The Bleak Moor

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• Fisher (5662)
• [2005-09-20 14:09]

Hi Peter,

Beautiful capture and well done on the p.p. work. Almost an I.R. image. well done.

Mike

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• Merel (266)
• [2005-09-20 14:10]

This is lovely. I like the athmospheer.
Great first post!
Well done!
Enjoy your stay.
Merel.

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• recepyuksel (6305)
• [2005-09-20 14:21]

Very impressive composition. Bravo

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• Lisar (0)
• [2005-09-20 14:30]

i love the mess you've made Peter and I hope its not the last one. You chose an unusual angle to take the shot and the sky came out dramatic. Good framing.

ComplimentS!

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• torr (1667)
• [2005-09-20 14:38]

wonderfull shot,...
Just pitty, or should I say I would prefer it in bw,...
And higher contrast.

T
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• mwebr (3396)
• [2005-09-20 14:41]

NO mess here Peter....not even close. More like this is really freakin great in atmosphere and composition. The treatment is extremely successful with the tonal ranges being gorgeous and creating some awesome depth. I would also normally push for more contrast but not here. I love this image. Beautiful Peter beautiful!

michael

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• Quark (66)
• [2005-09-20 14:46]

I won't be too unkind:-))
This is just wonderful in the way you've created this one, the colour makes a mysterious mood, the compostion is great, it's very nice done, Peter !

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• brettf1 (4789)
• [2005-09-20 15:02]

Excellent moody photograph for your first post Peter. Your pp work did well with this image. Great job. looking forward to more. TFS
Kevin

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• persimon (2406)
• [2005-09-20 15:07]

Oh, how moody!! I want to go there!! Can I jump into your picture like Mary Poppins? Seriously - great work PP. You processed just enough without going overboard resulting in a loss of image quality. Your image is so sharp, and I love the tone. Thanks for sharing. I am going to go look at your workshop now.

Oh, I almost forgot - I really think you did a good job on the border. I find it very hard to achieve a good border.

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• jinbo (381)
• [2005-09-20 15:29]
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very successful post process! I'd love to know how you brought out the details of the sky. Amazing work. Please tell! thanks a heap!

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• bolletje (24)
• [2005-09-20 15:32]

Boy Peter,

This is the stuff nightmares are made of. Very strong.

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• paul_bk (0)
• [2005-09-20 17:27]

if this is a first it's a great first...
realy very dramatic...... and very good too....
Paolo

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• jmdaoudal (2346)
• [2005-09-20 17:40]

Eh voila ! You have just to follow your instinct to provide the exact contrast and tone going with this great landscape :-))
I like it very much and am just waiting for Sherlock Holmes coming in followed by the Barkerville's dog.
Compliments this is a good work, sure all moors are realy good places for such inspiration.
Jean Michel

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• Tintin (1974)
• [2005-09-20 17:45]

Well, you might not know much about Photoshop but you have succeeded in creating quite a mood out of a very well composed image - maybe beginner's luck but I think you are showing great talent in knowing when you have achieved your vision. This has a very great dark mood that I think fit really well the trouble history of Scotland. The details you got on the sky is absolutely amazing and your frame works well. Excellent!

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• tournesol (12842)
• [2005-09-20 18:04]

And a beautiful mess you did! I love it, very imaginative. An excellent composition, and superb PP work!

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• fmg (483)
• [2005-09-20 19:08]

A very good PP. The flat color image is very well captured, the transfomation gives otherwise a very strong shot. Good work.

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• padre (4035)
• [2005-09-20 20:07]

Excellent light, lines, color, and texture. A killer of an image. B

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• Werewolf (26116)
• [2005-09-21 0:21]

I like the mood of that picture! It's great! The mood is heavy! And when i see the original.. i can tell you give a very good contribution about the mood of it... simply excellent!

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• greghume (908)
• [2005-09-21 1:43]

Hi Peter
Wow. You have managed to take a somewhat flat, uninteresting image and impart atmosphere and drama to it. Your work with both sky and ground is first rate.

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• Saiz (0)
• [2005-09-21 2:34]

You are the King of the HPP [Heavily Post-Processed] …
Thanks your Majesty for this beauty landscape !!!
Antonio

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• woodyew (0)
• [2005-09-21 8:31]

I love this one Peter, you have excelled yourself with the PP work. The original is pretty average but the finished article is a masterpiece. TFS, Paul. PS Deserves more than 2 points.

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• maleentjeh (14627)
• [2005-09-21 8:33]

You did great ! Isn't it fun to experiment with HPP ?

Great job, Peter, you had a great original to start with, of course !

Marleen
Sorry out of greens ALREADY

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• Maria74 (5989)
• [2005-09-21 14:29]

Hello Peter,
this is just awesome! great composition to start with, and then you enhanced the mood with your PP, fantastic work!!
regards,
Marija:D

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• tsumeb (2043)
• [2005-09-21 21:49]

Nice, very nice . . . a great improvment and a fine moody composition. Try some more Peter!

