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The Rockpile
The Rockpile
TJinGuy


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Challenge: Black and White Landscape (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
Location: San Lorenzo Canyon, NM
Date: Apr 24, 2010
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2010

 I am not a fan of creating B&W photos and I find I am not very good at it, but I needed one for DPL so I did it.

A friend and I went out to a local sandstone (I think) canyon and took a ton of photos. This one was my favorite and so I went to work editing it in my brand new PS CS2. This is the first image I will enter using PS CS2.

Guessed score = 5.1
Make me happy score = 6.0

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Shot in JPG
Edited in PS CS2 using used Neat Image for noise reduction and Silver Efex for tonal adjustments.

Reduce noise (no sharpening in NI)
Use Silver Efex to adjust B&W (no control points)
USM
Blur more
Image size
Save for web

Note: I have done my best to follow the rules but the use of Silver Efex seems to still be in the gray area. I am using it because I have found a post from Scalvert saying it was cool to use for basic editing.
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Place: 133 out of 382
Avg (all users): 5.6980
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 5.7353
Avg (non-participants): 5.6170
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Views during voting: 247
Votes: 149
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2010 06:43:14 PM
I like the contrasts. That rockpile almost looks like it's sculpted!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2010 08:40:41 PM
COOL>:)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/29/2010 06:15:18 PM
Cool shot! love the rock
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2010 11:14:34 AM
Looks a tad over-sharpened, and somehow the way you've processed it, the sky doesn't match the land. Good rendition of texture, and sensible use of rule of thirds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2010 08:14:09 AM
I can almost feel the textures.
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 04/25/2010 11:32:30 PM
good one,, like the sky's ,,,
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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