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A Light Rain
A Light Rain
banmorn


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: High Contrast IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 29, 2009
Aperture: f/ 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 30, 2009

 A statue under the marguee at the Prince Theatre in Philly. Sat on the sidewalk to take it.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PS Elements 6.0.
2 Crops.
Rotate 90° CCW.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue/saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
New Layer of levels and gradient map converting to BW.
Opened levels dialog and adjust RGB channels.
Flatten.
Curves adjustments to increase contrast on new layer 55% opacity.
Curves adjustment to increase highlights.
Resize. USM

Statistics
Place: 72 out of 216
Avg (all users): 5.6027
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.3654
Avg (non-participants): 5.7340
Views since voting: 963
Views during voting: 218
Votes: 146
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/06/2009 12:58:33 AM
The POV, contrast, and excellent composition make this one of the best of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/03/2009 09:26:17 PM
Challenge Relevance:7 Impact/Emotion/Mood:6 Technicals:6 Processing:6 Creativity:7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2009 01:30:55 PM
too dark. doesn't pop at all
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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