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Sea Mermaid
Sea Mermaid
dirkjan_denelzen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon Digital IXUS 400
Location: Koningin Wilhelmina Boulevard, Noordwijk, Holland
Date: Sep 4, 2004
Aperture: F/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Sep 5, 2004

 Bronze Sea Mermaid at the Koningin Wilhemina Boulevard in Noordwijk. Noordwijk is a popular beach town for holliday makers from europe and abroad.

Statistics
Place: 302 out of 367
Avg (all users): 4.4945
Avg (commenters): 4.3478
Avg (participants): 4.1549
Avg (non-participants): 4.8571
Views since voting: 971
Views during voting: 466
Votes: 275
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0

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 09/15/2004 03:13:18 AM
Pity it was silhouetted. it would have done well otherwise.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/13/2004 09:07:21 PM
interesting
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 09/13/2004 05:18:08 PM
love this image. very original and well executed. wonder if it is a real person, a real tree, or a real statue? regardless of that it is, it is marvelous.
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 09/13/2004 04:14:42 PM
It's a nice background, but the foreground is completely dard and in silhouette - against the guidelines of the challenge.
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 09/13/2004 11:50:45 AM
Unusual pose but then what is usual for a mermaid?
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 09/12/2004 09:38:26 PM
Too much of a silhouette to meet the challenge IMO
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 09/12/2004 07:58:57 PM
the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting...
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 09/12/2004 11:14:04 AM
Neat image, but it really lost the detail - at least from what I can see. Maybe with less "brights" and a little subject and foreground dodging it would appeal more. Just my opinion. Others may disagree. Good luck.
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 09/11/2004 11:38:41 PM
Lovely image, but don;t think it will do well in the challenge as it is a silhouette, which was specifically against the rules. Best of luck anyway.
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 09/11/2004 06:56:18 PM
Doesn't meet challenge. foreground is silhouette only (at least on my monitor). That being said it's a nice abstract image. Focus is quite good. Comp is good too.
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 09/11/2004 04:59:40 AM
This shot looks good except for one thing, I would have croppped out the mast at the right. It just does not look right and also balance the shot from left to right. 7
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 09/11/2004 01:53:06 AM
did not follow the rules, subject can not be a silhouette.
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 09/11/2004 01:37:21 AM
i like it but its kinda more like a silhouette?
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 09/10/2004 06:46:53 PM
Beautiful photograph, but your subject is silhouetted.
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 09/09/2004 07:33:12 PM
nice composition 8
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 09/09/2004 12:16:08 AM
Silhouette. Horizon is skewed just enough to be noticeable.
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 09/08/2004 10:43:09 PM
Beautiful silouette, but that was one of the key things not to do in the challenge.
Still rank it as a 5 for the shot!
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 09/08/2004 09:32:47 PM
Nice image. Subject looks silouetted, though.
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 09/08/2004 03:09:53 PM
Awesome use of backlighting, but it doesn't fit the description of this challenge in my opinion.
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 09/08/2004 02:25:34 PM
Maybe it's my monitor, but wasn't the idea to NOT make a Sillhouette?
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 09/08/2004 02:50:16 AM
Good! But your main subject is a silohuete.
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 09/08/2004 01:29:15 AM
I like the image but had to knock off a point because the rules state "the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting."
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 09/08/2004 01:25:25 AM
the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting.
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 09/08/2004 12:54:44 AM
unfortunately the light created a silhouette would have been nice to see the features on the mermaid
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 09/08/2004 12:39:13 AM
Here's the catch: the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting.
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