Processed from RAW in DPP
Exported as JPEG
Open in CS3
Rotate (many times) and crop until trees were straight
D&B
Convert to B&W with CS3 black and white layer
New layer
Optik Verve Processed to Still Life preset, changed blending mode to overlay, opacity to 20%
Brightness/Contrast
Channel Mixer layer to bring back the punch
USM @ 100, 1.5, 0
Resize
USM @ 70, .5, 0
Canvas size for border
Resize for challenge
SFW
DONE
I am predicting aaaaaaaaaaa 4.2!!
I never know what the hell the voters are gonna do though...
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There was an Ansel Adams shot like this that hung in my high school English classroom, and it is probably my favorite AA picture. I'm so glad there was a shot like this in the challenge since I wasn't able to do one myself, so thanks!
Simple and haunting. Tonal qualities really work for me. I'd boost the contrast maybe sooooo very slightly but I'm being really anal. This very good work and worth of a ribbon. Good luck to you! Bumped to 9
I know Adams did a shot a lot like this, but I never particularly liked it, same applies to this one I'm afraid. Technically I think it's pretty good, a touch dark perhaps. Might have been nice to see a bit more of the plain ground at the bottom of the shot.
The scene is quintessentially Adams, from his introspective moods, but the rendering falls short of what it might be. See //z.about.com/d/govegas/1/0/P/X/aspensdawnbeladams.jpg for a similar scene by AA, and how he handled the tonalities. You have much of that potential here.
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