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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: La Jolla, California
Date: May 13, 2005
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 s
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2005

 I had no intention of post-processing it like this, but the overhanging foreground branches looked like they were reaching for the background trees, which in turn looked like they were recoiling backwards in fear, so I thought I'd try to build on that. The original photograph is actually very bluish, because I had custom white-balance turned on from the evening before. I wanted to use a blood-red hue, but the jpeg version looked horrible, even though it looked fine before saving.

Post-processing involved cropping, sharpening, adjusting saturation and levels, cloning out a couple little tiny spots, and adding a border.

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Place: 144 out of 248
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Panasonic DMC-FZ30
 05/21/2005 04:50:07 PM
Nice one I like the title also
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 05/20/2005 06:30:48 PM
1 of the few photographs i've seen on this site where i can actually feel the objects in the image interacting with each other. As i look, i feel the lower trees wanting to bend further away.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/17/2005 07:43:40 PM
Dark and brooding feeling is accentuated by the dark frame. It's not so often that you see a border that fits the shot as well as this. Nicely done.
TC
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko
 05/17/2005 09:36:53 AM
maybe need blacker blacks? even the border isnt black - or some white? i'm not sure I like the limted tonal range.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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