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Nestled In The Hills


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest Finalist   Nestled In The Hills
Nestled In The Hills
F5, 1/160, ISO 100, 36mm, taken at Disney's Thunder Mountain, Orton applied

Carol Teal

 
 
 

Vickie Skellenger
 

Wonderful tones and comp. Looks surreal and tranquil. (hard to believe its nested around millions of tourists! )


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June 24, 2007

 

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  What a beautifully presented scene, well done.


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June 24, 2007

 
- Evy Johansen

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  Gorgeous image, Carol!! Beautiful work!


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June 25, 2007

 

Mary K. Robison
  Love the vivid colors, the composition, and that Orton effect, Carol. Excellent!


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June 25, 2007

 
- Cindy Bendush

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  A wonderful surreal image Carol - great effects!


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June 25, 2007

 
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  Outstanding work Carol! Jeff


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June 25, 2007

 

Aleksandra Miesak
  Very nice image! And to think this is at Disney... Very well done!


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June 25, 2007

 

Dianna Hauf
  LOVE this Carol!! This would be a GREAT image to place a few whimsical 'kids' around! Love how orton worked on this and like Vickie, said, it really is "hard to believe there are millions of tourist around"!! Great image!


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June 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Vickie, Tony, Evy, Mary, Cindy, Jeff, Alecksandra, and Dianna, I truly appreciate the kind comments! And now that it has been brought up, I have to agree that it is hard to believe this is Disney! You should have seen all the people there on this day!!


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June 25, 2007

 

Nancy (Peaches) Harker
  BEAUTIFUL Carol. LOVE it!


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June 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Peaches, thank you so much! I noticed this place and loved the mill, so just had to take it. Because it is behind a fence, no tourists can get there to be in the way!


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June 25, 2007

 

Jenifer L. Mitchell
  How beautiful!! We were just there, but didn't get to ride this ride! Excellent shot of this, Carol!


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June 26, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Jenifer, thank you so much for your kind comment! Too bad we couldn't have met! What day were you there? I might be wrong, and this may be part of the Splash Mountain ride instead of Thunder Mtn. We used the fast pass for both so got to ride. Justin was feeling sick though so he sat them out. We met my best friend and family there (at Carribean Beach Resort) and went with them!


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June 27, 2007

 

Sandy G. Woolard
  Wonderful shot...great color!


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July 02, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Sandy, thank you so much for your encouraging comment! And I have a lot of catching up to do as soon as I can after a hard drive crash Monday and only 2 hours of sleep since then. I am just beginning to get my new drive up and running.


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July 03, 2007

 

Nancy (Peaches) Harker
  Congratulation's on your finalist,good luck in the next round !!! Peaches


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July 24, 2007

 
- Evy Johansen

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  BIG congratulations on your finalist, Carol!! Well deserved!


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July 24, 2007

 

Datha Y. Thompson
  Beautiful work!! CONGRATULATIONS Carol!!!! WTG :0)


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July 24, 2007

 

Barbara Waldoch
  Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Carol!


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July 24, 2007

 

Dianna Hauf
  LOL! YEA!! Congratulations Carol!! I just had a major crash too and thought I lost all my images! So glad you are ok now but especially glad for your finalist!!


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July 24, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Peaches, Evy, Datha, Barbara, and Dianna, thank you so much! And Dianna, I am so glad you didn't lose all your images. I have a new system for backups, and I am doing it regularly!


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July 24, 2007

 

Jennifer L. Alder
  Congrats again, Carol!! :)


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July 25, 2007

 
- Les Rhoades

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  Congratulations on your Finalist!
Good Luck in the next round.


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July 25, 2007

 

Mary Timman
  Beautiful Carol. Congratulations and Good Luck!


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July 25, 2007

 

Amy JACKSON
  Congratulations, Carol!! :)


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July 25, 2007

 

David Pratt
  Awesome Carol! Congratulations!


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July 25, 2007

 

Sherry Sturgis
  Congratulations AND Happy Birthday, Carol!!! :) I LOVE this image!!! The effects are just beautiful, a well deserved finalist pick! WTG!!!!!!!!!


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July 25, 2007

 

Sherri Gorman
  Congratulations!!!! This is sooooooo GORGEOUS!!!!


