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Gypsum King
Gypsum King
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-07 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: New Mexico
Date: Jul 14, 2007
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2007

 I finally visited White Sands National Monument, which at 275 square miles is the largest gypsum sand dune field. While seeing nothing but white sand as far as the eye could see made for some amazing images, I was most taken by this pretty little Bleached Earless Lizard.
To clarify, both the sand and the lizard are actually WHITE in real life! :-)

Processing:
RAW image levels adjusted in Nikon Capture NX
In Photoshop --
NeatImage clean & sharpen
Selective color adjustment
Levels adjustment
Selective saturation
Crop
Resize
Unsharp mask
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 308 out of 651
Avg (all users): 5.7319
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.6909
Avg (non-participants): 5.8929
Views since voting: 1049
Views during voting: 172
Votes: 138
Comments: 7
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/24/2008 06:16:38 AM
Wow. This is amazing! I love lizards - fascinating little guys - and this one is a beauty. You really did him justice!
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 08/08/2007 03:23:43 AM
Amazing lizard. Like the DOF.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2007 08:09:16 PM
Overexposed, but otherwise a workmanlike image.
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 08/02/2007 09:23:46 PM
Amazing color. Love the textures.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2007 10:56:37 AM
DOF is great! Nice up close and lighting here also. BB
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2007 11:05:26 PM
Looks a little overexposed. Nice shot though.
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 07/31/2007 09:18:31 PM
A little too washed out, but great detail!
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