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Cotton Candy River
Cotton Candy River
jaysonmc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candy II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Date: Sep 3, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350
Date Uploaded: Sep 9, 2007

 Taken on the plane ride back from Colorado. Not expecting much. A little over the top.

Post Challenge Comments:
I knew this is a DNMC when I submitted, so I am not too concerned about the score. However, what I do love about DPC though is that it makes me evaluate my shots. Normally, I would have put the shot in the trash can, but because of the challenge I went through my vacation captures and processed this one. Initially it was a drab blue color and now a fluffy pink. So thanks DPC for getting me to work on a capture I normally would not have. In the end I think that is more valuable than any score.

One other thing, I found it quite humorous with some of the comments. Specifically the ones along the lines of "I normally vote DNMCs one, but for this one a 5". Where is the intergrity. I actually expected more DNMC votes.

Work done in Capture NX.
Non-crop.
A couple of dust spots and a couple of smudges on the dirty plane window.
Used a neutral control point to change the blue to pink.
A few LCH adjustments too.

Statistics
Place: 121 out of 141
Avg (all users): 4.8535
Avg (commenters): 4.8500
Avg (participants): 4.2909
Avg (non-participants): 5.1569
Views since voting: 788
Views during voting: 325
Votes: 157
Comments: 27
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/25/2007 02:20:50 PM
You are gonna get recognition for this- very unique, beautiful image !
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 09/17/2007 03:25:51 PM
this is seriously a stunning capture, can't believe scored this low! very beautiful and quite a creative entry for this challenge, jason.
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 09/17/2007 07:36:06 AM
Jayson, this is a stunning shot. I think this would have done fantastic in a different challenge. If you have any good outtakes, I would enter them in the free study.
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 09/17/2007 05:51:57 AM
Great job - seeing "candy" in this setting takes imagination. This is a really striking shot.
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 09/16/2007 08:17:31 PM
very cool shot despite it being taken from a plane and not fitting into the challenge. But i mean, its not THAT far-fetched, i've done worse :P
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/16/2007 07:03:55 PM
Very pretty and a unique shot for this challenge. Good luck!
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 09/16/2007 04:44:52 PM
nice mountain view, looks very nice with all the low clouds/mist in the valleys unfortunately I can see a lot of DNMC's but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt and letting my imagination run with it :) nice shot.

-dave
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 09/16/2007 11:35:15 AM
Did you really see the candy challenge and think to go take this? Or did you happen to shoot a mountain lanscape, and then try to squeeze it into the challenge? Although it is a very nice shot, I won't vote on it because I think it doesn't belongs in this challenge.
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 09/14/2007 08:22:21 PM
nice non-candy candy entry. I like the pink tinge. Is that a defect top left of center or part of the background?
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 09/13/2007 08:04:07 PM
This truly is a beautiful image, but I am having difficulties in associating it with the challenge description. It is not my intention to penalize you for failing to grasp the connection that is to be made, but fear that you might suffer the wrath of some voters.

I could be mistaken, but I suspect that you have a few dust spots at about mid page in the left side of the image.
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 09/12/2007 05:46:36 AM
Really nice picture, but a bit of a stretch for the challenge.
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 09/11/2007 01:26:49 PM
It's a stretch, entered in this challenge, for me but a nice shot.
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 09/11/2007 07:07:47 AM
Very daring. But also a very nice landscape!
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 09/11/2007 05:01:48 AM
With the challenge description of "satisfy your sweet tooth" I'm afraid your image doesn't work for me in this particular challenge. In a landscape challenge I would have scored it higher.
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 09/10/2007 11:10:59 PM
Beautiful!
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 09/10/2007 06:44:51 PM
interesting layers of mountains - the sensor dust is a distraction and the connection to the theme seems overly forced
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 09/10/2007 05:10:31 PM
Don't see how this meets the challenge of satisfying my sweet tooth.
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 09/10/2007 04:41:53 PM
You'll get dinged by those who say "duh, this isn't candy; it's mountans!" but I think it's absolutely sweet!!
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 09/10/2007 03:56:07 PM
a beautiful photograph but terribly dnmc, normally when the photographs are dnmc I assign 1, here I assign 5. In another challenge 8.
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 09/10/2007 03:52:19 PM
hmmm, awesome shot, but a bit too much of a shoe horn IMO.
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 09/10/2007 12:19:23 PM
No matter what you call it, it still ain't candy...
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 09/10/2007 10:40:53 AM
i think a stretch for the challenge but really nice capture.
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 09/10/2007 08:45:14 AM
A very good photo, but by your definition, anyone could submit a photo of anything and call it eye candy.
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 09/10/2007 05:42:34 AM
This is a superb picture that would do very well in a different challenge.
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 09/10/2007 02:32:51 AM
Nice but i wouldn't want to eat it.
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 09/10/2007 01:46:11 AM
I get where you're going with this shot, and it's absolutely stunning. however I am doubting if it meets the challenge.
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 09/09/2007 08:41:59 PM
hmmm i can see some DNMC's coming out for this one... it's ok for me.
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