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America's Finest Sunrise
America's Finest Sunrise
ScottK


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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Harbor Island, San Diego, Ca
Date: Apr 1, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 1/100
Shutter: 50
Galleries: Cityscape, Sky
Date Uploaded: Apr 18, 2005

 Dawn breaking on downtown San Diego, California. The city moto is "America's Finest City", so that's where the title came from.

Adjusted levels, curves and channel mixer to boost reds and blues a bit. Then saved as JPEG, ran through Neat Image with some of the options toned down a bit. Wanted sky noise reduced, without too much effect on the water. Loaded back into PS, ran "10D Finisher" sharpening action, resized, and a final mild sharpening. (Then I had to zoom in and clone out a couple of the more obnoxious halos that developed.)

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Place: 229 out of 507
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Views since voting: 1031
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Votes: 249
Comments: 17
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/25/2005 10:33:58 PM
You can use some more saturation of colors here.. i mean red, blue is good as it is
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 04/25/2005 10:20:34 PM
Nice lively colors. I like the vertical placement of the horizon, but I would have either included more or none of the shoreline on the left.
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 04/25/2005 06:21:21 PM
Another incredible Sunrise shot from Coronado? BradP? :)
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 04/25/2005 05:58:17 PM
Beautiful colours, nicely composed, the only thing I would really change is the border. Your photo is great on its own the border IMO adds nothing to it.
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 04/25/2005 05:31:58 PM
Very nice, perhaps the border is a little wide?
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 04/25/2005 02:15:39 PM
Good colours and nice and clean but doesn`t really grab me.
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 04/25/2005 01:01:44 PM
breathtaking. Horizon look ever so slightly off (low on the right) but a lovely capture, with pleasing composition
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 04/25/2005 03:13:47 AM
lovely cityscape! the skyline is amazing against the yellow-orange sunset.
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 04/25/2005 01:51:01 AM
Very peaceful, gorgeous colors
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 04/24/2005 02:57:41 PM
Very calming!
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 04/23/2005 03:35:47 PM
The blockiness of the buildings is almost suggestive of the profiles of Stonehenge. It's a very evocative image. Simplicity and elegance. Nice composition.
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 04/23/2005 01:45:17 PM
I like this, but find the dark shore on the left distracting.
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 04/22/2005 11:32:12 PM
Lovely colours. Border doesn't fit though, I think you needed a different colour. Perhaps black.
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 04/22/2005 08:20:00 AM
this has 'postcard' written all over it. nice work.
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 04/21/2005 09:43:01 PM
Nice.
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 04/20/2005 06:51:27 AM
Nah, I saw one from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon that was much better. ;-)
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 04/19/2005 08:30:47 AM
Nice shot. The horizon seems slightly tilted down to the right which could be easily corrected. I think that this shot has a sense of tranquility to it. I would have experimented by placing the horizon at different parts of the image. Placing it centrally would have furthermore added to the mood of the shot.
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