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Rush of Nature
Neil


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Challenge: High Contrast II (Basic Editing III)
Collection: A Prints Pending
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Platte Clove, Catskills, NY
Date: Sep 30, 2006
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2006

 Taken at Platte Clove, in the Catskills on a DPC GTG. This is a falls just before you get to the stone bridge near Devil's Kitchen.

I liked the way this looked in color as well, and actually like the full view one with more folliage. But in the B&W high contrast version, I opted to crop to bring out the falls, and take advantage of the darker rocks for contrast.

Not sure whether voters will expect Uber contrast, but this seems to be nice high contrast to me.

Processing was very simple. Very little! I converted to BW just by desaturating during conversion. I know that's not normally recommended, but RSP seemed to do a good job, and I can't use my favorite action--Gorman's technique in basic.

After loading into PS, I cropped, did a USM for Local Contrast Enhancment, reduced, and resharpened. Then applied a very light Shadow Highlight filter to bring out a bit of the shadow detail.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 396
Avg (all users): 6.4335
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 6.3133
Avg (non-participants): 6.5444
Views since voting: 2275
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 173
Comments: 14
Favorites: 8 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/07/2009 12:34:25 AM
Another instant favorite. Really really nice.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko
 04/24/2007 06:43:58 PM
Sorry for this pun, but this ROCKS!
Absolutely perfect tones and mood cast in this superb B&W!
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Canon PowerShot A520
 04/24/2007 04:31:35 PM
I love the black and white in this picture. I havent seen a lot of black and white waterfall pictures so this is very nice. Its going right into my favorites!!!!
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/19/2006 01:51:14 AM
very beautiful, i think you chose well and everything contrasts nicely.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 10/16/2006 03:54:49 PM
This is a beautiful shot, well done.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/11/2006 09:15:37 PM
Love the rich tones here. Nice work, Neil. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 10/11/2006 04:38:09 PM
This was one of my favorites. Beautifully done (as always) in black and white!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 10/11/2006 03:35:30 PM
Great picture. Congrats on your top 20 finish!
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 10/11/2006 01:01:50 PM
Nice job converting to B&W. This is a lovely image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70
 10/10/2006 05:20:54 PM
Great image
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 10/09/2006 10:04:25 PM
Nice Shot. DOF is great. Exposure is just right not too overdone.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/08/2006 10:19:16 PM
Lovely with outstanding tonal beauty. 9
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 10/04/2006 03:02:55 PM
Lovely falls. 7.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/04/2006 07:37:42 AM
great composition, but I would call this perfect contrast rather than high contrast, sorry 7
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