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Country Walk
Country Walk
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Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Bradgate Park, Leicester
Date: Apr 14, 2007
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 16, 2007

 Imported, HDR, tone mapped -
Image 2 - 70, 90, -10, 5, 1.945, 3.870
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New layer
Noise reduction on sky.
Despeckle.


I fully expect this to be rubbished. Let battle commence!

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Post-challenge -

Well, it wasn't rubbished! In fact this came in as my new PB, with my first ever 6+ score.

I expected comments to say it was way over-done, etc.

My view? I like the warmth of it, I think that the bottom 2/3rds of this shot are great, considering what I started with. As was pointed out in the comments, there's a halo around the trees that I find distracting, but I tried to edit it and it just wasn't possible for me to remove it without the result looking artificial.


Here's the OOC shot

so you can see how unrealistic this actually is! I deliberately went for a ++ contrast ++ vivid end result. I think from the flat original I did alright!

Statistics
Place: 97 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.0711
Avg (commenters): 7.0909
Avg (participants): 6.0349
Avg (non-participants): 6.0915
Views since voting: 1096
Views during voting: 342
Votes: 239
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 04/29/2007 12:01:04 PM
There's a touch HDR unreality to the colors, but I think you reigned it in quite well and the overall effect is warm and stunning. Shows how observant I am, I'm so dazzled by the warm effect at the bottom half of the image that I didn't notice your sky/trees edge until reading your comment just now. :)
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 04/26/2007 02:05:51 PM
Really nice. Great post processing.
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 04/25/2007 05:41:05 PM
Love the processing in this, has an almost storybook quality, very strong image! Great job!
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 04/25/2007 11:27:44 AM
Nice processing. Congratulation on your PB and first 6 -- the first of many I'm sure.
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 04/25/2007 09:29:18 AM
Congrats on your PB! Great work - I really like this a lot.
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 04/25/2007 08:42:13 AM
Congrats on your new personal best! :) It's a nice shot - well composed, nice contrast, interesting colors.
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 04/25/2007 08:40:30 AM
congrats on PB. I wish that I could post process this well
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 04/25/2007 04:26:45 AM
Very nicely done shot. I gave this a 7.
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 04/24/2007 11:15:40 PM
COOL, way to go!! so glad it did so well!! Great image, I love the colors and I love HDR personally, great that you did so well!!! Congrates on the PB!!!

Jack
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 04/24/2007 10:18:15 PM
Woah! PB and a 6!!! Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 05:18:42 PM
maybe this could have been a little sharper ?
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 04/24/2007 02:29:22 PM
I really like this pic. I think you will do very well in the challenge! The lighting in here is just perfect! Giving it a 10 and good luck!
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 04/24/2007 02:07:27 PM
Pretty nice, looks like a lovely place to take a stroll. Halo around the tree tops not really to my taste but nothing that is seriously bothering me.
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 04/24/2007 11:36:48 AM
poor editng
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 04/23/2007 06:33:36 AM
Very nice.
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 04/22/2007 07:41:02 PM
What a fabulous walk that would be. Wonderful colors and great old stone fence.
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 04/22/2007 05:28:40 PM
very pretty scene.
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 04/21/2007 05:39:36 PM
nce
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 04/20/2007 10:26:20 AM
Love the warmth
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 04/19/2007 10:11:42 AM
I like the vibrance, but mostly I like how the trees seem to be living things (well, they are, I know, but embodied living things) inviting you in.
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 04/18/2007 08:46:58 PM
wonderful lines
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 04/18/2007 08:04:37 AM
Interesting---maybe a bit more sky.
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 04/18/2007 07:43:19 AM
Good colour. Very nice crispness in the rock wall and the trees in the front.
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