charliecrusan

Took 9 shots at the same angle, bracketing EV 0.3. Then used the limited

built-in HDR routine in Photoshop CS2, and came up with this. I increased

the saturation a touch, and did a bit of multiply, and color burn.

What do you think? Please Comment.

Wow what an expression. You've really captured it here.

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Charlie

Excellent capture. The action pose is interesting, and the tones are perfect.

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Charlie

Interesting shot, I love how you use her hands to frame her upper body.

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Charlie

The tones you have captured, and the soft light make this image amazing. Congrats. 

-Charlie

I guess I'm the minority here, but I love the sharply detailed moss in the foreground. I think that sets it apart from the blurred waterfall in the background.

Nice shot,

Charlie

Wonderful colors. I think I would prefer it with a touch more contrast, but that's just me. Great work!

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Charlie

Great processing effect! This is probably 100 times better than it would be in color.

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Charlie

Love it!

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Charlie

That's a mouthful. Nice capture.

-Charlie

Very telling photo. I witnessed the aftermath of Katrina, and it is amazing how powerful nature is. 

-Charlie

Without delving through the discussions, I just want to state my critique. I've seen several photos of Pulpit Rock, and this one is my favorite. I've never been there, but it seems like you have to get there early if you want to catch it without crowds of people. The composition is well split up into thirds, the sky, the far mountains and the water, and the cliff on the right. The black and white tones are amazing, and seem to give it an old-timey look. The person on the top is a nice addition. Although distant, and a complete silhouette you can still make out their pose. They seems to be calm and reflecting on the view. Considering how close they are to the edge, I think it's great. It is something I can relate to because, I have the same reaction near the edges of such places.
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Charlie

Extremely wonderful image.. The tones are great! The pillars and pilasters fading in to the distance create a nice perspective.

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Charlie

Wonderful. I love photos of old alleys and walkways. This photo is nicely done, and the alley is very interesting.

-Charlie

Zsolt,

I played around with it a bit, and aligned it to the trees. I think I like the aligned version a bit better. I have started to pay attention to such things after a few of my images have been tilted, and people pointed it out to me. I'm not sure if that's the reason it stood out to me, or if it's because the tallest tree is so straight. Here is the what I had in mind. The rotation is such that there was quite a bit of cropping. Hope you don't mind me posting what I had in mind.

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Charlie

Great use of color combined with black and white. 

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Charlie

Beautiful lighting. I love the blown out windows, yet her face is bathed in perfect light, and she is perfectly exposed (wow that pun never gets old).

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Charlie

Wonderful Image! This is a truly fantastic scene. The fence has so much character. The tones are wonderful, and the vignette adds a nice touch.

Is the horizon tilted as part of the theme?

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Charlie

Incredible!!

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Charlie

I added this one to my favorites. I can't remember seeing a more colorful interesting sky!

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Charlie

Excellent High-key photo. The bright red lipstick and nails, adds just the right  touch of color.

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Charlie

Ian,

I prefer the crop on this version to the other version. For the most part I like the increase in saturation. The only suggestion would be to decrease the red saturation on the man's skin. He looks like he has a very bad sunburn.

Otherwise great shot!

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Charlie

Beautiful image. The highlights, really highlight her wonderful form.

-Charlie