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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Signature Style (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Location: Lizard Head Rock, Rye backbeach
Date: Jan 13, 2010
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2010

 The Image: we are on holidays at Sorrento on the Mornington Peninsula. I decided this was a place to return to as it's been a place of success for me. As I got there and was about to set up and I saw these seagulls and had a split second to go snap. I got the shot but thought it wouldn't work. I took a couple of hundred shots, but on getting back to my computer, this one was best.

The Edit: B and W, some multiply layer masks, d and b and USM. Cloned out some sensor dust. I edited on my netbook, so I have no idea how this really looks.

The Prediction: maybe 6.3478

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 193
Avg (all users): 6.8959
Avg (commenters): 8.0370
Avg (participants): 7.0000
Avg (non-participants): 6.8357
Views since voting: 2338
Views during voting: 445
Votes: 221
Comments: 40
Favorites: 8 (view)

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 01/25/2010 01:56:35 PM
stunning shot enzo .. i love the way the rock is lit from behind and those excellent clouds .. the birds are amazing ... processing perfecto . !!... this is one incredible image .. congrats on the 7th place .. :)
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 01/24/2010 05:57:50 PM
Lovely Pic Enzo, well done!
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 01/20/2010 12:58:53 PM
stunning, congrats!
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 01/20/2010 09:26:09 AM
Beautiful image - congrats on the top 10, Enzo!
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 01/20/2010 09:07:26 AM
Congrats on top 10. I should have known this was yours. Fabulous.
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 01/20/2010 05:19:51 AM
I knew this was yours...(but I chose another one) :) Congrats on top ten Enzo.
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 01/20/2010 04:41:14 AM
Way to go, Enzo! I didn't know it was you cuz you have such a varied style - the only common thing being awesomeness - and I was too lazy to go searching around for similar images. Anyway, this was an easy 10 from me regardless of who shot it.

...but now I see the comment about the sensor dust and I see it and am having second thoughts... :P
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 01/20/2010 02:14:33 AM
Congrats Enzo, beautiful.
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 01/20/2010 12:08:24 AM
stunning. looks like a hotpasta image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2010 06:25:24 PM
This is beautiful.
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 01/19/2010 01:32:23 PM
beautiful. If past work is any indication, you must be hotpasta :)
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 01/19/2010 03:07:48 AM
The wide-angle perspective really gives this an ominous feeling. Excellent lens choice!
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 01/19/2010 01:55:02 AM
Is it from yanko? Beautiful image with excellent tones!
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 01/18/2010 05:14:37 PM
Love the mood and perspective!
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 01/18/2010 11:20:45 AM
Is this hotpasta? It might be a little too dark for his style. But that's my guess lol.

Beautiful shot. I love the dark tones. The birds flying around certainly enhance the mood. Very cool.
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 01/18/2010 07:46:00 AM
This is one of my favourites in the challenge, and given the quality of submissions, that's saying a lot... but given the likely photographer, no surprise that I like it. Title is a give away (for someone who has admired your work for some time) and I have to say that I much prefer this to the previous Lizard Head Rock photo... the birds, the processing and the fisheye lens... all add something extra, something special, to the image. Love it.

Signature Style Guess: hotpasta
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 01/17/2010 04:48:42 PM
hotpasta Similarities based on excellent b&w images like this:
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 01/17/2010 09:47:15 AM
Not generally a fisheye fan but this is a perfect use and great effect!
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 01/16/2010 08:48:25 PM
Entry got more and more interesting as it loaded on my monitor. I like it.
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 01/16/2010 05:13:08 PM
I really don't care for fish-eyed pictures, but I can live with this one because it's wonderful! I truly makes a statement and stands out in a crowd! -8-
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 01/15/2010 11:13:30 PM
Damn...this took me about forever to find...here's my guess hotpasta....sigh...I hope it's right...your editing is superb...if I could only get there...love the tones in this...
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 01/15/2010 10:11:40 PM
hotpasta with a little extra spice?
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 01/15/2010 09:58:34 PM
Working on guessing. Hotpasta.
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 01/15/2010 09:19:04 PM
My brain is hurting...
Is it the lighting? The shadows? The contrast? The fisheye effect? The square framing?
What about the tilted horizon? And have you no respect for the rule of thirds? What's this centering of the subject?
I want to know right now how can you possibly manipulate such challenging variables into a masterpiece!!!
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 01/15/2010 07:45:49 PM
i knowm Enzo has shot this a few times too :)
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 01/15/2010 09:10:35 AM
HotPasta! - Very nice!
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 01/14/2010 07:02:41 PM
hotpasta ?
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 01/14/2010 03:57:43 PM
My first idea would be that this is a photograph by the hand of hotpasta
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 01/14/2010 02:23:12 PM
This has to be hotpasta.

Amazing BW processing.
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 01/14/2010 01:59:52 PM
my guess this one belongs to Enzo aka hotpasta. If not, take that as a compliment. 10
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 01/14/2010 01:32:16 PM
One of your best from this spot hotpasta!
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 01/13/2010 10:52:14 PM
Great contrast and drama.
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 01/13/2010 10:25:49 PM
senor hotpasta I presume. :)
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 01/13/2010 06:48:54 PM
Looks like hotpasta having fun with his Nikkor 10.5mm and giving us another beautiful landscape! 9
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 01/13/2010 02:42:07 PM
'pasta! In the house!
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 01/13/2010 02:04:19 PM
Must be by hotpasta! Very dramtic, a little too dark for my tastes and a bit darker than your usual shots.
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 01/13/2010 01:51:23 PM
That is so dramatic and SO great!
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 01/13/2010 01:41:01 PM
I adore this. Worthy of a Hitchcock poster.
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 01/13/2010 10:56:55 AM
Soly Hhit! WHY did you miss the sensordust there... WHY!!! This must be the damned best photo I've seen in this challenge! I hate dust...... AAAAAAAAA!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAA!!!

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 01/13/2010 12:47:46 AM
Wonderful drama, nice addition with the birds. Excellent tones with great detail. Clearly Enzo. I must admit I don't like the fisheye, personal taste, but the birds are an excellent addition. Great work as always, good luck. 8
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