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Dreams of Paradise
Dreams of Paradise
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Challenge: Dreams (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Date: May 3, 2005
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320 sec
Galleries: Travel, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 6, 2005

 Well, this was a fun entry. I submitted this with just 2 seconds to spare before the deadline. I didn't even have time to leave any details about the shot! Just a quick 10 minutes of post processing was all I had.

This shot was taken in the morning on Miami Beach. I was thinking of something for the Dreams challenge and spotted this poor homeless soul on the beach. His blanket, which was stained and more yellow than white (desaturated it a bit) came out looking a bit too clean in retrospect. The umbrella was to keep the sun out of his eyes I presume. He wasn't very successful at getting sleep as I saw him awake several times. I didn't want to disturb him and thus I sneaked in a few shots while he wasn't looking this way.

The hastily constructed title was not ideal for this shot as the viewer had no idea what's going on here, but I had no time to think of something more appropriate.

- RAW to JPG
- Levels
- Crop, resize
- Selectively desat the yellow channel a bit
- Adjust hue on umbrella (blues/cyans)
- Clone out a few distracting elements on the beach, shoreline, and horizon
- USM
- Save for Web

Statistics
Place: 56 out of 114
Avg (all users): 5.5775
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.3529
Avg (non-participants): 5.7266
Views since voting: 1111
Views during voting: 475
Votes: 213
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/13/2005 03:45:34 PM
This was such a cool, dreamy photo! I loved it!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/12/2005 05:05:29 PM
WOW.....love the colors. So calming!
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 05/12/2005 02:00:12 PM
I went back and forth with the color of the umbrella. I decided you were right - that shade of blue works best. And I think the sand color blanket is also an excellent choice. the range of blues is very peaceful and relaxing - perfect for a dreams shot. Love the way he is holding his shoes - very telling and almost conflicts with the rest of the image. I really enjoyed viewing this - thanks for sharing! 8 from me - good luck!
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 05/12/2005 03:29:38 AM
I miss seeing the dreamer's head and face. Great dreamlike colors.
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 05/11/2005 06:26:26 PM
crop it more
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 05/10/2005 09:10:07 AM
So odd and simple...so perfect for this challenge...love the soft colors...this is so relaxing to look at.
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 05/07/2005 06:59:13 PM
Everything is nice and sharp, although I feel that there is perhaps not enough contrast between the edge of the sand and the water to really make the transition stand out.
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 05/07/2005 05:21:32 PM
My expectation of Paradise is a blue sea, white sand and a vibrancy of colour. You have captured some of these but I feel the colours are a little washed out.
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 05/06/2005 11:23:45 AM
Well thought out image, and certainly a vision of paradise as we know it. I wonder just a bit about the umbrella. The color is fine, of course, but does one really want to shield oneself from paradise? Still, a fine interpretation of the Challenge.
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 05/06/2005 10:33:24 AM
you did a great job, with a great idea... and the ocean looks so beautiful, the colours
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 05/06/2005 10:09:37 AM
Beautiful!!!!!
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 05/06/2005 09:13:34 AM
interesting concept for theme, love the gradience of color, nice texture, b&w's ok, nice dof
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 05/06/2005 08:44:41 AM
key west?
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 05/06/2005 06:21:02 AM
I don't think that things like the shoes, umbrella and the cover works in it at all. But then again, it's supposed to be a dream! :)
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