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The Big Dipper
The Big Dipper
JawnyRico


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Challenge: Lucky 7 II (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Mogadore, Ohio
Date: Jul 7, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 71 Sec.
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Jul 7, 2007

 Was trying to find all sorts of things to come up with for this challenge. Wanted to try and do my first 24 hour challenge. Tried all sorts of things, and everything turned out bad. My wife and I worked hard at different ideas and nothing worked. So later on in the evening we went outside and were watching some fireworks. The sky was so clear and beautiful, we looked up and saw the big dipper. My wife was like "Umm isn't that 7 stars" I said "Holy Lucky 7 Batman". Ran and got my camera and took 2 shots as it was 10:30pm. Put it on the computer and liked what I saw. I had the chance to remove some of the other stars, but I felt it added a bit to the shot. The 7 brightest stars make up the Big Dipper and that was good enough for me. Hope everyone likes. And thanks to my wife for all her patience today.

Adjustments:
Shot in Raw.
Sharpened, Adjusted WB to Tungsten
Color Saturation. Brightness, and Curves
Converted to Jpeg
Rotated Canvas 70 Degrees
Cropped, Brightness & Contrast
Hue & Saturation, Curves
Adjusted colors in Channel Mixer
Resized, Added Border, USM, Resized and Sharpened
Save for Web.

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 98
Avg (all users): 5.2540
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2037
Avg (non-participants): 5.2741
Views since voting: 1025
Views during voting: 326
Votes: 189
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Apple iPhone 7
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/12/2007 11:58:32 AM
If it were just the seven stars, the shot might be more effective
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon Digital IXUS 400
 07/12/2007 11:30:19 AM
That is my picture!

bigdipper
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 07/11/2007 11:30:54 AM
ok
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 07/10/2007 10:04:32 AM
Wow- not much to go on- just nothing happing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 07/09/2007 09:33:42 PM
Interesting - a bit fuzzy, but nicely composed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/09/2007 10:44:53 AM
Nice capture. I can see some slight star movement; did you use a tripod?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 07/09/2007 04:42:56 AM
OK my guess is yo may well get slaughtered by some of the voters because there are more than 7 stars in the image but I really like the concept you have nd your framing works well
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm XP 50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 07/09/2007 12:56:52 AM
Nice composition simple and elegant. But those realy are not stars huh!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 07/08/2007 08:04:26 AM
Nice shot of the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon
 07/08/2007 05:44:45 AM
good set up and capture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 07/08/2007 01:27:58 AM
That is really cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/08/2007 12:42:51 AM
Cool star shot. The lights of the stars are nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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