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Postby antman on Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:22 pm

Here's a pic I took from a bus as we were coming down from the top of Haleakala Crater, Maui, Hawaii. There are a number of companies that offer bike tours down from the top of the crater - elevation 3000m. This group was stopped a short distance from the summit.

Post porcessing was mainly adjustment of the shadows in the RAW converter to enhance the silhouette.

Shot with D70 - 17-55mm at f2.8 1/1250s.

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Postby Mal on Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:30 pm

Nice shot Geoff.
IMHO I would crop th etop cloud. It gives it the more of the "on top of the world" feel
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Postby Ladybird on Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:40 pm

This is pretty damn cool! Not only the clouds but the silhouetting works brilliantly. However, I agree that the top cloud is a bit superfluous and the shot would be improved by cropping it out.
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Postby Oscar on Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:46 pm

What Mal and Ladybird said!!! (yeah - crop just at the bottom edge of the upper layer of cloud)

Cool shot Geoff. Well done.

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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:01 pm

Superb shot and I agree with the others crop the sky :)
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Postby Geoff on Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:06 pm

Great shot Geoff - reminds me of ET :)
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Postby petal666 on Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:36 am

I'd actually clone the cloud out rather than crop.
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Postby antman on Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:33 pm

Cheers. Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Will give them a try.
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Postby Killakoala on Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:22 pm

Fantastic shot. Love it!!! The crop will work brilliantly.
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Postby antman on Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:32 pm

Here is a cropped version:

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and the cloned version:

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I think a I prefer the cloned version but I do appreciate the "ethical" issue involved with such pp'ing.

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Postby fishafotos on Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:01 pm

i prefer the cropped version.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:01 am

Harry is for the crop, I'm for the clone :)

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But more important, which do you like more ? :lol:
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Postby Oz_Beachside on Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:09 am

I love the Hawaiian hills!! Or any near the equator for that matter.

I like the cloned version. Not because it removes something, but for what it adds.

The human eye sees things, and our brian filters differently over a photo, to real life (being there).

Being there, I would stare in awe at the layers of clouds. In the first unedited shot, I stare more at the dark layer. Cloning it out makes sense here, and I dont think is pushing the boundaries at all, just helping the image represent the amazement of the sky that high up. PS: my editor yesterday pointed out my US influence in the use of "and, ..." sorry if this bothers those in here, its from my background, and I'll try to stop doing it...
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Postby Mal on Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:51 pm

:oops: Actually having suggested the crop at the start of this thread I now must confess that I like the clone best! :oops: :oops: :oops:
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It really makes it feel that you are even higher up.
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