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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Challenges 2007
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Hochheim, Germany
Date: May 27, 2007
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2007

 Darn freakin' challenge... I shot all sorts of stuff for this challenge - if you only knew! I've coined the term NCW for what I do - "nothing challenge-worthy". I had a lot of NCW stuff. This here be the last resort.

We had a nice thunderstorm come in overnight, which thankfully cooled things off a bit. Had a bit of early sunshine, sorta, through breaks in the clouds, so I rode out along the vineyards and took pictures. The original of this one is very dark - tried to avoid blowing out the sky (had several where I failed in that respect). Tonemapped the RAW image, opened in PS, and did all sorts of stuff to it. Levels, selective color, cropped, uncropped, recropped (it's a long story), sharpened more than once, resized, and I don't know what all else. Oh, a bit of dodging and burning for the practice - not a whole lot. Cloned out part of a rock. Added a slight gradient to the sky. Eventually chose a version and saved for web. All this for a probably 5.2. :-)

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Fujifilm FinePix S9000
 06/27/2007 09:55:28 PM
gorgeous, looks like it never ends...you are showing us so much of the country there, its a treat
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 06/12/2007 04:35:43 PM
Well, you did better than you predicted! :) This kind of vista begs for bright saturation of colors and you delivered - very nice.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 06/04/2007 05:59:44 PM
Oh, I love this photo, Deb. It brings back so many memories of living in Germany. We had a field exactly like this right behind our house on post where we lived. Very nostalgic for me. This could BE it!

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/04/2007 01:58:19 PM
Lovely bright colours, and the light and shadows work really well in the shot. I wouldn't say NCW, I'd be pretty happy if this was my shot :)
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 06/04/2007 01:09:05 PM
Very pretty - I love the vivid colors.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/04/2007 12:39:26 AM
With so much going on in your life at present, you are allowed to become NCW, you beat your estimation, my experience working with leaves is always use a highlight/shadow, even if you don't use it, I have to go back about another 100 to find mine...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/02/2007 02:22:13 PM
It's hard to tell what's being photographed. Not a lot of detail, pretty sky.
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Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 06/01/2007 04:42:30 PM
Very jagged image. All detail is really lost in the pixilization. Not sure how to clear it up. It just happens sometimes on images.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D
 05/30/2007 02:39:51 PM
ok
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/29/2007 11:26:31 AM
Looks a bit over sharpened ad the grape vines look as if they were painted. Overall I believe the picture is a bit bright.
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 05/29/2007 01:30:40 AM
Nice crisp colours.
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 05/28/2007 05:20:24 PM
A bit too over processed
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