DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
You Buoy !
You Buoy !
PenelopeK


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Palindromes (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges: Abstracts /Patterns
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Date: Mar 3, 2012
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/20
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2012

 Thanks for the lovely comments!

I was initially hoping to get an interesting shot of a buoy (or three) in the water. Then I found a stash of them taken out of the water for the winter, and realized I could photograph the part that is normally submerged, with all those interesting textures.

Converted from Raw, cropped, processed with Nik SEP 2, darkened a light colored area in upper left corner, sharpened, added border, saved for web.

It helped that the buoy's basic color was blue and it was the only blue in the image, so I could adjust the blue channel in the conversion to B&W to achieve the tone I wanted for the areas not covered by mussels etc.

Image IMG_2671

Statistics
Place: 31 out of 88
Avg (all users): 6.0156
Avg (commenters): 8.4000
Avg (participants): 6.1250
Avg (non-participants): 5.9500
Views since voting: 512
Views during voting: 220
Votes: 128
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 03/02/2017 07:06:48 PM
yikes, that is some whistle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2012 12:36:54 PM
Oh Penny...you've discovered a whole new planet!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/12/2012 12:44:00 AM
Amazing textures. A little world.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/12/2012 12:19:25 AM
Spectacular textures, Penny. I totally missed viewing this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/11/2012 07:17:27 PM
A chaotic 9 for you
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2012 01:15:14 PM
Good find for the title and very nice processing of the textures especially given the low resolution of the posted result. Beautifully rendered bw tones make this so sweet to view. My personal taste doesn't understand the bars. Is this supposed to be a tv image, which is the only place we ever see these things - a necessity because of the fixed aspect ratio of the screen. In an art gallery, it sould probably be displayed something like this with a plain white frame:
I love the shot but the bars are a distraction. A 9 for that reason only - should have been a 10.

Message edited by author 2012-03-12 00:32:19.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2012 11:26:02 AM
nicely seen 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2012 09:52:17 AM
This one speaks to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2012 10:06:08 AM
Great shot. Love the contrast. The palindrome fits well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2012 01:17:51 AM
The texture, tones and great perspective have me loving this. Very cool photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2012 05:56:11 PM
Ha! FUN! (commenting only)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 03/11/2025 01:17:29 PM EDT.