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Church of The Sun Worshippers
Church of The Sun Worshippers
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Water II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Williamstown Docklands, Melbourne Australia
Date: Mar 24, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 24, 2006

 contrary to a couple of comments, I actually like the way the masts bend, as if they are worshipping the sun. This was taken with an extra wide zoom at 10mm. I think my title describes the shot...the minister of the church is the big yacht in the forground. The congregation are the yachts in the background, and the water is the church building!

Being a pastor, one of my competitors is people's Sunday recreation time, so in other ways, this IS the church of PEOPLE who worship the sun.


Statistics
Place: 98 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.7448
Avg (commenters): 5.6250
Avg (participants): 5.7679
Avg (non-participants): 5.7125
Views since voting: 1086
Views during voting: 310
Votes: 192
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/28/2006 07:19:14 AM
This reminds me of the great tropical holiday we just had in the Whitsundies. This is a really cool shot, and I love the way you have captured it with all the mast leaning to one side.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/02/2006 10:25:07 PM
Very nice. Sharp and clear. I like the sun.
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 03/31/2006 09:51:43 PM
Very nice composition and colors.
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 03/30/2006 07:08:36 PM
Nice composition, colors. Most viewers including myself would prefer straighter masts. To keep sun in frame, try portrait mode with your ultra-wide, keep camera horizontal so that the masts remain vertical, and crop off bottom of frame.
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 03/29/2006 01:11:53 PM
Simply a great photo except for the sun. Catches my eye wrong.
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 03/28/2006 08:45:08 PM
Very interesting composition. I can't decide how I feel about the weird sun flare at the top of the frame. The boarder is very distracting to me.
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 03/28/2006 01:34:30 PM
realy bugs me how the things on the boats leans into the middle... good colors and idea but this one thing realy bugs me
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 03/28/2006 12:13:37 AM
i think the composition is fantastic how the bg boats are leaning into the foreground. i like the sun as part of the frame but i'm not sure about how it has come out after processing. oddly the blues seem over saturated but the water doesn't. It looks like it could have been a very cool light green, but seems to have been lost.
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 03/27/2006 08:24:50 PM
The sun is very distorted and discolored.
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