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Challenge: Free Study 2009-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Location: Gran Kommune, Norway
Date: Aug 28, 2009
Aperture: f/9
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320"/200"/100"
Galleries: Architecture, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2009

 Taken with my 10.5mm Fisheye lens, adding a sort of Tim Burton feel to the towers on the left and right. Unfortunate that one...

HDR from 3 RAW files
Merged in Photoshop
Tonemapped in Photomatix
Processed in Photoshop
Removed a powerline
Removed several ghosts in the sky, hope the outcome of it doesn't "change a typical viewer’s description of the photograph"
Had fun with selective colors
Resized
Sharpen
Proof Colors
Saved for Web

I hope this gets an average over 5.3. Yes, 5.3 would be nice. Guess I will be killed for having the Tim Burton effect on two of the towers which I think looks very funny (in a good way).

Statistics
Place: 267 out of 414
Avg (all users): 5.3462
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2404
Avg (non-participants): 5.7692
Views since voting: 696
Views during voting: 210
Votes: 130
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0

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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 11/30/2009 04:24:08 PM
Interesting shot - I'm going to be bold and disagree with Juliet! I really like the colour treatment here and find the green grass to be particularly engaging; I like the blue hue in the sky too.

The only thing that I'd perhaps take issue with is the bit of path on the left of the image - I don't think its inclusion adds anything and it has the potential to detract.

Probably would do much better in something other than a Free Study, but undervalued nonetheless IMHO.
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Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 09/10/2009 10:01:55 PM
Hi from the Critique Club,

You asked for your shot to have a comment from a member of the Critique Club.

this is an interesting shot.

I think what hurt you in this shot, is the over saturation of the colours and your leaning towers.

If you had made this black ad white, it may have had a more of an impact of the voters. It would have looked more moody and more drama added to it. As of right now, it kinda looks like a bit flat.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/01/2009 01:09:01 AM
I love the warmth the bits of color from the flowers give this.
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