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Two Hills (a landscape in the style of the 1800s "Hudson River" school of painting)
Two Hills (a landscape in the style of the 1800s "Hudson River" school of painting)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Landscape II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Kodak DX7630
Location: Honolulu
Date: Nov 7, 2005
Aperture: 4.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Nov 7, 2005

 With this submission I decided to try something different...creating a landscape in the tradition of the Hudson River school of painting from the mid-1800s. Nature as theme, grand scale, human beings and buildings minimized, romanticism, etc.

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Bright/Contrast
Minor unsharp mask

Statistics
Place: 230 out of 403
Avg (all users): 5.2435
Avg (commenters): 6.0667
Avg (participants): 5.1168
Avg (non-participants): 5.3269
Views since voting: 5174
Views during voting: 458
Votes: 345
Comments: 20
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 11/16/2005 11:02:55 AM
I'm shocked. You must have been penalised cos of all the sky. It's a fantastic picture.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 11/16/2005 02:16:34 AM
I took a chance with this one - trying to emulate a painting style and using a lot of sky in a "landscape". Thanks for the comments...I particularly appreciated those that indicated that the commenters understood what I was up to.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/15/2005 11:53:25 PM
Brave and majestic with great sinking violet tones. Bumping up to 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 11/15/2005 12:16:49 PM
This has to ribbon. For me it is the best in the challenge.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
 11/15/2005 08:39:03 AM
Nice image. A bit dark. More of a skyscape than a landscape.
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 11/15/2005 04:52:17 AM
more a skyscape
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Nikon D4s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/14/2005 07:27:56 PM
Beautiful colors
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 11/14/2005 11:25:18 AM
A very pleasant picture. The title is a little heavy handed though.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 11/14/2005 02:55:13 AM
This really does look like a painting. A lot of sky for a landscape but it is really lovely.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Canon
 11/13/2005 08:50:31 PM
Outstanding sky.
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Panasonic Lumix FZ45
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 11/12/2005 05:38:28 AM
I like the sky it creates a good atmosphere would have liked to see more foreground as well
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Fujifilm X100VI
 11/11/2005 06:33:06 PM
Interesting sky. Reminds me of some ceiling paintings in the Hermitage in Russia.
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Olympus C-740UZ
 11/11/2005 07:09:58 AM
this is it. A 10
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Fujifilm FinePix S5100
 11/11/2005 02:18:44 AM
I know the painting your title speaks off, you have captured the sky well enough but I feel you lost the Hills in the process. Well done though.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 11/11/2005 12:37:42 AM
Lovely!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/10/2005 11:23:41 PM
Great picture! (Got the subject!) Love the texture in the clouds!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/10/2005 04:20:08 PM
A landscape? I like this view but I think it would have been better under the title "From Ground Up".
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 11/10/2005 03:38:55 AM
Magnificent, beautiful sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/09/2005 03:57:17 PM
damn, such a long title, thanks for the explanation. Image is a bit grainy.
Not sure bout portrait orientation either.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/09/2005 01:51:56 AM
Creatively done! Yes... you did capture the Hudson River School's style well.
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