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06-SEP-2007 John Prichard

Yellowstone Grand Canyon

Yellowstone, Wyoming

Very flat lighting, de-saturating to B&W, cropping the sky and many other visual cues allows me to present a flat cluttered picture of nature. You almost notice the shapes (geology) over the elements.

Canon PowerShot SD800 IS
1/160s f/2.8 at 4.6mm hide exif
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Date/Time06-Sep-2007 12:24:38
MakeCanon
ModelCanon PowerShot SD800 IS
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length4.6 mm
Exposure Time1/160 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
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Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge22-Oct-2007 23:36
For the challenge, it's a neat idea of converting this one to b/w. So as to especially remove the color from the branches in the front.

I must say though that I enjoy the color version more and also see it as "cluttered". But the b/w does help in making it a more level playing field for all the shapes here.

-Techo
ctfchallenge19-Oct-2007 20:43
TV said something in the discussion that intrigued me. He almost wanted to see shapes with equal emphasis to the objects themselves. For my wife's half-century we went to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone this year. Although I have some great shots of Yellowstone (and Tetons), the clouds moved in when we went to the Grand Canyon part which for the most part flattened the pictures. With a little help by removing color, and visual cues leading out of the canyon, I think I can produce the result TV is looking for but by using a scenery shot (my specialty). I have put the actual color picture without crop in pending (sized down to a nubbin, of course). John