DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
River Styx
River Styx
boyd2000


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
Location: Salton Sea, CA
Date: Jan 17, 2009
Aperture: 13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.499
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 22, 2009

 Straightened and auto-adjust in Camera Raw and imported to PS
crop slightly
Topaz Adjust to Photo Pop plus sharpening
Save for web

I was thinking this may have been a good one for the Ansel Adams challenge, but though it was taken during the challenge time I didn't look at it until after voting started. This isn't much of an oasis. The water is much saltier than the ocean. Lots of Tilapia fish live in it and birds on it, but they often die off in droves. These are allegedly the most photographed trees in Imperial County, California, though there aren't that many trees IN Imperial County. I like it and hope you do too.
Outtake with a photographer in it.

Statistics
Place: 259 out of 454
Avg (all users): 5.4641
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.4615
Avg (non-participants): 5.4694
Views since voting: 620
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 153
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2009 07:22:45 AM
This could really be Styx, except that there's a bit to bright... I think a bloodred sky (sunset) would suit the cursed river a bit better.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/03/2009 02:46:31 PM
clean simple image, nice placement of the trees in the image, it needs something to really give it impact and my sense is that it isn't there
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/01/2009 08:21:34 AM
May just be me but I would have liked the trees probably with where they come from the ground being lower in the frame - closer to the bottom.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/08/2025 05:08:16 AM EDT.