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• annagrace (3417)
• [2005-09-21 23:32]

Are you kidding? Amazing job in PP Peter! The sepia tone works wonderfully and I love the mood it gives.

Thanks for sharing this beauty. You make me want to visit Scotland!!

Alli

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• lobo (3)
• [2005-09-22 1:18]

Excellent! well done!

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• stecotdon (4881)
• [2005-09-22 7:26]

I like this one very much. YOu did a great job in PP and the image seems to come from one of thsoe mystery boojks.
beautiful tones!

Well done!

take care, Stef :))

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• mikoyen (5449)
• [2005-09-22 10:11]

A very nice one Peter, very impressive scenery. I like it a lot. Good choice the "b&w"!
Best regards
Guy

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• ADAMSKI (219)
• [2005-09-22 11:46]

Fantastic image Peter,it reminds of a scene from the film version of "Wuthering Heights"For someone not very good with Photoshop,not bad!
regards,David.

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• LuciG (8636)
• [2005-09-22 12:22]

olà Peter!
aprecio bastante a sua foto.o céu está esplêndido e as cores arrebatoras. a escolha do B&W foi uma excelente .o enquadramento ficou perfeito. Bom trabalho!
Luci.

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• wilkinsonsg (3693)
• [2005-09-22 13:41]

Fantastic image, excellent PP - what more can I say :)

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• edie (0)
• [2005-09-22 14:14]

Great capture and dramatic mood Peter,bravo!
Edie

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• magda_indigo (30415)
• [2005-09-22 14:56]

Hi Peter, a very artistic view of the beautiful moors, thanx, (*_*)

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• motzart (1894)
• [2005-09-22 18:16]

obciol bym troche dolu , poza tym swietne bardzo sie podoba !!:D well done

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• technogran (5478)
• [2005-09-22 19:36]

Very good pp work here Peter to show a dramatic and moody shot. The sky is wonderful with the cloud layers and the tones you chose fit very well and make it a moody and bleak scene, almost like from another planet. Well done.

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• nova (8071)
• [2005-09-22 21:10]

What a splendid and delightful picture,Peter! A real work of art! The light is amazing and the details alsolutely beautiful! Bravo! This is a masterpiece! Michel

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• ajnviper (932)
• [2005-09-22 23:10]

Only compliments on this photo. and to say that your not good with PS is almost spoiling it.
Wonderful capture

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• chiaraluna (2536)
• [2005-09-23 3:35]

mess? oh Peter.. this is magnificent!! wow i'm speechless.. you've captured such a beautiful and intense mood here and the post processing is truly perfect and so striking.. it looks like something straight out of wuthering heights! :-)) there's so much romance and beauty here and the bronze tone you achieved is so special..

this is really a masterpiece my friend and will take pride of place in my favourites.. excellent work! ^_^

take care,
Ayda

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• chrisJ (26019)
• [2005-09-23 9:10]

Hi Peter

I like the superb mood & atmosphere, resulting from the sepia tone. Well done!

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• jkneze2 (34)
• [2005-09-23 9:30]

Scary, distant, threatening and great.

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• lilycat (1768)
• [2005-09-24 16:17]

What a great picture. It creates such a dramatic, almost somber mood. Well done.

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• letr (6625)
• [2005-09-26 13:02]

a mess, Well I don't think so , you did great on creating this mood ..excellent work Peter !!!

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• samr (3323)
• [2005-09-26 18:05]

Peter - to put it simply - you done great ... Your PP work highlighted and emphasized the rugged scotish terrain. Very nicely done and I hope you continue with this great work. Sam

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• ballyna (1912)
• [2005-09-28 17:14]

hi peter,
nice PP,actually the compo is very high class.just great congrats,it is an outstanding work of yoursç
regards

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• cloverstar (24468)
• [2005-09-29 15:03]

Wow! Peter, this is fantastic. I like the way the grasses are in the foreground and yet there's also a view in the distance. I really like the darkness of the image and the choice of sepia tone hue. Very well done. First class work, I'd say.

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• jafsc (4539)
• [2005-10-01 9:37]
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Peter, your 'mess' is a very artistic work! The intensity of the picture is very strong. A master piece I put also with my favourites.
José

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• Photograph2u (14440)
• [2005-10-01 13:32]

Hi Peter, very well done, also your pp. Great composition. I also love the pp of jinbo.

Very well done.

Take care, Yan

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• Eagle78 (652)
• [2005-10-02 11:03]

Wow!!! And i won´t say anything else...

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• mukesh (4323)
• [2005-10-02 12:56]

Wow - if only I knew how to create this mess.
Forbiddingly beautiful - TFTM (that is thanks for the mess - ;-))

Mukesh

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• vsinopoulos (12822)
• [2005-10-02 13:19]

Peter this is a masterpiece, superb capture and excellent PP work! Congratulations my friend!
Vassilis

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• wayne (0)
• [2005-10-02 20:37]

Ah, I'd hang this on my wall. Your PP really paid off here with a very contrasty monotone that sucks you right in with all the fine textures.

