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Sunrise over the Lake District


Sunrise over the Lake District
Photo Information
Copyright: Clare Eden (ceden) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 21 W: 0 N: 22] (81)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-02
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2004-06-24 6:08
Viewed: 746
Points: 7
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
this photo was taken at sunrise at Castlerigg Stone Circle in the Lake District National Park. Castlerigg Stone Circle was an important Neolithic and Bronze Age sacred meeting place. For the 21st century visitor it offers a peaceful setting and outstanding views accross the surrounding hills and valleys.

Image scanned from an APS print; contrary to the views of most members, scanning does not degrade the image if scanned at a high resolution. Any graininess is the grain of the original print and certainly not the scanning process.
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Sunrise over Lake Districtceden 1 06-24 14:32
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Nice soft tones. I think the famous photographer Charlie Waite would like it.

Very nice soft muted colours- almost like a watercolour painting.
I like the repeating patterns of the hills on the left that is also repeated on the trees in the middle distance. One very minor thing is I might crop the small bushes at the very bottom of the frame.

I agree about the scanning if the scan is done well and at a good resolution, but I guess it is easy to make a bad scan with poor equipment or low resolutions.
I have had some truly awful,grainy scans of some pin sharp slides done by an otherwise excellent photo lab.
For some examples of some perfect scans from slides and ecxellent lanscape shots take a look the the work by AdamBurton on this site.

I'm taking your lovely, subdued image as an opportunity to refine my skills in use of Photoshop. I hope you won't mind. I appreciate the soft colors are central to this image, something not always appreciated by folks at this site. I'll do my best to respect your intentions. See what you think of the workshop.

I agree with GrahamB that this picture reminds me of an old watercolour painting. The soft graduated colours are very good. I also like the workshop cgindahl has done so sympathetically.

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