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The Stream
The Stream
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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
Location: Ashio, Nikko City, Japan
Date: Aug 28, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2007

 I went on an expedition during the summer holidays to an old copper mine in the mountains, and on the way home I took Route 15 and stopped off at this stream just before the road with many bends climbs up and down a mountain into Kanuma.

RAW conversion in RSE. Two copies, one unchanged which I used as the background in PSE3, the other one with changed exposure compensation and contrast.
On the background layer, I used curves and played around with selective colour levels, stacked on the second copy. Levels, boost of saturation, USM, resize, USM again, save.

I don't expect it will do very well, but hey, I have no idea what my best pic of 2006 was really...

Statistics
Place: 261 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.9569
Avg (commenters): 6.7857
Avg (participants): 5.9080
Avg (non-participants): 6.1034
Views since voting: 1001
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 348
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0

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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/26/2007 11:27:03 PM
Not only water, but lots and lots of moss. The whole picture feels like summer.
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 01/26/2007 05:19:24 AM
Looks nice and relaxing. A nice shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/25/2007 07:05:55 AM
Nice setting. Well captured. Maybe hyperfocal DOF would have given more depth to the image though.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/25/2007 03:46:56 AM
Quite beautiful and I like it.....
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 01/25/2007 02:01:17 AM
fantastic! great composition, perfectly exposed, and processed just right. excellent!!
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/19/2007 02:19:08 PM
So nice that you've managed to balance leaving the shutter open long enough to softly blur the water yet keep a nicely exposed sharp environment.
Well done.
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 01/19/2007 10:15:40 AM
Nice water shot. Good motion in the water.
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Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/16/2007 01:33:46 PM
Good exposure, and I like the colors in this.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Canon
 01/15/2007 08:41:02 PM
The green really stands out!
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 01/15/2007 04:56:43 AM
I've simply passed over most of the landscapes in this challenge, but the strength of composition, and genuine communication of a place's mood here makes this one worth more attention.
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Apple iPhone 4
 01/14/2007 09:37:29 AM
very good, but not exciting enough 6
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 01/13/2007 11:19:58 AM
Lovely colours and exposure
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 01/12/2007 05:40:46 PM
lovely detail and good water action...the composition looks a little awkward to me, as if I want to move the camera just o get a better vantage point...that's just me though
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 01/12/2007 05:32:01 PM
Beautiful colors. The slow shutter speed helped here.
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/12/2007 03:57:44 PM
The classic slow shutter shot. 8
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/12/2007 08:24:27 AM
beautiful love the greeentones
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