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The Dragon's breath
The Dragon's breath
Dennisheckman


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Challenge: Free Study 2012-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Carl Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T for Canon EF mount
Location: The Spruces Campground, Sandy UT
Date: Sep 15, 2012
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 15 sec
Date Uploaded: Sep 24, 2012

 Round and round we go, where we stop, no one knows. That is what happened this month. I have been working on a Milky Way shot that was WAY under exposed. My Longshots teammates all said it was the best of what I showed them. But, I was just not happy with it. I spent HOURS editing and re-edting it until it became the confirmed piece of slop is started out to be. One thing I learned this time around, you can bring out a lot of detail in a RAW file, but there are limits. So, I reviewed all my shots I took in Sept and ended up with what I liked from the very beginning anyway. Even when I took this shot I was in awe again of mother nature. This cloud formation lasted about 3 minutes and it was gone, dissolved into oblivion. After all the hours I spent on editing the other one, this one took about 30 minutes total. Here is my Milky Way shot I spent so long on.



I have many versions of this, but this one seemed to be the best, but it still does not come close to how it should look. I will go again into the dark wilderness in search of the perfect MW shot, until I get what I want. I know exactly where to go too. (-;


Statistics
Place: 59 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.1382
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1071
Avg (non-participants): 6.2051
Views since voting: 559
Views during voting: 211
Votes: 123
Comments: 5
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 10/08/2012 10:53:50 AM
Well done Dennis...Always be curious how the other shot would have done compared to this. Still a respectable finish
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Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 10/08/2012 04:28:29 AM
Bet many people didn't notice the stars... otherwise I couldn't explain such low score for an image like this.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 10/07/2012 05:57:00 AM
wonderfully composed - and a great title too
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro MF
 10/01/2012 08:14:42 AM
beautiful
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Nikon D800
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
 10/01/2012 01:36:40 AM
Amazing (and fortunate) cloud formation. Great night shot.
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