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By the Sea
By the Sea
snackwells


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S410
Location: Shores of Jeju Island
Date: Jun 30, 2004
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Galleries: Snapshot, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 7, 2005

My personal favorite and best for sentimental reasons. :-) Shot of my wife sitting by the sea on our summer visit to Jeju Island, South Korea.

Don't really expect to perform well in this challenge, but it should be interesting.

Minimal post processing.
- Rotate/Crop/Resize
- Levels
- Hue/Saturation
- USM
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- Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 314 out of 530
Avg (all users): 5.4769
Avg (commenters): 6.7895
Avg (participants): 5.4415
Avg (non-participants): 5.5926
Views since voting: 1271
Views during voting: 542
Votes: 346
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2005 08:44:35 PM
Beautiful model, and a wonderful setting, nice work.
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01/31/2005 03:06:29 PM
A classic "wish you were here" moment.
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01/31/2005 03:00:08 PM
Wonderful portrait
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01/30/2005 10:18:58 PM
this is pretty nice. the colors are fantastic and saturated. The exposure is great with a good natural looking fill-in flash. the subject has a wonderful relaxed content expression, an attractive triangular pose, and there's some nice ocean breeze wind swept hair action going on. The thing I'm not sure of is the composition. The main element is the big tree trunk. In itself it isn't a bad thing though I feel it's placement within the image divides it up too much. It creates a large dead space on the right. Together with the vanishing line of the fence leads the eye right out of the picture. I think it might have been improved if it were more on the left or right edge of the frame. All in all a pretty picture.

Message edited by author 2005-02-01 11:25:35.
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01/27/2005 06:53:55 PM
Very cute shot and I like her placement in the frame, though cropping straight through her elbows feels a bit uncomfortable. Lovely color.
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01/24/2005 06:41:06 PM
Beautiful picture, pretty girl and a great background. Well done.
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01/23/2005 01:11:57 PM
Wow! Wow! Wow! and no doubt about it. . . Wow! Very pretty. BOL 9 My only reason for hesitating on a 10 is the somewhat soft ( washed out) color of the sky. But it's stil a Wow!
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01/23/2005 12:04:25 PM
oh, what a fun place to be! and what i would give to be there now...
this is a great backdrop for your portrait. i think, though, the composition is off just a bit, that there is too much background behind your subject that leads the eye away from your subject, rather than to her. the lighting and colors are wonderful, as is her expression. hopefully, you'll get some other comments and suggestions, and that you won't get lost in the shuffle of this huge challenge! good luck in this and the challenges to come!
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01/22/2005 09:30:47 AM
rule of thumb is to have persons turn to the middle of the picture and not the the edge like she is.
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01/21/2005 07:13:52 PM
This is amazing in that it appears as just a plain old snapshot. And at the same time, it is anything but! I like the leading lines (fence, trees, shoreline and waves). The exposure is perfect in spite of a bright sun with its potential for harsh shadows. And I love the colors. My only complaint might be that her arms just disappear out of the picture... it leaves me wondering why they were cropped. But other than that, I really like this image. Good luck in the challenge!
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01/21/2005 06:51:43 PM
Now. There's an almost cut and paste feel to this, almost like an old-time sea-seide shot where someone posed in front of a backdrop. Purely light of course - and very well handled. The style is slihgtly eastern in feel, fitting to the subject. I like it - photographially, it has a certain stance.
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01/20/2005 04:33:55 PM
Very pretty girl -- a great compliment to a beautiful scene!!!
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01/20/2005 01:02:25 PM
great colours. perfectly exposure - good luck
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01/19/2005 06:31:09 PM
Nice composition and use of reflectors/fill flash.
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01/16/2005 05:40:40 PM
Beautiful woman and terrific backdrop but looks a little awkward on the fence.8
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01/16/2005 04:04:35 PM
Nice lighting and colors. The cropped off tree bothers me a little. I also think that standing farther away and using the railing to lead to the girl would have had more impact, imo.
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01/16/2005 12:36:31 PM
Nice portait, good colors too.
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01/16/2005 08:40:29 AM
very nice shot , it's very warm , i wouldnt change anything 7
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01/16/2005 05:52:53 AM
Technically excellent. Great picture.
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01/16/2005 04:29:28 AM
Great backdrop here and nice subject, she just looks a little too posed, would work really well if it appeared a little more candid. Still a good effort, crisp, clear and great colours.
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01/16/2005 12:17:11 AM
The colours are exceptionally vibrant! Great!
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