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Challenge: Free Study 2011-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Yorkshire UK
Date: Sep 25, 2011
Aperture: f10
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2011

 Wow! A blue in a free study - it's a DPC dream come true! If you could see the silly grin on my face right now!
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My local camera club had a mono competition a couple of months ago and that got me into black and white processing. The influence of that has featured quite a bit in my recent entries here.

Also, I would be lying if I said I hadn't drawn some influence from jagar's terrific black & white portfolio.
Thanks again for the votes and comments.

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Place: 1 out of 297
Avg (all users): 7.1339
Avg (commenters): 8.0833
Avg (participants): 6.9474
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Views since voting: 5798
Views during voting: 219
Votes: 127
Comments: 28
Favorites: 13 (view)

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 10/29/2011 10:11:22 AM
Wow! i 10d it ;P
looks a bit like [thumb]//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=759174[/thumb], may even be the same tree!
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 10/09/2011 02:06:28 PM
Great image and great processing, nice to see somebody local getting a blue. Once you start shooting Black and White its difficult to stop :)
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 10/09/2011 12:59:21 PM
Spectacular b&w landscape. A "10" from me. I appreciate your accomplishment. Very worthy of the blue ribbon. Congrat! Keep 'em coming.
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 10/08/2011 02:35:26 PM
Nice work...good crunchy tones. Congrats on blue. :)
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 10/08/2011 09:22:49 AM
It's all about the sky in this one for me. Very 3D-ish which makes this shot pop! Of course beautiful conversion to B&W as well. Congrats!
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 10/08/2011 05:53:31 AM
Congratulations on the blue ribbon. This is just lovely. The sweeping lines, with one strong vertical element, the dramatic sky, and the foreground detail all remind me of a JMW Turner print.
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 10/08/2011 02:31:01 AM
Congratulations,seem to keep seeing your name pop up.Great shot.
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 10/08/2011 01:50:22 AM
F A N T A S T I C ! Congratulations on the BLUE in a Free Study !

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 10/07/2011 11:44:32 PM
wonderful vista, well shot, well converted. Congrats on the Blue!
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 10/07/2011 11:44:18 PM
Great to see something so unusual win the blue in the FS, very well done.

Love the shot BTW, I'm guessing you had to walk some distance to get it?
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 10/07/2011 11:06:42 PM
Congrats, one of only two 10's I dished out in this FS.
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 10/07/2011 09:59:15 PM
Another superb shot David, you and that wide angle, there is just no stopping you, WTG.
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 10/07/2011 08:54:24 PM
This is so beautiful! The contrast and the tonal range are fantastic. Well deserved blue! Congrats!
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 10/07/2011 08:45:42 PM
Love this image. Has a timeless feel to it. Pretty amazing how awesome the sky is and just adds to the flow of the shot. Congrats on this fine capture getting the blue.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2011 07:51:13 AM
Haunting landscape, lovely image.
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 10/06/2011 06:23:26 PM
Stunning B&W landscape - very well done. Gotta love that tree.
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 10/06/2011 05:48:23 PM
Nice how the clouds (left) echo the tree. Eerie, really.
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 10/05/2011 08:16:41 AM
Sometimes we wonder how something can actually grow and survive on land like this. As far as we can see here, there's not one single other tree. And the one present, frankly, is not the most solid one either. But oh boy, he is making the view there.
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 10/04/2011 04:17:01 AM
Great processing to get the texture and tones that make this a stunning image. Awesome.
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 10/03/2011 08:28:15 PM
I know this must look awesome in color, but your choice of B/W makes a POWERFUL statement and pulls this out from other landscapes! Good Choice!!
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 10/03/2011 06:51:09 AM
Fabulous composition, foreground geology, lone tree and lands. B&W processing is superb.
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 10/01/2011 04:22:43 PM
wow, very dramatic, this is stunning, my fav so far
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 10/01/2011 04:19:39 PM
Wuthering heights. Classic.
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 10/01/2011 11:25:03 AM
Great shot.
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 10/01/2011 10:22:11 AM
Ahhhhh...this image absolutely speaks to me. Just love the details and textures and tones in this. Such a simple composition, but so powerful! Beautiful!
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 10/01/2011 10:08:17 AM
Very nice, B&W looks great, excellent sky too.
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 10/01/2011 09:43:05 AM
Wonderfully gnarly tree. Looks like it's pulling the clouds in.
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 10/01/2011 02:26:10 AM
very nice - love the B&W scale here
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