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End of a Revolution
End of a Revolution
mariomel


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Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
Location: Ormstown, Qc
Date: Jun 12, 2004
Aperture: F 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125 s
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 24, 2004

 I wanted to call this photo: End of a Resolution, since this marks the end of my New Year's Resolution, where I said I would not take any more colourful sunsets. Oh well. Life goes on...

Taken on my way back from the Ormstown fair, with the whole family in the car. I spotted this sunset shinning over the river, and had to double back and take a few shots. My wife and kids thought I was crazy, as I jumped the guard rail and trudged through the long grass on the side of the highway, in order to get a slightly less obstructed view.

Shot in JPEG mode (unfortunately) using my 28-105mm @ 28mm, handheld.

In PS7: Used a technique I learned on Luminous Landscape to create a blended exposure. The only difference is I used only one image. Here's how: Created 2nd layer. Darkened the 2nd layer (using levels) to bring out the colours and detail in the sky. Created a mask on the 2nd layer using the lighter under-layer (as described here). Flattened and saved as Tiff to send it to NeatImage to clean it up a little. Back to PS7 for some more slight levels, crop, saturation, resize, USM, and border. Also cleaned up a little funny reflection in the water using the healing brush tool. A little burning in the blue portion of the sky, and a little desaturation (using the sponge tool) to remove some greenish colours in the sky.

One of my first blended exposures. I think it works well.

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/07/2004 07:11:53 PM
Very nice colors and great silhouette.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/07/2004 05:52:30 PM
Doesn't meet the challenge brief. Good luck. ;)
Canon PowerShot G3
 07/06/2004 07:09:33 PM
Gorgeous colours, lovely reflection. However, it looks like your horizon is rotated. Maybe that's just an illusion, but it's not enough to mark you down much. 7.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 07/06/2004 06:59:18 PM
Wonderful colors and nice silhouette of the treeline. It's a bit centered - but that seems to work just fine for this scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 07/05/2004 01:28:58 PM
Very stunning sky colors here. Nicely captured, but a bit on the boring side. I'm not sure what I would do differently. I guess it would depend on what's available. Maybe focus more on one thing instead of the whole line of dark trees? In anycase, it looks like you got to enjoy a great sunset.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 07/05/2004 09:46:32 AM
Excellent photo - title is not self-explanitory though...
Nikon D70
 07/04/2004 12:56:57 PM
nice title :)
Nikon D200
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon
 07/03/2004 11:31:42 PM
Not sure I understand the title, but as sunset shots go, this is a nice one.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 07/03/2004 12:28:41 PM
great title!
Canon EOS-10D
 07/01/2004 09:47:51 PM
nice!
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH Mega O.I.S lens
 07/01/2004 06:37:25 PM
Wonderful colorful sky and reflection. I'd just love to see something in the foreground to set this off, a boat with a fisherman, some ducks... to give the forground a focal point. But you can't control what's there when you are taking a picture and this is a gorgeous sunset.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S330
 07/01/2004 02:44:42 PM
Beautiful sunset and different enough from most to make it exciting. I love your title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/01/2004 07:26:09 AM
Great shot
9
could be a ten but in my opinion the border is a little distracting
good luck though, it is a beautiful image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 07/01/2004 07:00:45 AM
Clever title. Great capture of a sunset's colors and use of the reflections on the water.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
 07/01/2004 06:41:59 AM
Great color. Like the saturation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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