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White Holme Reservoir
White Holme Reservoir
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-01 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: White Holme Reservoir
Date: Jan 27, 2007
Aperture: F/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3secs
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2007

 A bitter bitter evening, so cold I could hardly unscrew the tripod legs, the wind was whistling by at a fair rate of knots, so I was pleased that the sharpness was still intact. Anyway I stuck at it and managed to get a few images before the sun went down. Everything I read about that golden couple of minutes was true, I kept on looking around and images kept on popping out around me. Sounds a bit over the top but it really was true.

Tried an HDR image from one RAW image. Sharpened the rocks seperately from the grasses on an adjustment layer. There was a strong purple hue on the image that was partly correct due to the sunset but it looked too unnatural. In the end I did a bit of colours correction and applied velvia vision to bring out the colours that I remembered on the night.

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Nikon D200
Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
 02/07/2007 10:58:02 PM
This is one of the times where I think a telephoto or longer lens for the landscape might have work better. I really like that line of power lines and the clouds in the background, they just seem to be playing second fiddle to the rocks in front. Just a suggestion though. Beyond that , the colors are wonderful. I really like that purple with the light brown grass. Good use of the entire exposure range. Good sharpness, but maybe a bit more depth. A nice landscape overall that I think just missed the full potential of the composition.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/02/2007 06:14:12 PM
I like these rocks and the sky is nice also.
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Canon EOS-5D
Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS
 02/01/2007 11:42:51 PM
Well done. great photo.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/01/2007 12:58:18 AM
Looking very dry,nice perspective.
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