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Challenge: Red III (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2008 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Taftsville VT
Date: Nov 8, 2008
Aperture: f4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Rural
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2008

 I went seeking out "RED" in Vermont this weekend. I tried barns and leaves, berries and all, but nothing really worked for me. I was coming back from Quechee after shooting and happened on this old covered bridge. This bridge crosses the White River at Taftsville between Quechee and Woodstock. There is a dam with falls up river of here but it is very hard to get a good angle to a shot of the falls and the bridge.

Editing: Global djustments exposure, w/b, clarity, saturation, vibrancy, and sharpness prior to RAW conversion. Crop, hue/saturation, shadow/highlight, selective colors, USM, noise ninja and curves as JPEG. Resized for web, adjusted hue/sat and selective colors post resize.

Thanks for the comments during voting. It seems that most people considered this one overprocessed and likley not "Red" enough. I should have gone with my boring studio apple shot instead...

But this one does look very nice on the wall in my home!

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 205
Avg (all users): 5.5679
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.4259
Avg (non-participants): 5.6389
Views since voting: 893
Views during voting: 252
Votes: 162
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/19/2008 09:05:07 PM
Pete, very nice composition for this setting. I know that getting a good angle at this bridge is a challenge in itself. If you didn't mentioned where it was I wouldn't have guessed that it was the Taftsville bridge. I hope you cloned out the power lines for the copy on your wall :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/16/2008 04:15:19 AM
Lovely composition!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/15/2008 06:49:09 PM
Nice image. I like the processing.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 11/15/2008 03:30:58 PM
Interesting photo. Good use of the color red, but the lake is distracting and the photo isn't level which gives it a lop sidded feeling.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/13/2008 06:03:53 PM
A bit too much processing on this one, I think.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/12/2008 11:36:42 PM
Meets Challenge 2
Technicalities 2
Interestingness 2
Creativity 2
Personal Bias 1
Total = 9
nicely done
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Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 11/12/2008 07:32:11 PM
Interesting colors. Cool shot.
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