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06/07/2010 09:17:51 PM |
Thanks for all the comments. I am a bit disappointed that this one didn't do better. I know some of the low votes were probably because the challenge was "Life in Your City" and this seems pretty country. This is actually a church just on the outskirts of town near where I live and describes the feel of a small town with high regard for moral values.
To those who think this is over-processed, I agree. I left my circular polarizer on and it caught the light streaming down from the clouds, but left some additional problem areas that required some extra processing. I didn't add the light through the clouds, that was already there and was brought out with the HDR.
The angled road was a tough decision for me. I straightened it twice and then went back and forth for a while trying to decide. In the end, I went with the steeple being straight and the road being crooked instead of the other way around and cropping that close would have messed the whole thing up.
I just want to thank everyone who voted high for it and it still amazes me that there are people who feel the need to vote 2 and 3 for a picture like this. Is this really a 2 picture? That's like saying this picture sucked so bad it wasn't worth the storage space it took to put it together.
Listed below are the 5 images I used to put this together. Throw it all into Photomatix and bring it up to visible and all the light from the clouds just comes right to the front.
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06/07/2010 05:10:26 PM |
| Hate that you didn't come in at a higher position. I love the image, post-processing is so cool. |
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06/06/2010 06:54:18 PM |
Moved you from a 7 to an 8. By the look of the photo you should be in the top 5. The voters may not like the editing though.
Edit: I have this in 3rd place depending on the other voters like or dislike of your edit. You will either get 3rd place or be somewhere between 11th and 20th.
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06/06/2010 04:29:52 AM |
| I hope to see this on page one. |
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06/05/2010 01:43:15 PM |
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06/04/2010 04:40:51 AM |
| Rats! Your challenge is a week out. Great 'church' shot - in fact quite a nice shot although the angled road is slightly offputting. City life? Hmmm. |
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06/03/2010 05:00:53 AM |
| nice shot a little too heavy on the pp or the hdr look 6 |
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06/02/2010 09:27:58 AM |
| I LIKE IT! Although I think it needs to be leveld out just a bit. I bet you're gonna get the over-processed comments and all - but for me it's spot on. |
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06/01/2010 11:40:50 PM |
| Like this a lot, the sky really makes the image. |
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06/01/2010 03:21:04 PM |
| Great job on the HDR. This really pops. |
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06/01/2010 08:42:51 AM |
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05/31/2010 11:39:31 AM |
| hohoho,,, wow,,,,,,, santa is in town,,,,, top score ++++++++ but you knew it ! true ?????? |
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05/31/2010 10:46:33 AM |
| This is wonderful! Love the hdr. |
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05/31/2010 05:48:13 AM |
| Interesting building, but I'd pull back on the processing. The light looks too unnatural. |
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