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Backlit oil platform on the Pacific
Backlit oil platform on the Pacific
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Huntington Beach
Date: Jan 10, 2006
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Sky, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006

This is an oil platform off of Huntington Beach with Catalina Island in the background. I wish that I could have cloned out that annoying orange spot on the second wave!

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 324
Avg (all users): 5.5201
Avg (commenters): 5.9048
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.7584
Views since voting: 912
Views during voting: 413
Votes: 298
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 11:38:21 PM
very nice, ocean almost rock like
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01/17/2006 09:51:54 PM
Orange dot in the middle of the water detracts from an otherwise stunning Photo that has incredible texture and tones.
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01/17/2006 09:44:55 PM
appears to be oversharpened.
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01/17/2006 09:04:55 PM
Very nice backlighting yet softer would have made it better. Impressive enough for a bump.
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01/14/2006 02:57:53 AM
Are those ripples from waves or crusted over lava? Great effect! Only thing is the platform is nothing more than a silhouette. Too bad.
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01/13/2006 11:23:44 PM
All of the words fell right out of my mouth before I could say anything....this picture is amazing!!! 10's 4U
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01/13/2006 10:31:08 PM
Magic shot, actually breathtaking..... Wow what an image. I do hope it does well as it deserves to do so.....
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01/13/2006 08:07:37 PM
Sweet shot!
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01/13/2006 06:18:10 PM
Nice capture of the light almost gone. You did well to show the coming darkness without losing the highlights on the water. The border fits the shot well.
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01/13/2006 03:05:39 PM
This is an incredible photo. Sure the oil platform is silhouetted... but, I feel like the waves are the subject anyway, and those are what really draw me into this photo.
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01/13/2006 10:47:58 AM
gooden
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01/12/2006 05:05:54 PM
Wow, is all I can say, wow. I love this. Nice silhouette.
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01/11/2006 09:32:42 PM
Darn that one glare spot - a little advanced editing and it's gone. Very nice shot. I especially like how the water almost looks like oil.
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01/11/2006 07:30:08 PM
"The subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting."
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01/11/2006 04:20:16 PM
I like the texture of the water.
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01/11/2006 10:01:40 AM
Lovely colours, but I think you missed the challenge description:

"the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting".
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01/11/2006 08:13:42 AM
not sure if this is true to the challenge although it's a niceshot
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01/11/2006 03:47:58 AM
Sorry to be picky but if the oil platform is the object that is backlit, it looks like a silhouette which I didnt think was allowed
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01/11/2006 03:29:19 AM
Looks a little to USM to me. Just my 2 cents
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01/11/2006 02:58:11 AM
Nice image except for the flare, and it looks grossly overprocessed. I think you over did it majorly with the sharpening. Luckily you can correct that if you decide to pring the image or display it elsewhere.
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01/11/2006 02:26:30 AM
feels way oversharpened, but I know how tough it is to get that water looking right.
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01/11/2006 01:52:23 AM
Great capture. The layers and colors in this shot make it very appealing
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01/11/2006 12:46:18 AM
This feels a bit oversharpened to me, but the composition and content are great.
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