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Up ahead in the distance...
Up ahead in the distance...
jenlund70


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Palm Springs
Date: Apr 20, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2007

 Taken from hwy 111 heading into Palm Springs. There were these odd dark rays... there was a storm behind me. It was so beautiful. I am fairly new to editing so I did some adjusting of hues, contrast, and brightness. I cropped the picture slightly to get some cars out to the right. It seemed distracting - the brake lights. Taken on Friday, April 20, though after editing, the EXIF changed to 4/30. Anyone know why?

Thank you!

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 05/12/2007 10:16:12 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Editing is what can really take an ok image and boost it forward. I hope you find DPC a great place to learn more about editing. Everything I know about editing has come from the threads, images and people here at DPC.

I think the editing on this image is what hurt you. The scene is ok, nothing really wow about it, but the editing is pretty rough. Detail has been lost in general, there is a bit of noise in your sky and the colors have a bit of an odd feeling to them. It just has a dark and overall flat feeling to it.

I know this sounds a bit harsh and I can't really give you specific suggestions editing wise as to what to do different as I dont know what the original looks like. So I cant offer up options as to what you could change. But I can suggest highly finding someone here at DPC whose work you like and see if they would be willing to answer questions and/or give suggestions and tips to editing your images. There are alot of poeple that are more than willing to give some tips and help you along to learn some of the basic PS skills and tools that will give you images more in line of what you are looking for. This place is a treasure trove of info. Use it as best you can and yoru images will improve and your scores will go up. Most of all try to always have fun here. Dont let low scores or off comments get you down. This place is a blast. Dont let it be anything else.

Hang in there!

Tim
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05/06/2007 09:52:39 AM
This is really pretty! Usually having a bright sky and a dark ground doesn't look nice, but here you've used it to our advantage, and it looks awesome!
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