01 AM
AWesome shot!
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 04/04/2007 09:58:42 PM
stunning...you have really captured the mood of the moment...good luck with this 9
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 04/04/2007 03:25:24 PM
Wow! Beautiful!!!
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 04/04/2007 12:41:25 AM
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three four now and I'm running late, sorry.

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 04/03/2007 03:10:19 AM
awesome image ... the sky, the clouds and the rays are absolutely amazing ..
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 04/02/2007 04:56:50 PM
I think this is gorgeous, and has an impressive tonal range. I wonder though if b&w was the better choice - if there's a color version of this shot it would be interesting to see it to compare. Maybe the tonal variation in the foreground shows up in better detail in color; then again, this might be one of those images best viewed on a larger scale and not a little 4x6 box on my screen. :) In any case, my wondering doesn't hurt your vote any. Great shot!
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 04/01/2007 12:32:48 PM
The b/w didn't work for me on this shot. Would love to see the color of it to compare. 7
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 04/01/2007 10:25:36 AM
This photo has some real potential. I love the light coming through the clouds and the various shapes created by the light in the mountains.
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 03/31/2007 10:31:53 PM
What a landscape! great tonal value
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 03/31/2007 09:35:55 PM
Nice capture - Very Ansel Adams.
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