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Uploaded: 11/04/07 5:47 PM GMT
King of the valley
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Guigal is one of the most famous winemaker of the Rhone Valley. Whoever had the privilege to taste his Côte Rotie Chateau d'Ampuis 2000 can now die. This is his headquarters at Ampuis (Rhone, France). It looks like an egyptian tomb. I played a bit with a HDR plugin in photoshop. I am not that happy about it. That sky must be reworked.

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.heidlerr
11/04/07 10:29 PM GMT
Interesting capture and a nice composition. Good job. The sky looks fine to me.
Russ
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Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. Edward Weston
::nigelmoore
11/04/07 11:52 PM GMT
Now how did you do this? I like it very very much. It's very stylized but very very well done - I have to put it in my favourites, very skillful and successful shot.
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::phasmid
11/05/07 5:21 AM GMT
It's very beautifully manipulated, but I have to agree that the sky has to be worked on somehow to match the reflections in the windows....colors maybe?

I've never had the privilege of drinking a drop of this wine, but if it's to die for, I'd be willing to try.

♫ 005 PJ ♫

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"I never looked for it, gave it no name; yet I knew it always, when the gift of peace came. I stood quite still for the moment that it lasted...Then the light shifted slightly and the moment passed, leaving me...with the lasting echo of its presence.." Diana Gabaldon
.LeBlaze
11/05/07 10:10 AM GMT
Nigel wrote: "Now how did you do this?"

In Adobe Photoshop I used :
- Optikverve labs Postcard plugin (freeware)
- DCE Redynamiser plugin (shareware).
I used NeatImage 5 (shareware) to denoise the picture.
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