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Water sports...
Water sports...
Terramar


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Date: Mar 14, 2005
Aperture: 7.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Mar 14, 2005

Burning, Dodging, Unsharpen Mask. I'm pretty sure this won't do very well. Most people tend to take challenges at face value. Stock photography can be almost anything...obviously...but I have a feeling the average commenter is probably going to be looking for "feel good" vacation brochure pictures (overly happy people, having an unrealistically good time!). We'll see what happens.
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Views during voting: 435
Comments: 31
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03/28/2005 10:36:09 AM
The lighting is interesting. Awesome editing. It is interesting to go through all these pictures and see what others did to edit their shots. You did good! Congrats on top 10.
03/28/2005 03:56:16 AM
fantastic shot, many congrats on your high placement.
03/28/2005 12:19:45 AM
Beautiful work a stunning image congrats on your 5th place
03/28/2005 12:09:35 AM
Congratulations on your 5th finish. A wonderful action shot which always findsa a buyer.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2005 11:15:23 PM
well balanced photo.. great comp.... amazing capture... your horizon isn't as neat as it could be ... and the border is horrible.
03/27/2005 02:17:49 AM
Wow. Very well done
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03/27/2005 12:39:49 AM
Nice action! Love the light on the wave. Maybe a bit over burned on the clouds.
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03/26/2005 11:54:09 AM
OK... now were talking, this is a print and hang on wall kind of shot. Unbelievable capture and great timing and the sky is just awesome! High marks here.
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03/26/2005 11:23:20 AM
sky looks pretty manipulated and noisy, maybe a noise reduction program would have helped
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03/25/2005 08:16:43 PM
lovely lighting, very dramatic. I love how caught the surfer in mid flight like that, i can't imagine it was very easy.
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03/25/2005 02:49:57 PM
Sky is too burned, like the image otherwise.......
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03/25/2005 12:53:05 AM
radical dude! :-)
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03/25/2005 12:12:40 AM
WHOA! good timing on that one!
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03/24/2005 11:49:33 PM
Incredible shot...nice work! Border works well with this shot too.
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03/24/2005 11:39:09 PM
Excellent photo! You really can't ride on with the lighting the exposure to freeze the motion and the sky is outstanding. The composition is even great and I know you had issued on-the-fly. Don't change a thing. 10
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03/24/2005 10:08:13 AM
Breathtaking image...Great shot. Unfortunately I find the burning in the sky way over the top and kills an otherwise incredible entry.
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03/24/2005 08:00:03 AM
Nice photo but the sky looks, like it was burned in.
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03/23/2005 10:09:07 PM
Excellent capture. Hard to get this whole tonal range captured, but you did a very good job with it. 9 -danny
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03/23/2005 04:15:22 PM
I like the action happening in the forground. The waves are captured well. The sky and clouds don't look right to me. Clouds appear to have dark horizontal burn marks. It honestly looks like the forground was pasted onto a different background.
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03/23/2005 02:00:18 PM
Awesome shot....the clouds seem have had something done to them...but the rest is very cool!
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03/23/2005 10:24:07 AM
Love the black border with the sky great pic
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03/23/2005 12:20:57 AM
The wave and surfer are beautiful. I like the lighting angle. The sky looks overprocessed to me.
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03/22/2005 11:08:47 PM
imo doesnt need the frame as a 'stock photo'... nice photo thought. the sky is borderline really cool / wierd.
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03/22/2005 04:17:39 PM
I would lose the border. Very nice image. Perfect for stock.
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03/22/2005 04:07:25 PM
This could ribbon...its a perfect stock photo...your color is great
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03/21/2005 08:56:18 PM
Sano.
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03/21/2005 07:12:18 PM
These waves are wild and the capture is outstanding.
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03/21/2005 06:11:05 PM
Beautiful shot. Even my brother (who surfs but is not an "art" guy) would love this.
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03/21/2005 04:05:57 PM
The waves are dramatic, the sky is dramatic! The surfer jumping like that!
Put it all together and u get a great image, just like yours! OUTSTANDING!
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03/21/2005 10:31:45 AM
Nice photo. Great capture with the waves, nice detail on the spray and didn't overexpose. A bit of noise in the sky. Looks (to me anyway) that you did some post-processing and selected/layered the water and sky individually. Can see a distinct halo/line at the horizons edge that I wouldn't think is naturally occurring.
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03/21/2005 08:28:37 AM
Great shot, captures a moment and a mood, composition and lighting super (only suggestion is to remove the border - while it does improve the shot artistically, no stock site would accept it with one)
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