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July 25, 2007

 
- Kay E. Mahoney

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  Congratulations on your beautiful finalist Carol. Good luck in the next round.


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July 25, 2007

 

eileen bedford
  Congratulations Carol on this beautiful finalist, WTGG...


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July 25, 2007

 

Mick Burkey
  Wonderful work, Carol! Congratulations on the finals.


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July 25, 2007

 

Steve M. Harrington
  Good on you, Carol!
Steve


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July 25, 2007

 

Colleen Farrell
  This is fabulous, Carol!!! So beautiful, and the Orton effect is just perfect. Big congrats on this finalist.

Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my dear!! I hope it's a great one!!


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July 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Jennifer, Les, Mary, Amy, David, Sherry, Sheri, Kay, Eileen, Mick, Steve, and Colleen, thank you all so much for all your support and encouragement! And Colleen and Sherry, thank you so much for the b'day wishes! It has been a wonderful day!! (flowers, cards and cake!) :)


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July 25, 2007

 

Lani J
  Wow, Beautiful!! Congratulations ;)


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July 25, 2007

 

Sam Britt
  Congratulations, again, Carol! Happy Birthday!


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July 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Lani and Sam, thank you so much! And Sam, thanks for the birthday wishes! I have had a wonderful day!


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July 25, 2007

 

Nemil B. Chabebe
  Happy B-day, and congratulations on this beautiful finalist.
Happy B-day to you (X3)
happy B-day dear Carol, happy B-day to you.


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July 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Nemil, thank you so much for the congrats and the lovely song and b'day wishes! :)


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July 25, 2007

 

Renee Doyle
  Looks like birthday wishes are in order ... so Happy Birthday Carol!!!
Also congrats on another wonderful finalist - terrific effects!


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July 25, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Renee, thank you very much for the congrats and b'day wishes! :)


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July 25, 2007

 

Susan Candelario
  Congrats on this great Finalist!!!


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July 26, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Susan, thank you so much!


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July 27, 2007

 

Jenifer L. Mitchell
  Oh, yeah, this is one of my favs (and the pink and blue palm tree one!)!! I'm so glad they made it to the finalist!!! Way to go!!


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July 27, 2007

 

Susan Fox
  Congrats on your fantastic finalist Carol!


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July 28, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Jennifer and Susan, thank you so much. Thank goodness my friend came to visit; I was running out of things to shoot around here! :)


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July 28, 2007

 
- Dr Silly

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  What a super shot of Tunder Mountain. And I like the Orton on this shot. :O)


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August 02, 2007

 

Steven E. Ray
  This is a monumental photo I think. The Orton effects are simply stunning. Some people are emulating the two slide feature digitially in Photoshop layers. Others use Artizen HDR 2.4.5 which has a Photoshop plugin now. Which is your preferred method?


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August 07, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Dr S, I am sorry I am late on thanking you for stopping by and for your kind comment. I truly appreciate it!

Steven, I really appreciate your kind comment. I have read some articles on HDR, but it seemed way over my head! :) But this plugin that you mention sounds interesting. I will definitely look it up. So on this image, I just used the method I found online at http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html

Have you tried both, and if so, which do you like best?


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August 08, 2007

 

Steven E. Ray
  Honestly, I think Artizen is much like Photoshop, although it does have some toning abilities via sliders that I would like to see in PSCS3. The manual Orton effect with layers within PSCS3 and applying a Multiply or Darken Blending option works fine for me. I like throwing in a bit of LucisArts Whyeth which brings out the detail better. The grave yard photo in my gallery is an example. Digital Film 55mm fog and some other 55mm effects can add to a filter concoction nicely.


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August 08, 2007

 
- Lisa J. Boulden

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  Fabulous color and lighting here, Carol!
(I'm gonna have to look into the Orton effect.) Dreamy. Stunning!
--Lisa


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October 06, 2007

 

Carol Teal
  Steven, I read your response earlier and looked at that graveyard image which is awesome. I just missed responding back here.

Lisa, thank you so much and yes, you should try the Orton. It works very nicely for some things. :) If you have any problems with it, let me know and I will give you any help I can.


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October 06, 2007

 

Debra K. Johnson
  This is really FANTASTIC! Love it.


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October 09, 2007

 
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