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Luminaria - Southwestern Holiday Tradition
Luminaria - Southwestern Holiday Tradition
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Candlelight (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Taos, New Mexico
Date: Dec 10, 2005
Aperture: F5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 Second
Galleries: Cityscape, Family
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2005

 Editing: Levels, red hue, clone out reflection in background, Crop, resize, unsharp mask, sharpen tool on one bag.

Luminaria are a traditional Southwestern USA Holiday decoration. Most people use the fake plastic ones but I found some real ones on the Taos Plaza. To make them you partially fill a paper bag with sand and put a votive candle in it and light it! They are very pretty.

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Place: 60 out of 160
Avg (all users): 5.4098
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.0899
Avg (non-participants): 5.6552
Views since voting: 1094
Views during voting: 309
Votes: 205
Comments: 8
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/18/2005 09:37:47 PM
this appears to be fairly snap-shotty. Nothing in this image grabs me.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 12/17/2005 09:04:02 PM
Looks safe...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon
 12/13/2005 11:25:56 PM
Yup, dem are candlez :) Nice shot with good leading lines, but maybe too many "equal" focal points. Just a thought.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/13/2005 10:36:44 PM
I love the luminari lights they are soft and pretty. You captured them well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F828
 12/13/2005 09:36:24 PM
Interesting but I'd like to see the bags set up straight w/o wrinkles.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-W5
 12/13/2005 03:33:28 PM
WOW. nice color contrasts of the lit paper bags & the darkness of the night. Beautiful focus & idea of photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/13/2005 12:11:19 PM
composition in diagonal, soft lighting, good luminosity
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/12/2005 10:10:47 PM
nice effect for an image with a very simple arrangement.
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