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Challenge: Landscape III (Expert Editing*)
Collection: 2006/2007 - CHALLENGES
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: firetrail where i live
Date: Apr 17, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Rural, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Apr 17, 2007

 this is another one of my challenge entries that probably wont appeal to most dpc voters, but i grew quite fond of it during its creation !!...
it's a composite of two photographs taken on the firetrail where i live .. the sun's rays are hightlighted by the mist coming thru the trees ... camera settings are for the closer more silhouetted image .. the other photograph only differed in shutter speed which was 1/40 sec ...
these are the two unedited photographs ..


this is an extremely abbreviated version of my processing which took me in lot of different directions that ended up not working for me, so i cant remember all my steps ...
i opened both photographs in RAW and made them a bit more blue ...
in CS2 i overlayed one photograph over the other, opacity something or other ... flattened ... increased canvas size to accomodate another layer, then duplicated new background layer and flipped vertically .. did a flaming pear flood on one layer after scaling the unflipped and flipped images, then skewed flooded layer ... flattened and then increased canvas size a lot wider and then re-scaled image to fit ... did levels to lighten ... resized, reduced noise, small amount of selective sharpen, selectively saturated the green leaves, border, convert to profile sRGB, saved for web ..
PRINT HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIMENSION TO CHALLENGE ENTRY ALSO NO BORDER, MORE CONTRASTY & ADDED ROZ LOGO .

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 308
Avg (all users): 6.2169
Avg (commenters): 7.7059
Avg (participants): 6.0625
Avg (non-participants): 6.3011
Views since voting: 1944
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 272
Comments: 48
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 09/24/2014 12:31:30 PM
This is absolutely stunning. Love it.
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 06/30/2007 11:59:26 AM
very mystic, nice colors...
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 05/23/2007 11:33:34 AM
what you've created here is simply gorgeous& magical! wow!
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 05/21/2007 04:47:10 PM
very cool shot. has a very surreal feel to it.
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 04/30/2007 05:44:36 AM
Roz, this is just magnificent. I missed it in the Landscape challenge. You are developing into notable photographic and digital artist - amazing.
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 04/26/2007 05:33:52 PM
This is magical. It literally made me gasp. It is so strong and dreamy, somultaeously. Love it.Love it. Love it.

Yah - and simultaneously, too.

Message edited by author 2007-04-26 21:34:20.
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 04/26/2007 08:44:11 AM
(I didn't vote on this challenge).

Wow, this is a killer. I love the RICH and dreamy hues.
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 04/25/2007 05:03:46 PM
Hey Roz, beautiful, interesting and different.

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 04/25/2007 07:50:42 AM
As I said when voting I think this is just beautiful!
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 04/25/2007 05:25:53 AM
Really surprised this was ranked as low as it was. Hmmmm - I loved it.
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 04/24/2007 09:37:11 PM
Very nice Roz. I like the blues and the rays of light. The shimmering water is very striking. You have a good eye for this kind of photography.
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 04/24/2007 08:09:04 PM
That's a great histogram! Nice work, Roz!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/24/2007 06:39:47 PM
i found this to be amazingly good. 10
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 04/24/2007 04:21:52 PM
wow i hope you show us the original of this one, beautiful, different. 8
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 04/24/2007 09:31:31 AM
Sorry but I can´t really make out what I am watching even and I have never been a fan of abstract work so this got a 3 from me. Keep in mind that this is just my personal preference so feel free to ignore me.
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 04/23/2007 05:14:15 PM
I love this sort of shot, I have done many and even got I ribbon on one that was a rather abstract nature. I wish you the best, I love it.
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 04/23/2007 04:19:13 PM
how much of that is real?
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 04/23/2007 04:05:15 PM
this looks interesting, nice light and colours.
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 04/23/2007 03:59:21 PM
This is the first one I've seen that looks like it really took advantage of the editing rules. It doesn't look over processed to me, though. More intriguing with the lightplay and shadows.
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 04/23/2007 01:06:59 PM
the colors are beutiful. however the lines created by the branches are unappealing. they get in the way of the true landscape.
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 04/22/2007 07:41:00 PM
Interesting effect - quite an ethereal image. Colours work well.
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 04/22/2007 02:22:36 PM
Gorgeous!!!!!! 10.
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 04/22/2007 08:11:05 AM
interesting
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 04/21/2007 03:20:58 PM
Wow! Great shot.
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 04/21/2007 01:23:12 PM
It is a very interesting picture with beautiful colors and nice composition. It presents very stretched interpretation of "Landscape" theme, but I like it.(8)
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 04/21/2007 12:01:09 PM
DNMC
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 04/21/2007 09:43:08 AM
amazing shot- but it lookslike tyhe right side has exposure issues with your doctoring of the photo......
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 04/20/2007 09:07:25 PM
this is interesting
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 04/20/2007 09:01:31 PM
nicely done!
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 04/20/2007 06:02:09 PM
This is magical. I want to find a place like this. Beautiful!
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 04/20/2007 04:15:32 PM
Nice photo and great editing. Is the water/ripples at the bottom real?
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 04/20/2007 01:44:40 PM
What the! That's pretty cool.How the hell did you do that?
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 04/20/2007 12:54:55 PM
It is not landscape
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 04/19/2007 03:24:50 PM
my favorite of the challenge so far.. has a very "pans labryinth" feel to it. love the colors, reflections, etc.. 9
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 04/19/2007 01:33:30 AM
magic, very beautiful
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 04/18/2007 05:31:45 PM
My type of imsge.....
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 04/18/2007 03:12:17 PM
Super cool!
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 04/18/2007 02:41:07 PM
Lovely
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 04/18/2007 12:24:59 PM
This is just so beautifull...like a dream.....
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 04/18/2007 09:06:30 AM
Terrific image, but I wouldn't call it a landscape.
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 04/18/2007 08:12:54 AM
I like it---pretty cool.
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 04/18/2007 07:15:27 AM
wow...cool!
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 04/18/2007 05:11:47 AM
This is spectacular...nice job!
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 04/18/2007 02:47:08 AM
I love this one, it has such a beautiful feel to it, bumping to 10.
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 04/17/2007 09:54:35 PM
nice n spooky!!
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 04/17/2007 09:42:35 PM
Ooooo! Very mystical. I love the colors.
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 04/17/2007 08:41:04 PM
Mega cool. Glad to see somebody used expert editing. This is NICE!!!!!
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 04/17/2007 08:37:47 PM
Absolutely stunning!! 10 + Fav.
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