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Alone with her thoughts
Alone with her thoughts
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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Stuart Park, Ithaca, NY
Date: May 13, 2005
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3 sec
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: May 13, 2005

 I'm moving tomorrow and didn't think I'd get to enter this challenge. This evening when I went to dinner I took my camera, though, and captured this shot on my way home. Unfortunately the bottom branches of the willow kept blowing around and getting fuzzy... oh well :)

editing: crop, resize, a little burning to disguise detail that made it less like a silhouette, little spot editing for lights across lake, increase contrast, green filter, USM

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Sony DSC-F717
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 05/22/2005 03:03:47 AM
It's a really nice photo, but in order to be it a silhouette, I should've darkened it much more, still too many details are shown.
Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 05/20/2005 09:46:22 PM
Interesting almost-duetone, but way too much sharpening
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/19/2005 12:47:46 AM
I think if you could have moved yourself to another position. Her and the tree would have been silhouetted togther. How about a 7
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 05/18/2005 08:59:40 PM
Great composition. Wish you had taken turned the entire foreground to full black in post-processing
Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8D
 05/17/2005 10:47:11 PM
I really like this shot. Well framed. Lots of emotion. Well done.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/17/2005 08:01:43 PM
Serious haloing around all your dark areas. Also the blues look kinda muted. How did you post process this?
TC
Olympus E-5
Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko
 05/17/2005 09:34:10 AM
wow - that tree is so heavy and ominous - gloomy thoughts?
Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 05/17/2005 05:27:44 AM
the tree overwhelms this image .6
Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 05/16/2005 10:27:21 PM
nice composition 9
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount
 05/16/2005 06:34:34 AM
not a strong silhouette and strong haloing around the bench. lacking detail in tree
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 05/16/2005 01:52:15 AM
Nice scenery but there is a terrible halo all around the subjects in the image, strong usm the culprit perhaps...
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/16/2005 12:24:46 AM
Not really a silhouette but decent photo.
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