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Enduring the 100th Winter
Enduring the 100th Winter
MistyMucky


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 100 Years Old (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Sils Maria, Engadin, Switzerland
Date: Mar 5, 2009
Aperture: f / 22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 / 125 s
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

 We spent one week skiing holidays in Engadin. I was looking forward for some great landscape shots, but there was not one sunny day :(
At least I found this tree which had a good contrast against the frozen lake in the background.

Very little processing:
-Curves
-USM with edge mask
-Added a vignette with the lense correction filter

Statistics
Place: 121 out of 184
Avg (all users): 5.2469
Avg (commenters): 5.8571
Avg (participants): 4.9000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5109
Views since voting: 1070
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 162
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/15/2009 10:09:44 PM
For the people who have doubts about the age of this tree: the location is at nearly 6000 feet, so one would expect a slow growth and it made an old impression on me. How it is possible to guess the trunk diameter without a reference is beyond me, it was certainly more than 14 inches!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/15/2009 07:43:57 PM
wonderful lines.
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 03/15/2009 03:00:12 PM
Great use of the snow to show off all those twisting branches.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 08:40:46 PM
Beautiful shot.
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 03/12/2009 06:01:22 PM
Interesting tree. The darkness in the corners distracts me a bit
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 03/10/2009 04:40:52 PM
This is just my opinion, any tree over 100 years needs to be at least 14 inches thick.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2009 05:47:16 PM
Nice tree just too closely cropped for me. I really good picture though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/09/2009 07:55:52 AM
I really like this image and I've scored it well. If growing at a fairly high altitude, it could be about 100 years old. 8
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 03/09/2009 07:30:44 AM
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