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Challenge: Fallen (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Pentax K200D
Lens: Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8 ED
Location: Lafayette, CA
Date: Aug 1, 2008
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Emotive, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 2, 2008

 Across from the train (BART) station in the town of Lafayette, a landowner has erected a number of crosses on a hillside, one for each U.S. soldier killed in Iraq, as a combination memorial to the fallen soldiers and protest of the war. I've wanted to shoot it for a while, and thought the Fallen challenge was a good opportunity to do so. So I took BART into work on Friday, so I could shoot the crosses in the morning and evening light. Was hoping for some fog, but it didn't happen on this day, but I did get this shot in the morning, which, with just a bit of processing (:>P) evoked the kind of image I was going for.

Bumped contrast and punched colors in Lightroom and added a vignette, then some levels and contrast adjustments in PS Elements to give it an edge, desaturated it a bit, then a big Hue adjustment to make it kinda gloomy and dark. A bit of USM and a fair amount of Neat Image to finish it off.

The crosses of Lafayette

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Place: 54 out of 144
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 08/11/2008 12:11:23 AM
I really liked this shot and I think this was under rated.
Keep up thr good work!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 08/10/2008 03:35:59 AM
I like the processing - great colors and contrast.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 08/05/2008 01:36:12 PM
excellent capture..erie, nice composition.
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Sony DSLR-A100
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 08/04/2008 03:10:39 AM
nice capture. I like light effect
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