Shot at the smelter located on the North side of Kennecott Copper mine in Utah. It was surreal how the cat tails were a copper color this time of year. Hope you all like it.
Shooting Details: Nikon D50
2005/11/29 13:28:37.9
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3008 x 2000)
Lens: 55-200mm F/4-5.6 G
Focal Length: 78mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/640 sec - F/6.3
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Optimize Image: Normal
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Normal
Sharpening: Auto
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Long Exposure NR: Off
PhotoShop Details: Open
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Levels: 8 0.90 198
Curves: 61/76 & 205/178
H/S: 8
B/C: -5/11
H/S: -29
Curves: 88/80 & 203/168
H/S: 12
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USM: A:110 R:1.1 T:5
B/C: 20/5
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Post Challenge: WOW a top ten! I'm flattered! Thank you to all that left such great comments and votes on this shot during voting. I'm glad that so many people liked it. I personally thought there were a lot of great shots in this challenge and I didn't expect to do this good against so many wonderful images.
Thanks again!
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Place: 10 out of 223 Avg (all users): 6.4945 Avg (commenters): 7.4286 Avg (participants): 6.2326 Avg (non-participants): 6.6162 Views since voting: 2903 Views during voting: 359 Votes: 271 Comments: 32 Favorites: 2 (view)
omg. i was just browsing through challenges and saw this one, scrolled down and saw this pic and thought, "hey, that looks like utah!" (i need to get out of this state)
absolutely stunning; great white and cream and rust and silver; love the combinations and clarity of exposure; maybe the shot is just a bit busy? but still; great work.
Awesome, Steve. This is wonderful. I saw someone out on a hill near 5600 W. and 2100 S. shooting into the industrial section during the challenge week. I was hoping for a top shot from a local. You came through with flying colors.
Nice composition, although personally I would have cropped the unsharp area of the foreground out. Great light and great setting, I like how out of place the factory looks against the great landscape. Good work!
How amazing it is that the sight of mountains covered in snow can make even the most ugly subjects come alive! Great shot; good light; well composed. Perhaps the foreground could take a bit more cropping, but nonetheless in my top six.
Very effective presentation and composition. I like how the composition is closely cropped to show the viewer a vertical presentation of the scene. In this way the shape mimics the tall column and the plume of "smoke" that is rising in the air. Also, I don't know if this was planned for the shot or a lucky stroke, but those copper hued plants in the forground also have a vertical presentation in there natural shape. The colors of those plants adds a burst of bright and vibrant color to a scene that otherwise would make us think "cold". We see the image and with the whiteness of the snow and sky we are instantly made to feel the cold but that burst of color from the plants adds a bit of unexpected warmth to the scene. Nicely captured.
8 - Very nice, good use of color. Criticism; difficult as, as much as I like the fore 'grass' texture and color effect, just think if it were 'competing' less (especially for this Challenge) would make this even better in my opinion. Also difficult to tell, but seems the sharpest focus is on the mountain rather than the 'factory' (apologies if wrong there), so a shift in focus might have also made this better. An overall 'contrasting' type of feel to this shot, given the 'environment'.
I like the way we can see the industrial plant surrounded by a natural environment. The muted colours of everything but the foreground trees works well. With the steam and the chimney mirroring each other it feels a little to centred horizontally for my preferences.
Wow what a contrast. This is wonderful. It would be a great photo even without the flowers in the foreground, but with them it is spectacular. How does anything grow in that cold!
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