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Winter Lake
Winter Lake
ronaldfw


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Signature Style (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
Location: Lübeck, Germany
Date: Jan 12, 2010
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 15s
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2010
Subject is the same as in two previous challenge entries of mine. It's the dome in Lübeck. Since both of those entries ended up in the top ten, I do have a slight hope that someone will recognize my entry.

Post processing:

Raw conversion in Capture NX2;
some adjustments using control points;
selectively converted to b/w to get rid of some annoying lights;
sharpening;
save as .tiff;
added border in Gimp;
save as .tiff;
save as .jpeg in CNX2.

[Jan. 17th, 2010 02:18:21 PM]


Two things that were mentioned in the comments:
1.) The selective desaturation: It's actually much less selectively desaturated than one would think. Here is the original (only editing done is white balance, default raw conversion in CNX2, and resize):
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My main reason for using selective desaturation was to get rid of the lights on the left.

2.) The border: I can understand that some might consider the border distracting. I still believe that it serves well the purpose of adding some depth. And many on DPC seem to like this style of border (see e.g. the top three entries in the foliage challenge).

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 193
Avg (all users): 6.8143
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 6.7260
Avg (non-participants): 6.8613
Views since voting: 1843
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 210
Comments: 17
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/20/2010 02:58:04 PM
Nice shot Ronald, congrats on another top ten with this subject! :) Loved the "natural" selective desaturation in your original (you may want to fix the link in your comments)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2010 06:58:20 AM
Beautiful treatment
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 01/18/2010 08:39:06 PM
ronaldfw ???
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 01/18/2010 09:26:18 AM
Kirche, wieder! :) Sehr Huebsch!
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 01/17/2010 07:07:03 AM
Amazing shot! Love the seletive de-saturation and the vibrant colours, that's also captured in the reflection. Outstanding!
PS: and I guess I found you: ronaldfw?
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 01/17/2010 06:51:02 AM
the border takes away from the photo...
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 01/15/2010 06:24:43 PM
here is my guess... ronaldfw...wonderful picture...well done
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 01/15/2010 03:50:05 PM
Beautiful PP. Excelent contrast. Akward framing (even though it might just work).
9*
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 01/14/2010 03:20:27 PM
Beautiful colors.
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 01/14/2010 08:34:23 AM
this must be ronaldfw!
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 01/13/2010 03:43:31 PM
I'm guessin' ronaldfw......9....LOVE this with the ice!
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 01/13/2010 02:18:06 PM
I'm guessing this is ronaldfw's shot. Another beautiful shot of this church. (I am presuming it is a church)
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 01/13/2010 12:23:01 PM
does this have selective desat.?
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 01/13/2010 08:27:27 AM
Really pretty. Jury's out on the selective desaturation.
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 01/13/2010 08:26:28 AM
Oh how PRETTY! I'm not typically a huge fan of selective desaturation, but here -- since winter scenes are so often black and white looking even when taken in color -- it works so well. It really enhances that church and gives it extra beauty and richness.
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 01/13/2010 06:51:20 AM
beautiful- top 10
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 01/13/2010 06:45:31 AM
serene night image..love the spires
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