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Stechelberg
Stechelberg
marabu61


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Challenge: Train Tracks (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Nikon
Location: Lauterbrunnen, Swizterland
Date: Aug 26, 2012
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2012

 this is a train in the Swiss mountains using the cog technique to move up the steep slopes up the alps. Photo was taken during a weekend hike in the alps. As the weather was constantly changing from heavy downpour to light drizzle to foggy streches to sunny spells, the light provided quite a challange during this weekend. I felt the picture to be a bit boring in its original so I tried the color key approach.

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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 09/07/2012 04:40:02 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club:

I rather like this; I think the selective desaturation works fairly well and unlike some other commenters, I really like the foreground rails - I particularly like the middle distance where the tracks cross.

The train has bags of character too - great colours and some pleasing asymmetry.

Your aspect ratio does you no favours, the 800px max has forced a very narrow and small overall image - never a good thing.

A very creditable entry though.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/03/2012 09:15:35 PM
Not many people would know what 'Stechelberg' means. I had to Google it. Still it doesn't really describe the image.
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 08/30/2012 04:53:37 AM
Wonderful railways image with lead in to the loco and carriages accentuated by the selective sat.
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Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 08/29/2012 03:21:57 PM
Nice effect on the train vs foreground.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 08/29/2012 03:53:53 AM
Just my humble opinion, but the forground tracks really bother me. I think this is a really nice picture and if you had cropped out the distracting forground I would've really like this!!
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