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Challenge: Miniature II (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: my backyard
Date: May 17, 2009
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 17, 2009

 This lighthouse is just over a foot tall... miniature compared to a real lighthouse!

pp: new levels layer, clone debris on lens, duplicate layer, smart select lighthouse for Topaz Adjust detailed preset, invert selection for clouds with dramatic preset with de-noise and tweaking values.

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Place: 102 out of 115
Avg (all users): 4.7117
Avg (commenters): 3.0000
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Views since voting: 868
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 111
Comments: 6
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Canon EOS 80D
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 05/25/2009 01:27:55 AM
I love lighthouses, and this one is very nice. You might want to consider offsetting it one way or the other so it isn't dead center of the shot.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 05/25/2009 01:00:01 AM
I recognized it as a miniature from the heaviness of the detail on the lighthouse. Apparently your illusion was too good. The comments suggest some people thought it was real.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 05/25/2009 12:11:08 AM
LOL - I see I'm in good company at the bottom of the barrel here.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2009 09:24:14 PM
I really like the processing that you have done in this shot, The detail in the brick of the lighthouse is really cool along with the detail in it makes it look very nice.

The blue in the sky is really deep in tonality. It almost looks to blue. The burning of the clouds you did really sets a mood to the scene. You have a couple pieces of sensor dust in the lower right corner that you should have cloned out. However I really like the overall detail in throughout the clouds and sky.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/22/2009 11:40:32 AM
Doesn't really meet the theme, for me.
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Sony Alpha a1
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 05/18/2009 10:47:30 PM
Sky is dramatic if somewhat large. Tower gives no hint of being miniature.
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