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Midnight Footsteps
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Challenge: Light (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Woodgate, Queensland, Australia
Date: Jan 30, 2005
Aperture: F3.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 41.90sec
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 30, 2005

 Pre dawn capture of the street lights shinning through the trees onto the sand and water.
EDIT: Taken at 4:20am if you look close just above the horizon on the far left you can see the colour of the dawn just sneeking onto the clouds.
Note: This was actually my test shot :)

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Levels R G B
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Straighten horizon
Heal some specks in sky
Crop neat image

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 266
Avg (all users): 6.7568
Avg (commenters): 8.2778
Avg (participants): 6.7686
Avg (non-participants): 6.7426
Views since voting: 2397
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 222
Comments: 31
Favorites: 5 (view)

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AuthorThread
 04/30/2006 09:37:34 PM
Came out pretty nice for a "test shot". ;^) Great color and feel in this image. It's almost like you're there on that beach. Well done!
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 02/09/2005 10:23:38 AM
Congratulations on your 7th placing with this cool beach study which fans the eyes with sheer beauty.
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 02/07/2005 11:25:58 PM
Lovely image, stunning capture and congrats on number 7.
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 02/07/2005 03:30:27 PM
Thanks everyone for your great comments, I do appreciate them.

I think the lights are a special colour that does not interfear with the baby sea turtles when they hatch. They hatch on a moonlight night and use the moon to find the water, if the lights are to bright they find the road instead.

I'm very proud of this photo and the series.
 02/07/2005 08:15:36 AM
Hey well done to you too. Top 10 finisher! :)
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 02/07/2005 08:00:36 AM
Congrats on the 7th place and thanks for your kind comment on my pic, and accurate prediction, I finished just behind you!
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 02/07/2005 02:58:31 AM
Woohoo!

Well done on your top ten finish :)
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 02/07/2005 02:57:14 AM
Congrats on your 7th placing Bob! Superb shot!!

sue
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 02/07/2005 01:14:30 AM
Well done Bob, I didn't give it anything but I would have given it a ten(10). Top shot.
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 02/07/2005 12:35:01 AM
Beyond breathtaking, I scored this a 10 plus 20!
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 02/07/2005 12:08:08 AM
Excellent! The light here is just sensational :)

(Commenting now as never got a chance to vote on this lot). Congrats on top 10 place as well :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/06/2005 11:39:22 PM
A top pick from me!!!
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 02/06/2005 11:07:54 AM
Very nice capture. Nice lighting and tone. POV and DOF great. Good post processing. Great Job 9
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 02/05/2005 03:11:19 PM
The use of light in this image is amazing. 10
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 02/05/2005 01:45:44 PM
Great capture of the low horizon light bathing the beach...even better when parted by the trees.. Nice dreamy affect too.
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 02/05/2005 10:07:09 AM
I can't wait to see how you did it ... love the picture!!
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 02/05/2005 02:58:54 AM
The lighting here is so completely bizarre. Was this really taken at midnight? I'm prepared to believe it, but I can't make any sense of the light on the beach. I'm sure this will make the top 20 (at least as sure as can be) and I think it *should* make the top 10- but who knows. This is a great picture, but it may be too subtle for some voters. Who knows. Good luck! (9)
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 02/04/2005 05:09:29 PM
I like it
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 02/03/2005 05:47:00 PM
a beautiful image certainly made more so with light and shadow.
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 02/03/2005 04:11:30 PM
Spectacular, very nice effects!
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 02/03/2005 02:51:07 PM
Soooo tropical and warm. Wish I were there!
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 02/02/2005 11:26:26 PM
Creepy. And I love creepy! great job.
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 02/02/2005 04:54:41 PM
Magical exposure. 9
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 02/02/2005 06:53:05 AM
Amazing... how can get such lights... Good luck.
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 01/31/2005 07:42:45 PM
Beautiful! 9
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 01/31/2005 04:51:18 PM
Great lighting!
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 01/31/2005 01:53:00 PM
Love it. What a great place at the right time.
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 01/31/2005 12:33:36 PM
this is GOOD!!! 9
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 01/31/2005 11:29:25 AM
nice photo - but the title doesn't match. Looks like sunset, not midnight.
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 01/31/2005 02:04:27 AM
This is exceptionally nice. And would be even more so had you only leveled the horizon... The light is utterly palpable...
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 01/31/2005 12:58:49 AM
This is light. 10 and 20 if I could.
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