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Nison-in Temple, Kyoto
Nison-in Temple, Kyoto
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Halloween III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
Location: Nison-in Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Date: Oct 30, 2009
Aperture: F6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Travel, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2009

 [Post Challenge]
This is inexcusably awful. I should have never posted it but I had literally 5 minutes to play with it on a piece-of-garbage laptop while on vacation. Having spent time with the image on a better PC, I still may not have entered it but here is what I would have liked to have represent my submission. Because I wanted it to be a bit more creepy, I desaturated it a bit. I suppose the HDR part of it really doesn't do much like this but so what.




This a very quick auto-HDR in Qtpfsgui on a old, travel laptop. This photo will probably look better once I can do it properly in Photoshop. For now, what the heck. Hopefully it looks better on a better screen. I assume this score is going to get murdered...ha ha ha!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Pentax K50
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 11/07/2009 10:03:08 AM
Very well done and spooky. The movement in the trees really sells it.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 11/05/2009 02:42:43 PM
fascinating place. This just seems a tad flat. Perhaps increasing the contrast, if you want the washed out colors, or increasing the saturation a tad to bring out the greens and reds a little more. One other thought is focusing in more on the temple. The trees are given equal weight to the formations. If you would have zoomed in more on the lower left, it could be more interesting.
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta 50mm f/2.8 Macro
 11/03/2009 08:08:54 PM
It is hard to tell but it looks like there is a lot of motion in the trees, and is not very clear.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-620
Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 11/01/2009 06:16:57 PM
Very nice capture.
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