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Suburbia Dramatica
Louisa


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Challenge: Trees II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD Tele-Macro for Canon
Location: Windrose Park, Peoria, AZ
Date: Apr 27, 2009
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: Various
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Apr 27, 2009

 My first attempt at an HDR. This is a 25-ft steel tree + benches created by artist Joe Tyler in 2002. Found it by searching for "tree" in Google Maps. I love the internet. Not sure what the voters will think.

HDR in Photomatix: Only minor adjustments here (strength, light smoothing, & smoothing settings)

Lightroom adjustments: Clone dust spots, increase blacks, vibrance, saturation, clarity, tone curves, hues, adjustment layers

Photoshop adjustments: Attempt to clone out power lines (fail), Smart Sharpen, Curves, Levels, Vibrance, Resize, Border, Noise Ninja, Save for Web

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Votes: 197
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Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/30/2009 04:58:29 PM
Very creative I envy your talent. Good luck, Mike
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/29/2009 08:17:06 PM
It is very dramatic. There are a lot of "strange" things about the tree that draw my attention (which I like). 7
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