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Reflection a la Van Gogh
Reflection a la Van Gogh
JuliBoc


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Upside Down III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Big Bay, MI
Date: Oct 8, 2008
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Landscape, Photo-Impressionism
Date Uploaded: Oct 8, 2008

 This is a reflection turned upside down. I like the impressionistic feel and the sun that reminds me of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night'.

I would like to be able to dodge and burn a bit, but this was as far as I could go with basic editing.

PP: RAW conversion, Vertical flip, hue/sat (lightened and increased yellow saturation slightly), brightness/contrast, USM for contrast, reduced noise, resized, sharpened, added border, saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 110 out of 170
Avg (all users): 4.8171
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8636
Avg (non-participants): 4.8000
Views since voting: 1098
Views during voting: 253
Votes: 164
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D200
Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
 10/25/2008 09:03:21 PM
It really does look like a Van Gogh. It is actually quite intriguing as most reflections tend to be a bit more ordinary, but this is cool because the framing is dead on. The sun really creates the shot, and really makes if feel impressionist. It really takes a bit of time to really appreciate and does not really work as a thumbnail (probably some of the rash of low votes).
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/19/2008 07:24:47 AM
Unfortunately I just don't think there is enough detail in this shot to keep a viewers interest so I suspect your scores may suffer for that.

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 10/19/2008 12:16:22 AM
An expected shot in this challenge, but this one has some appeal to me.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 10/15/2008 10:02:16 AM
Very good idea. However, I would have really liked to see the trees upside down. The trees being the way they are doesn't really meet the challenge for me.
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