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• digitalpic (172)
• [2005-10-03 16:34]

Smailholm Tower i presume !, a good image handled well in CS, maybe a shaft of sunlight hitting the tower would finish it off, or how about leaving the historic scotland flag flying in colour???

Rob

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• GordonSeales (251)
• [2005-10-04 13:44]

I like the atmosphere you've created. Could be used as a cover for a certain Baskerville hound story. Very moody. Well done.

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• scot (273)
• [2005-10-05 5:01]

Well Peter. What can i say,(fantastic) Would love to give you more points if i could.


Jock.

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• DAM (1110)
• [2005-10-12 11:11]

Hew.... this one blew me away. Just had to open it and it just hits you. Nicely done and you certainly have improve in your photography. Nicely done pal.

DAM

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• wck (3833)
• [2005-10-12 20:43]

Congratulation!!! This PP work is 100++!!! & You have done a beautiful PP Work! Take Care!

Wong

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• mumek (1570)
• [2005-10-16 14:30]

Good afternoon Peter!
Very nice pp work.The dramatic sky,fantastic light add a lot of charm to this super composition. Very well done.Congratulations
best regards
ziggy

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• jrendeiro (2307)
• [2005-10-18 5:17]

Hi Peter,
You made a terrific picture, great for a terror movie.
Nice PP and composition.
Best regards,
José

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• simozaur (718)
• [2005-10-21 2:06]

Hi, it's just perfect picture with amazing mood. Very good capture and exposition of light, regards Piotr (eng. - Peter:)

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• e_g (1127)
• [2005-10-21 6:44]

Great use of wide angle, perfect composition, creative PP. I take off my hat, maestro!

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• sephus (2506)
• [2005-10-29 12:23]

How is it possible I missed this one?
This is an incredibly mystical posting.
One I like very much.
One that belongs both to Scotland and Ireland.
These are, in my point of view the most mystical countries on earth.
Wonderfull lightbalance and sharpness from bg to fg.
Congratulations with these many welldeserved points.
Groet,
Joop.

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• hojper (4078)
• [2005-11-02 15:59]

I guess by now you got the message, Peter, but this one really is a masterpiece. The original is good enough ny any standards and would no doubt havr achieved twenty to thirty points. But this one is what photography is all about. Your note gives the impression it was a fluke. Don't be so modest. You must have known you'd hit paydirt with this. In any case - keep fluking.

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• btokaz (5714)
• [2005-11-06 11:38]

Just perfect. Wonderful atmosphere...
Tomasz

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• TonyFoto (3586)
• [2005-11-08 4:58]

Hi Peter,
What a terrific photo it is! I saw your workshop and must say that your pp work is the first class. Well done.
Antony

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• cobratan (1425)
• [2005-12-01 21:00]

I like how you angle the shot plus the dramatic PP equals=A Beautiful picture.Added in my Favorites:)Well Done.
Mel

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• aros (683)
• [2005-12-22 3:40]

An excellent job on the PP - gives it some real mood. It is amazing what can be done with what looks at first glance like a fairly ordinary shot in flat light. Give yourself some credit for your photoshop work (-:

My preference would have been to see this in straight monochrome without the sepia, I like monochromes better that way. But that is just a personal preference, not to detract from your work.

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• cstathoulis (13301)
• [2005-12-22 12:08]

Excellent photo and PP work, Peter!
It's amazing how a simple landscape, a simple photograph,
can become a masterpiece!
Bravo!!!! :)

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• andzia (991)
• [2006-07-12 6:11]

hi Peter! I like this;)

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• owrwe (242)
• [2007-01-24 1:44]

Hi Peter!
Very dramatic B&W! Nice PP, for a first time! Hehe! Reminds me of Lord of the rings...

I don't have the patience to play that much with my pictures...

Thanks for the trouble and sharing!

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• cutjules (326)
• [2007-06-03 10:01]

Whaouu, Scotland like everybody see it ! :)
It's as impressive and spiritual as Stone Edge. Maybe a bit too dark. But I love it, good job Peter !

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• kulimpapat (7227)
• [2007-06-19 19:15]

Such an amazing picture for me, and i like the way u turn it to monochrome

Regards

Amri HMS

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• PlayPhotography (181)
• [2007-07-02 13:15]

I loved this picture at first sight, but I loved it even more when I saw the original -- and how beautifully you used post processing to enhance this photo! It's so dramatic, especially the clouds. You did an amazing job with the enhancements, but you didn't go overboard. The picture still looks natural. Awesome!

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• Ra_do (442)
• [2007-10-24 5:17]

Excellent!!!

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• tucke (237)
• [2008-03-09 17:07]

Hello Peter. I love the results. the workshop was interesting also. Alot more impact than the original. I think I personal am moved by the this version the most. Excelent work and inspiring. cheers
Eric