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View Poll Results: Which photo(s) do you prefer? (you can select several)
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rajabubun - Colors in The Water
12 26.67% -
John Morton - Clearing, with Sunny Breaks
23 51.11% -
ericg - wide canyon view
7 15.56% -
tomr0b - Driftwood
15 33.33% -
Kris V - Early morning sun
2 4.44% -
rawill - Venezia
2 4.44% -
shalom2010 - Natural History Museum Oct 2012
1 2.22% -
Christina S - A Pelican
1 2.22% -
RobinL - A Piece of Cake
6 13.33% -
IanMc - Unknown
6 13.33%
Multiple Choice Poll.
Results 1 to 12 of 12
Thread: Mini Competition #1365
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9th November 2012, 12:27 PM #1Forums Bot
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ACCEPTING ENTRIES: Mini Competition #1365
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9th November 2012, 03:46 PM #2
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Colors in The Water
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9th November 2012, 04:37 PM #3
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Clearing, with Sunny Breaks
A Sheltered Bay
Last edited by John Morton; 9th November 2012 at 04:48 PM.
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9th November 2012, 04:37 PM #4
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wide canyon view
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9th November 2012, 06:29 PM #5
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9th November 2012, 06:34 PM #6
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Early morning sun
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9th November 2012, 07:51 PM #7
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Venezia
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9th November 2012, 07:54 PM #8New Member
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Natural History Museum Oct 2012
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9th November 2012, 07:55 PM #9
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A Pelican
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9th November 2012, 08:39 PM #10
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A Piece of Cake
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9th November 2012, 11:06 PM #11New Member
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Re: Tru the Arch
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12th November 2012, 01:01 AM #12
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Thanks to all who participated
Thanks to all who voted and participated in this mini competition.
As always, lots of great images submitted - it is a pleasure to appear with so many talented photographers!
John M.
Photo info: HDR image taken with a shift.tilt perspective control lens. I used the shift feature to produce a short panorama: shifted left; centered; shifted right.
Playing around quite a bit with software: generated individual panorama segments in FDR Tools and Photomatix, then blended the two results together.
Just for added fun, I produced a low contrast version of each segment in FDR Tools, then used a "Divide" math function with that version to change a copy of the first HDR blend into more or less a line drawing. I fine tuned that as a black and white copy; used an "Add" math function to blend it into the original HDR version; the went through "Edit/Fade" (doing these post HDR steps in Photoshop 4, often with plug-in filters) with the blend mode changed to "Soft Light."
Finally - HDR color and detail I like! From there, I composed the panorama from the three segments and then edited the full panorama version for contrast etc. (Levels; Curves).
(I have a lot of fun playing with digital photography files. Thought of a new variation on this processing approach today..).
It's pretty amazing what a person can do now with a digital camera, tripod, and cable release!
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