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Delicate Arch
Delicate Arch
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2009-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA
Date: May 15, 2009
Aperture: F/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2009

 This is an HDR photograph of Delicate Arch taken in Arches National Park in Utah.

Post processing:
Tone mapped in photomatix using 3 RAW (CR2) files
Saved as 16-bit tiff
In photoshop:
Curves
Desaturated reds
Cloned out some fringing due to chromatic aberration
Used neat image to remove the noise in the sky
Converted to 8-bit sRGB
(Adamus sharpening):
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Added border
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Statistics
Place: 21 out of 434
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Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 6.4951
Avg (non-participants): 6.6000
Views since voting: 1643
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 138
Comments: 16
Favorites: 2 (view)

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AuthorThread
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 08/03/2009 12:21:03 PM
Wow - amazing perspective and color.
Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 06/09/2009 04:00:27 PM
Extremely well thought out. I love the concentration that went into this and the imagination it stimulates in the viewer.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
06/08/2009 06:57:01 AM
Gorgeous - this is the best I think I've seen of these arches. It almost looks human.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/07/2009 04:34:33 AM
Wonderful rendition of this - lovely tones, excellent detail, and the sky is perfect.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/06/2009 10:22:41 AM
the processing has left some haloes on this which don't work for me...6
Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 06/05/2009 01:43:29 PM
nice
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 06/05/2009 08:00:59 AM
Nice perspective and color.
Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 06/04/2009 09:35:05 PM
Nice perspective. 7
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 20mm f/2.8D
 06/04/2009 05:55:29 PM
wonderful light, love the details, 9
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 06/04/2009 12:08:54 PM
Great overall focus and color.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
06/04/2009 02:27:47 AM
The rock detail is beautiful but I don't like the haloing.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/01/2009 11:05:37 PM
what a cool angle and perspective...very well done
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 06/01/2009 09:13:43 PM
Very sharp. Good work with the colour of the sky. Not a fan of the frame though.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 06/01/2009 09:12:13 AM
Nice HDR, unfortunate I find the slight halo due to the HDR process (which I am currently assuming , I may be totally wrong here) a little distracting. 7
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/01/2009 07:55:09 AM
Interesting perspective. Good job.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 06/01/2009 12:26:26 AM
I don't know if this a unique view or not, but I've never seen it this way. NIcely framed against the sky.
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