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Still Water Sundown
Still Water Sundown
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
Location: Lake in southern Missouri
Date: Feb 25, 2009
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2009

 Shot in raw, made three copies with adjusted exposure and made a pseudo hdr in photomatix. Opened in olympus raw and adjusted temp and clarity. Opened in photoshop elements 7 and adjusted color curves, lighting, dodged and burned highlights and midtones, cloned out an annoying jet stream. Aligned horizon, cropped, sharpened and resized for web.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 436
Avg (all users): 6.1325
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 6.1619
Avg (non-participants): 6.0652
Views since voting: 1124
Views during voting: 276
Votes: 151
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/09/2009 07:22:17 PM
Love the texture in this!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 03/09/2009 01:02:11 AM
This is really gorgous. That scritchy-scratchy pattern in the sky makes it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
03/07/2009 10:28:01 PM
Great sunset beautiful colors nice black framing.
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 03/07/2009 11:49:07 AM
The vignette really serves this scene well, it forces the eye in nicely on this moody dusk and makes the viewer much more involved.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak EasyShare C653
 03/06/2009 11:22:41 AM
All the sun photos are great. THey all have symmetrical balance for the most part and this is great.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 03/05/2009 10:21:10 AM
I like to gold tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 03/04/2009 11:46:22 AM
great shot, love the sun
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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro USM
 03/02/2009 04:02:43 PM
What an amazing reflection, if it wasn't for the slight ripple on the trees I wouldn't know which way was up :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 03/01/2009 09:05:39 PM
Incredible colours, and textures, make is an outstanding sunset shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/01/2009 12:28:34 PM
Very nice reflections, great scene, maybe a tad too dark?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 03/01/2009 10:23:34 AM
This would be so awesome on canvas!!
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