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IreneM


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Challenge: HDR II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: Local lake
Date: Sep 10, 2009
Aperture: f22
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/25 s
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Sep 13, 2009

 Aaargh! The horizon tilt… and I didn’t notice it until the comments started coming in!
The crazy thing is, I looked at the image at least a thousand times before entering it.
The tilt definitely cost me a lot of points but I’m happy that the score is nearer 6 than 5.

When I read that the challenge was called HDR II I thought I’d sit it out because I hadn’t a clue what it is. I knew what hdr images looked like but that was it.
However, I couldn’t get it out of my mind so I read as much as I could find on the subject and downloaded the Photomatix trial software, loved the result and ended up paying for a licence.

Photographing the frames and working on them brought me the same peaceful feeling as IR photography does, so I know this is going to be something I’ll be doing a lot of (and in future I’ll make sure I get the horizon straight ;-))

Thanks so much for the constructive and helpful comments.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 155
Avg (all users): 5.9296
Avg (commenters): 5.7059
Avg (participants): 5.4884
Avg (non-participants): 6.2655
Views since voting: 1688
Views during voting: 465
Votes: 199
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/21/2009 10:54:41 AM
I love your comments on this, Irene. And the photo. Beautifully done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2009 05:40:21 AM
Gooooooooooooooo Irene! I actually really like this picture ... gave you 10!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2009 09:46:56 PM
Originally posted by rinac:
Still a very stunning image Irene. Maybe you just need to prop up one of the legs of your desk? ;)

LOL! Maybe I should just get a grid line display in my next glasses ;-))

Message edited by author 2009-09-21 01:47:23.
 09/20/2009 09:07:00 PM
Still a very stunning image Irene. Maybe you just need to prop up one of the legs of your desk? ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/20/2009 05:51:08 PM
beautiful... love the gold
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2009 03:33:13 PM
Beautiful place.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2009 09:09:53 AM
I`d make sure the lines were 100% horizontal.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/20/2009 12:15:26 AM
One of my favs to be on the front page for sure...amazing hues and tones and the focus is dead on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2009 07:04:36 PM
Needs a slight CW rotation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/19/2009 03:11:05 PM
what a pity the horizon is tilted.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/18/2009 01:00:35 PM
The first thing I noticed in this image is the horizon being off. It is very distracting for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/17/2009 01:37:04 PM
There is a visible tilt that is really hurting the impact for me. I like the effort to use muted tones for this scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/17/2009 12:07:23 PM
Two things from me:
- The pier isn't square to the camera, the tilt makes me dizzy
- The bright patch in the clouds is distracting.

The composition is very nice but a different time of day and squared camera would have gone gang-busters for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2009 05:47:43 PM
The tilt bothers me, but water is pretty and colors are fantastic. Sky is a little too separated from the dock because it is so sepia and the dock has so much saturation. Nice try, but technical errors take it down to a five for me. Also, the dock doesn't really seem like a dock. I would have liked it more had that stone been an old wood dock falling to pieces. good try! You've got a great eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2009 10:01:26 AM
Nice tones, but the horizon looks tilted to me.

Raj
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2009 04:14:51 AM
9
:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2009 01:25:19 PM
Lovely shot. I would prefer it much more if the horizon wasn't tilted but otherwise very nice and very peaceful. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/15/2009 09:57:17 AM
I shall be rating this challenge by the following criteria:

1 - Not HDR in my opinion

3 - HDR is way over-done, in my opinion

5 - A reasonable use of HDR, but not a very engaging photo, in my opinion

7 - A reasonable use of HDR, and an engaging photo, in my opinion

10 - A fantastic use of HDR, and an out of this world photo, in my opinion

Your photo receives:

5
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/13/2009 09:41:08 PM
I like the scene, and the restrained HDR technique. I don't like the tilt of the dock. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/13/2009 09:18:50 PM
beautiful scene
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/13/2009 09:00:22 PM
The slightly tilted horizon hurts and otherwise really nice image
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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