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Arctic Dreams

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After a long rainy winter season on the west coast we finally had some snow in the last couple of days. Shot this just very quickly and handheld from a nice vista point near home right after the last visit to the mall before Christmas eve. It's captured in one RAW-exposure intentionally underexposed 3 stops at lowest ISO and pushed several stops in the shadow areas for maximum dynamic range. Processed in Lightroom 2 using graduated filters and adjustment brush for the dodging and burning, to get the desired light in the scene.

 

I think it's got a arctic feeling to it somehow... View Large On Black

 

Happy Christmas!

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Uploaded on December 24, 2009
Taken on December 23, 2009