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Grayson Creek
Grayson Creek
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Challenge: Natural Body of Water II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Pacheco, California, USA
Date: Nov 12, 2013
Aperture: 2.71
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/79
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2013

 This creek runs through downtown Pacheco, with a small park (a wide path, really) next to it on one side and a major boulevard along the other.

-Handheld, manual mode
-FL 43.8mm (35mm EQ)
-Bump saturation a bit
-RGB and Blue Curves
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at 96% quality = 295KB


File: GraysonPalm_IMG_8964-DPCusm96

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 120
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Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Views since voting: 597
Views during voting: 185
Votes: 108
Comments: 4
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
06/05/2025 11:13:03 AM
Love the upside down tree!
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/20/2013 11:30:40 AM
Holy cow man. Would be a 10 but I don't like the reflection of the tree. 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 11/18/2013 03:49:54 PM
The center is bright, which I like, so I think it's surroundings could be a bit darker. Like the shot, 7
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/15/2013 05:31:53 PM
Its tough getting the close stuff in focus without letting the stuff way way back in the reflection going out of focus, but it is essential in this sort of shot. Here the vague softness of the textures in the foreground steals much of what is n1ce in this shot.
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