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Sony Forums Challenges | all galleries >> Challenge 68: Openings (hosted by Irish Eye) >> Challenge 68 Eligible Gallery > Eye to the Sky
by mlynn
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09-MAY-2004

Eye to the Sky
by mlynn

Looking at it on screen, this almost looks artificial to me;
but it's almost straight from the camera (with just a very slight levels adjustment, some sharpening (with the sky masked out), and a slight soft light overlay).
The sky really does get that blue here, frequently.

Sony DSC-F828
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Date/Time09-May-2004 16:16:30
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Sony Forums Challenges19-May-2004 06:20
Lovely colors, strong lines, so very simple and oh so complex. -Michael Puff
Guest 18-May-2004 09:12
Wow. this is so ALIVE. that blue is soo vibrant and striking. nice job
Sony Forums Challenges18-May-2004 02:15
Love the colors and how you've turned something seemingly dead into a splash of live colors. Nicely done. --Mike Ezell
Guest 17-May-2004 00:52
lovely compo, color and details. good eye, melanie ;-) andy
Guest 16-May-2004 19:10
Neat opening. Nice color and detail.
Cherylm
John Potter16-May-2004 10:16
Melanie: Beautifully done. I really like the placement of the opening and the composition. Really nice piece. john
Sony Forums Challenges15-May-2004 05:30
Thank you everyone. Miguel, I actually did very little post processing on this picture. A slight levels adjustment, a soft light layer (at about 6% I think), and a very slight dodge layer (I think). And a bit of sharpening (with the sky masked out). I made no other adjustments. [And I have my camera set at real color mode.] Melanie (mlynn)
Sony Forums Challenges14-May-2004 10:05
Melanie, I like the simple composition and color contrast here...nice lighting & sense of texture too. The "eye" really stands out...well seen & a clever title. MFC
Sony Forums Challenges13-May-2004 23:59
Mlynn, I like this image a lot. I like to take similar images myself and usually I enhance quite a bit the contrast of the wood. Your image looks high in contrast (wood) so I assume that you have worked with it?. Very pretty indeed.

Miguel
Sony Forums Challenges13-May-2004 21:23
Great texture and color. Helen
Sony Forums Challenges13-May-2004 14:40
Very striking contrast between the blue sky and burnt tree. Very nice shot...Rob
Sony Forums Challenges13-May-2004 02:43
Good Eye on the Eye..
simple and detailed, sharp and vivid. irish_eye