Accidental find on my way back from my hometown in India. This was not clicked with intention of submission to challenge but this was the only one I could see fit to this challenge from my this weeks collection.
PP (on Picasa and Photoshop for local editing) -
Cropped
Levels
Graduated Tint
Some burning on tree (shadows) and on clouds (midtones)
Slight desaturation
NeatImage with sharpening
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Wow! A Ribbon :) I met three (almost) of my targets for this year with this photo - Ribbon, Average score above 5.7 and 75 photos as favorites (at 74...so almost :)). I thought this to be in to top 10...but ribbon was totally unexpected. Thank you all!!!!
Statistics
Place: 3 out of 197 Avg (all users): 7.1701 Avg (commenters): 8.3226 Avg (participants): 7.1667 Avg (non-participants): 7.1727 Views since voting: 16629 Views during voting: 352 Votes: 194 Comments: 66 Favorites: 30 (view)
What can I say that hasn't already been said by all the commenters? You really hit the mark on this one. Meets the challenge perfectly, great colors, nice detail in the sky, on and on.
Since this is the critique club, the only element I would have done differently is the horizon. Horizons that cut right through the middle of the frame bother me a bit. If you look at great landscapes and seascapes you will see that the most powerful images have the horizon 1/3 form the bottom or 1/3 from the top. I think if you came up just a bit on the bottom and had a bit more sky this really strong image would be improved. Of course this is my opinion. I certainly think the shot is deserving of the high placement that the DPC voters gave.
Congratulations on a superb capture!
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A very apt interpretation of the challenge - works on so many levels - the desolate area overlooking a populated area, the colors that are muted and almost drab - it's all good. Good luck!
Very beautiful, wow, this is a photo that makes one go wow! ok i made a fool of myself, what a perfect choice for the challenge, well focused framed and wonderful color and impact! you did well!
You really have great tone here; black bush as central focus; and a truly spectacular variety of hues that start cool on the horizon and get warm at the fore and in the sky at the edges. nice work.
It's good to see lots of colours in this challenge, I was afraid that I would be voting on 198 dreary black and white photos. This really invokes desolation to me - well done. I would have moved the tree a bit more to the left, it feels like it's not sure if it wants to be a centred composition or a rule of thirds...
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