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Challenge: Trees (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: Vista Point off of I-280
Date: Feb 20, 2007
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2007

 Jeez! It was so hard to resize AND sharpen this! First I resized and then sharpened and the file was too big, then I tried sharpening then resizing and it was still too big. I messed with the size # of the actual resize on the web site, then sharpened or visa versa. Still no. I FINALLY got it to work when I only saved it as 95% quality. ugh, what a pain.

Overall I don't think this shot is very good. The actual tree isn't particularly special and there's a shadow. What I do like is the fact that then color appears very rich color considering that I couldn't edit it at all. Again, I'm making more of a point of the challenge's rules than the actual challenge subject...probably not a smart move, but oh well. I got the rich color by going in the color mode on my camera and putting the emphasis on green. I tried blue for the sky, but then the ground and the tree looked washed out.

I'm not very partial to landscapes, but at least it was a good learning experience. The composition was a little difficult because of the shape and the angle of the ground I was on as well as the horizon "cutting" the tree in half.

BTW, if anyone says there isn't more than 1 tree, they...are...WRONG. See the hills in the background? That's not grass, it's millions and millions of alllllll kinds of trees. So, ha!

:::After Challenge:::
yay! I'm happy with how high this scored, not quite a 6, but close enough. Hope you all liked it :)

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.9945
Avg (commenters): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.9796
Avg (non-participants): 6.0120
Views since voting: 822
Views during voting: 288
Votes: 181
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D200
Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
 03/06/2007 11:20:07 AM
Nice simple composition. You placed the tree in a nice quadrant. I think the composition could use some balance on the bottom left (a rock, a cart, a person, etc), but really is a minor thing. The clouds in the sky give a nice dramatic background. A very nice picture with the different dimensions in the rolling fields. Glad it did so well for you!
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 03/05/2007 08:01:30 PM
Nice shot. I think the strongest point in this image is the compositon. Everything is just layed out so perfectly. This also has very nice use of "rule of thirds" I like the 3 layers.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/01/2007 03:35:15 PM
to my eyes, the pic looks off balance, heavily weighted to the right. I think it's the darkness/heaviness of the tree. Nice greens of grass. 5
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/01/2007 12:37:27 PM
Very beautiful, the focus and the composition is amazing and so are the colors- top 5 for sure
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Canon Digital IXUS 400
 02/28/2007 05:22:36 AM
The vista is great but it wouldn't have been much without that tree. Lovely shape and well placed in the frame. You had good lighting conditions for this one.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/24/2007 11:19:16 AM
Very nice colors!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/23/2007 08:47:00 AM
Love the vibrant green grass. It stands out more than the tree though
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 02/23/2007 07:53:43 AM
Lush greenery conserved at the expense of the sky make this stand out for me. 8.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/23/2007 12:09:04 AM
A nice picture but the green of the grass is a little overpowering.
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