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Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack Mountains
Strikeslip


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Challenge: Free Study 2007-10 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Whiteface Mountain, New York state
Date: Oct 7, 2007
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000 sec
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2007

 IMG_1357.CR2
Open raw file into Photomatix and use settings:

Strength = 100
Color Saturation = 51
Light Smoothing = High
White Point = 0
Black Point = 0
Gamma = 0.76
Temperature = 3
Saturation Highlights = 5
Saturation Shadows = 5
Microcontrast = 10
Micro-smoothing = 2
Highlights Smoothing = 0
Shadows Smoothing = 0
Shadows Clipping = 0
Method = Details Enhancer
Output depth = 16-bit

Open in CS3:

Heal lens flare at bottom centre.
Neat Image at Default settings.
Dodge & Burn to bring out sunbeams & mountains.
Levels = 31, 1.14, 225.
Curves = medium "S" shape.
Flatten layers.
Levels = slide blacks over to about 20.
Flatten layers.
Resize to 640 pixels.
Smart Sharpen 100%.
Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 188 out of 521
Avg (all users): 5.8824
Avg (commenters): 7.7778
Avg (participants): 5.8854
Avg (non-participants): 5.8696
Views since voting: 809
Views during voting: 196
Votes: 119
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2007 06:09:22 AM
not one 10?? not a single 10?!?!? wtf
i thought for sure this was going to be in the top 20 for sure.
i dont get it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2007 03:30:54 PM
amazing effect.
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 11/05/2007 03:21:15 PM
Where ever u are ... You are pretty high up as the mtn lakes are elevated and we are looking across peaks.. Impressive!!
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 11/03/2007 02:10:32 PM
8 - Wow. Love the rays. Nice clouds, nice deep color in the sky. Like the shadows on the land. Nice composition (although maybe a fraction more clouds, but difficult and minor). The russet color of the flora, I'm guessing is natural and not pp induced. Such a shame to view this image at this restricted size. Looks slightly tilted, but could just be the landscape and or perspective.
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 11/02/2007 08:48:23 AM
Great shot. Perfect contrats between sky and land. Love the sunrays.
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 11/02/2007 07:41:14 AM
this is neverending story scenery here
well done!!!
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 11/02/2007 02:30:09 AM
Wow, until I saw the textures at the bottom of the shot... what a shame.
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 11/01/2007 05:15:30 PM
VERY UNIQUE! VERY NICE!
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 11/01/2007 02:03:34 PM
I love the rays coming from that cloud. However, I'm not sure what you did here but the tones and colors look strange. It ruins it for me. Was this tonemapped?
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 11/01/2007 08:11:48 AM
Headed up there this weekend myself. Beautiful shot 8
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 10/31/2007 11:05:42 PM
no way! wow, those lights rays are amazing! Stunning image
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