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Simonjw


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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Governors Bay, Lytellton Harbour, New Zealand
Date: Aug 29, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100sec
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2006

 The remains of the burnt-down Cunard Boatbuilders, Governors Bay, Lytellton Harbour.

One of the last shots taken on my 300D before purchasing my new 30D.

Statistics
Place: 10 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.9122
Avg (commenters): 7.9286
Avg (participants): 6.9330
Avg (non-participants): 6.8302
Views since voting: 4324
Views during voting: 427
Votes: 262
Comments: 35
Favorites: 11 (view)

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 01/11/2007 02:51:22 PM
Great shot. I like every aspect of its composition.
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 09/10/2006 11:56:34 PM
A very strong contender and fine study. Congratulations on your top twenty finish.

Message edited by author 2006-09-11 00:46:50.
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 09/08/2006 10:12:00 PM
way to go simon!
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 09/08/2006 05:03:39 PM
WOW - great finish!!!
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 09/08/2006 04:53:30 PM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. Wonderful capture!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 09:03:37 PM
Too bad about the glow over the mountains; when your brightness/contrast change is this extreme you are better off using almost no feather on the selection. But this photo will probably do very well, it sure has enough wow-factor!
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 09/07/2006 07:39:00 PM
..enuff to make a good shot
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 09/07/2006 12:34:39 PM
Cool, nice coloration. Possibly could crop a bit off the top.
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 09/07/2006 10:58:52 AM
Beautifully bleak! Wonderful colours, great composition. 8
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 09/07/2006 04:15:12 AM
beautifully done, i really do like the colour management of this photograph. Like to know more about it. 9
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 09/07/2006 03:48:39 AM
This is magnificent!
The composition and overall tonality here is first-rate.
Hope this does well and adding to my favorites.
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 09/06/2006 02:06:18 PM
How you've managed to make a wrecked pontoon look so romantic and magical I really don't know but I do know it demonstrates enormous talent! I shall be checking back and hope you give us more information on how you captured and processed this incredible image.
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 09/05/2006 03:43:18 AM
if i were standing where you were, i don't think i would have seen any merit in photographing such a mess; i like derelict stuff as much as the next arty farty fellow, but here all i would have seen is something without shape, coherence, sense of meaning or history or anything. but you obvoiusly saw something, and by jove, you were so right! it's wonderful, it really feels like the jetty was born into this environment. the use of a wide angle and presenting in portrait works really well, and does indeed give the posts a sense of shape and scale. and the more explorative viewer is rewarded with a stunning view and gorgeous sky, which compliments the jetty, rather than competes for attention with. the colours, predominantly those bluey greys, are super. 9.
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 09/05/2006 12:10:21 AM
love this shot...great coloring, contrast, composition...it's just a wonderful picture! 10
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 09/04/2006 05:12:54 PM
be better if it was level
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 09/04/2006 02:32:21 PM
I would love a print of this to hang in my office!
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 09/04/2006 03:05:48 AM
Love it... it takes real talent to photograph a subject that is not extremely asthetically pleasing by nature, and to be able to make it this beautiful and intriguing. 10.
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 09/03/2006 02:20:32 PM
Nice job on the sky while keeping the foreground detail still apparent!
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 09/03/2006 01:42:42 PM
Definitely has the "wow" factor. Love the perspective and the mood set by the lighting and subtle color tones.
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 09/03/2006 01:20:39 PM
I love the processing here. The clouds look very dramatic.
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 09/02/2006 01:09:52 PM
Beautiful image - the colours are spectacular.
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 09/02/2006 10:19:01 AM
great tones and perspective here. -9-
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 09/02/2006 10:16:12 AM
This is really awesone image.....well done.....
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 09/02/2006 09:07:28 AM
stunning.
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 09/02/2006 08:46:32 AM
Wow, love this one.
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 09/02/2006 06:41:48 AM
oh wow. the thrid pic ive seen nwo with definite "WOW" . i love it. 10 and a fav.
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 09/01/2006 09:33:34 PM
Wonderful image. Nice post processing. Might have cloned the boat in the distance out, maybe a tad distracting. I found my eye gravitating there. However, it really doesn't take away from the main subject, nor the background nor sky, nor the image as a hole. Well done (9)
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 09/01/2006 08:18:57 PM
When it came up, I said, "ooh". That's good. Wonderful treatment of the sky. I neeeeed a 10-22mm dangit! 8
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 09/01/2006 05:09:39 PM
very surreal.
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 09/01/2006 11:00:50 AM
I love wide angle shots like this...I have a sigma 10-20mm lens and use it heaps...this is awesome, crisp and sharp with excellent tones and colours...wow 8
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 09/01/2006 10:16:31 AM
This works for me. I am not sure why but I like it.
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 09/01/2006 09:23:56 AM
At the end of the day all that remains is the reminents of man's creation. I think that this composition really does well to capture the mood of the passage of time and that what man creates does not stand up to the test of time. Because, eventually, the tides of time come and wash away what once was. Once there was a dock here - life teemed here with men making their way to this dock to fish and/or perhaps just contemplate. But it is no more - only the foundation - the bones remain and eventually they too will be swept away. Wonderfully composed picture.
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 09/01/2006 07:58:32 AM
Beautiful processing, dramatic sky, interesting composition. Great job!
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 09/01/2006 07:18:52 AM
slightly tilted, nevertheless beautiful - 8
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 09/01/2006 07:10:53 AM
Nice image and well processed...7bumping..8
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