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Wetland Habitat
Wetland Habitat
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White Landscape (Basic Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Fern Ridge Reservoir
Date: Apr 24, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2010

 Lightroom
Crop

Photoshop
Topaz Denoise
Selective color to deepen the blues/cyans
Levels
Silver Efex adjusting "Color filter", Shadows/Highlights, and Brightness/Contrast (No control points, I swear!)
Resize 50%
Sharpen
Resize to current
Smart sharpen
Add border... removed border... added border... removed border.
Gah, I can't pick!
Compromised with a Selective Color to darken blacks.

Statistics
Place: 148 out of 382
Avg (all users): 5.6259
Avg (commenters): 7.2222
Avg (participants): 5.7327
Avg (non-participants): 5.3913
Views since voting: 1070
Views during voting: 243
Votes: 147
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2010 07:41:32 PM
Wonderfully bleak. In my top ten of the challenge. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 05/01/2010 04:33:04 PM
Simple yet effective. (No vote, just commenting.)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7
Olympus 50mm f/3.5 MF Normal Zuiko Macro
 05/01/2010 10:33:58 AM
Interesting sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/30/2010 11:20:08 PM
Not your typical garden variety landscape shot... but very effective. One of my top scores so far.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 04/30/2010 06:32:03 PM
nice clouds
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 04/28/2010 11:25:19 PM
cool.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 04/26/2010 07:24:08 PM
Lots of interest in this one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5 Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/26/2010 05:21:31 PM
It is nice how you got those sticks to hold the clouds in place. (not voting)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 04/26/2010 05:09:23 PM
Really interesting ladscape & that sky is awesome
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 04/26/2010 12:39:54 PM
A fave. Great depth, detail, excellent tonal quality. The tiny bit of blown out cloud on the right works to draw the eye around the scene. Something interesting is going to happen here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/26/2010 07:49:29 AM
Strong cloud formation with good light and darks...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
 04/26/2010 04:00:11 AM
excellent,, amazing sky,,,,,,,,,,,
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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