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Challenge: Free Study 2011-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Mar 10, 2011
Aperture: 8.60
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Urban, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Mar 12, 2011

 Shot through the windshield in a parking lot.

-Handheld, Auto mode
-Cloned out some blotches on the windshield in the sky area
-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-RGB Curve
-Blue/Yellow Curve
-Crop from top and bottom to 3:2 aspect ratio
-Resize
-USM at 8%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-Enlarge Canvas to make border
-SaveAs JPWG at quality 10/10 = 245K

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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 04/07/2011 10:40:53 PM
Great way to make a strong statement. In my opinion, a large part of photography is in recognizing the interesting shot when it presents itself. I'm afraid however, that I find the execution of this to be somewhat flat looking and not well composed. The biggest issue is way too much empty sky at the top that does not do anything for the scene. I'd suggest cropping in a lot closer to focus the eye on the elements that this is about. A bit of tweaking to make it pop a bit might help as well. I do think you've got some great material here to work with.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 04/04/2011 10:01:29 AM
This is fabulous!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-5
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF
 04/03/2011 01:00:32 AM
I'm guessing you're highlighting the juxtaposition between the barbed wire and the symbol of the land of the free.

Yes its there but this image doesn't have the visual wow required to do well here at DPC. This site rewards eye candy more so than underlying message and the trick to doing well is being able to combine both.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/01/2011 02:48:10 PM
While this is not a wow photo or technically perfect I can see why you took it and I appreciate that. You might want to clean your sensor though, I see a lot of dust. You could clone it out too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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