Challenge:Cemetery (Advanced Editing IV) Camera:Sony DSC-V1 Location: Santa Clara, CA Date: Mar 27, 2005 Aperture: 4.0 ISO: 400 Shutter: 1/60 sec. Galleries:Emotive Date Uploaded: Mar 27, 2005
A drizzly day in a local cemetery, perfect weather for this sort of thing. Taken with my 0.7x wide angle attachment.
This is the first challenge in a while (since Lines) that I've really been able to put some effort into. I don't think this is a winner (I expect a casket being lowered, or maybe a cemetery landscape, to ribbon) but I'm pretty pleased with it.
I just noticed I'd left my camera on ISO 400, but the grain seems not to matter... I probably couldn't have gotten this shot handheld on a lower ISO though anyway.
Editing:
adjust levels;
another levels layer, set very dark, masked to show only the edges (used as a burning layer);
slight gaussian blur on the grass (~20 pixels, 20% opacity);
deep blue colorizing layer at 35% opacity;
dodge gravestones and burn shoelaces;
resize;
USM on stones and model (60%, 0.5, 0).
By the way, the title means "Envious time has passed," and comes from Horace's Book I, Ode 11. The fuller quotation is:
I am making two passes on this Challenge. I will vote on your photo then return later(before voting is over) to comment on what I like and dislike about your shot. You can take the comments however you wish and I will try not to be mean. Just don't take it the wrong way.
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I like the angle this shot was taken. One of the few where it works.
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