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Challenge: The Amazing Minimal Editing Ruleset (Minimal Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Honolulu, Harbor
Date: Aug 27, 2013
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 187
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2013

 Thanks everyone for the votes and comments.

This was a difficult shot to take so I'm really happy it did well. There was a very short window of time before the sun would get into the frame making it nearly impossible to get the proper exposure, so I really had to make every shot count. This frame was taken on the 3rd and last morning before the submission deadline. Here are the best shots from the 1st and 2nd day:

Day 1 - I like the clouds but the stairs were just too tilted.

Day 2 - Stairs are more level but the sky is kind of boring.

Fortunately, I got a really good take on the last day. :)

Some other shots that I considered entering before I got the idea to take the one I went with:



…Lastly, this is a quick edit with the Advanced Ruleset:


Thanks again!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 77
Avg (all users): 7.3708
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 7.1429
Avg (non-participants): 7.5745
Views since voting: 2447
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 89
Comments: 29
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 09/22/2013 06:52:18 AM
Love this, it's beautiful. Congrats on the Blue, Mark.
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 09/12/2013 01:44:15 AM
congratulations Mark, amazing tonal quality for a minimal (i.e. no) editing... and Bear is right, much prefer this version, I don't need any details in the foreground
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 09/11/2013 01:15:13 PM
Fantastic vantage point.
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 09/07/2013 12:16:07 AM
I have to agree with Bear, this was a guaranteed ribbon.

I also agree that this is much better than the edited version.
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 09/06/2013 11:48:15 PM
If ever a ribbon was guaranteed in a challenge this was it. Congrats!

ETA: this minimal version is MUCH stronger than the posted advanced version :-)

Message edited by author 2013-09-06 23:51:40.
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 09/06/2013 01:17:16 PM
Congrats
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 09/06/2013 12:43:09 PM
You are a master at landscapes regardless of the editing rule set. Fantastic shot, and thanks for yet another humbling lesson on this stuff.
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 09/06/2013 09:41:01 AM
Good for you!!! You have a shiny new Blue!!!
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 09/06/2013 08:23:29 AM
Beautiful - in minimal as well! Congrats on the blue!
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 09/06/2013 07:50:44 AM
Amazing! Congrats on the well deserved 1st place.
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 09/06/2013 04:47:33 AM
amazing minimal!
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 09/06/2013 04:04:36 AM
Congratulations, Mark. Well done and well earned.
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 09/06/2013 03:39:51 AM
Congrats on the Blue. Well deserved!
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 09/06/2013 02:14:45 AM
No doubt it had to win - congrats man! :)
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 09/06/2013 01:00:35 AM
Fantastic - congratulations!
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 09/06/2013 12:31:15 AM
Well done. Congrats Blue.
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 09/06/2013 12:13:17 AM
Wow, what a surprise!!!!

;)
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 09/06/2013 12:06:25 AM
Beautiful! Congrats on the blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/05/2013 11:20:12 PM
Another of my fav's could be the blue but no lower that the top 3... voted earlier
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 09/05/2013 10:55:32 PM
Lovely capture of difficult light. Simple and elegant. Nicely done
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 09/05/2013 09:01:48 PM
Beautiful! I love the leading lines of the rails.
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 09/05/2013 05:49:42 PM
Damned high ISO spots. ;)

Really nice photo, exposure here is absolutely spot on, composition is beautiful, and the overall effect is awesome. Hope to see this on the front page.
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 09/05/2013 08:50:51 AM
For me, the title, the "placement" of the objects within the composition, as well as the glorious sunrise all speak mysterious volumes about the day to come, the world as a perfect notion of human creation, existing because it has been thought about, given purpose.
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 09/03/2013 02:01:25 PM
Beautiful work for minimal. Great image. Crisp, clean, colourful.
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 08/31/2013 09:11:57 AM
I recognize the water :)
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 08/31/2013 08:13:55 AM
Pretty good effort
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 08/30/2013 02:55:08 PM
A front runner in my view.
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 08/30/2013 11:20:22 AM
excellent lines !
love the long exposure and vignetting
10!
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 08/30/2013 07:07:43 AM
Great image, lovely colours and lead-in lines, a nice slow shutter-speed giving that smoothness in the water and the sky. Beautiful.
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