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Sailing Away
Sailing Away
Rikki


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Sausalito, California
Date: Sep 17, 2005
Aperture: f10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500 seconds
Galleries: Landscape, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2005

 To make certain that I was within the ROTs, for this challenge, I created a frame action that would lock my image using the ROTs. It divided my 640x480 frame into threes and I was able to locate my subject carefully.

Post processing includes:
- Rotate to align horizon
- Adjusted levels
- USM
- Neat Image
- Adjusted contrast
- Adjusted levels
- Crop
- Save for web

Statistics
Place: 268 out of 354
Avg (all users): 4.9430
Avg (commenters): 4.1111
Avg (participants): 4.7059
Avg (non-participants): 5.1349
Views since voting: 886
Views during voting: 298
Votes: 228
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 10/04/2005 02:26:47 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Compositionally, you have nailed this shot. The boat is on the third making it a stable and balanced picture. You have included enough background to make it have the proper context, and thus interest, but it is at such a distant that it does not distract. Also, the boat is isolated, so there is no "competition" of subjects for the viewer.

Technically, the picture has the appearance of being out of focus. It could be one of several different things. It as underexposed and you had to adjust the brightness too much. It was too much of a crop. Or, it could just be oversharpened. Regardless, it has got a "grainy" feeling to it, though "noise" isn't an issue. (I am referring to how the photo "feels" more than the technical aspect of "grain" and "noise.")

Overall, it is a shot that meets the challenge well, but suffers from some technical issues that keep it from being a "wow" shot. The peacefulness and serenity that comes from looking at the boat cannot be surpassed.

This is definitely something that you might want to shoot again (in concept, I know you can't get this exact boat in this exact spot again . . .), but it has the potential of being a dynamite shot.

Best wishes to you in future challenges.

karmat
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/27/2005 06:03:31 PM
Beautiful example of the rules of thirds.
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 09/24/2005 05:15:41 PM
meets challenge, a bit oversharpened, the sea looks wrong! good composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/22/2005 06:24:22 PM
You nailed the vertical, probably needed to lower the horizon or raise the yacht as the horizontal goes right between them
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 09/22/2005 02:33:12 PM
Poor image quality
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 09/22/2005 01:03:19 PM
seen a million like this
 09/21/2005 11:55:08 PM
Seems a bit out of focus, the boat seems too blown out as well. This is framed nicely too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2005 09:34:19 PM
grainy, washed out.. nice composition
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 09/21/2005 04:32:38 PM
Pretty busy background and the boat isn't very sharp.
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 09/21/2005 08:04:02 AM
feels a little over exposed
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