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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 141 - Earth, Wind & Fire >> Challenge 141 - Eligible > 10 am
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01-SEP-2007 tvsometime

10 am

New York State near Rochester

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi ,Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
1/160s f/8.0 at 18.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time01-Sep-2007 10:02:06
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modeaverage (1)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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jvkelley 11-Sep-2007 02:07
The edits look great
Maurice Allain09-Sep-2007 23:27
Looks much better now! lots of air in this capture! :)
ctfchallenge09-Sep-2007 04:16
Now updated with a worked over version to clone out the ghosts and add highlights. -tv
Rod 07-Sep-2007 21:53
That explains it Tommy I thought it was strange you trying layers & masks in Photoshop:-) Was the window tinted? I did some dodging on it to lighten some of the lighter parts of the clouds & put it in pending.
ctfchallenge07-Sep-2007 11:37
Rod is correct in that no PP was required except to clone out some obvious flare. This was shot through a hotel window which produced the ghosting, unfortunately. I can't think of anything to do about that. -tv
Rod 07-Sep-2007 06:06
My monitor isn't bright & I can see the misalignment too so I don't know wot black magic our Tommy performed on this shot. I wouldn't have thought a sky like this would need any post processing magic, just a polish is all that's needed to keep a natural look which has been lost here. The clouds down towards the horizon look a bit strange. Can you post a downsized version of the original in pending so we can see wot problems needed to be overcome? It looks like a great sky you have captured here.
jvkelley 07-Sep-2007 05:28
Great picture. Very dramatic contrast.

One thing though. There is a faint ghost image above all the clouds. My monitor is set fairly bright, so it is quite visible to me. I'm guessing one of your layers got misaligned during post-processing.
Guest 07-Sep-2007 03:54
Great contrast. Did you use polarizer filter or what?