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Midnight Pier
Midnight Pier
PeterPic


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Date: May 7, 2006
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Still Life, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2006

Well, almost midnight. It was taken at approximately 11:30 pm. The only editing done was Auto Levels and I desaturated the colours by -50 because it was very orange. The white lights on the horizon visible just underneath the pier are chokka boats. They catch squid and some evenings they all lie inside the bay close to shore because of the weather. when this happens you just see this lit horizon on the water because there's so many of them.

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.5161
Avg (commenters): 7.6429
Avg (participants): 6.1724
Avg (non-participants): 6.6719
Views since voting: 1552
Views during voting: 396
Votes: 279
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
05/21/2006 08:41:31 AM
Thank you for the feedback. I really appreciate it, seeing that I'm new at this.

Message edited by author 2006-05-21 08:42:21.
05/20/2006 02:53:50 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi pieterw2008 :)

The composition of this photo is excellent, and the exposure also creates a nice sense of sound and motion for me. I think you did an excellent job with this image, and it appears that the voters feel the same way :)

As I was reading your information about post processing, I may be able to offer you some assistance in 'perfecting' this photograph. It seems that the orange glow of the light wasn't your preference, so learning to shift the white balance may be useful to you. If you are shooting in raw mode, you can shift the camera white balance after the shot during the raw conversion process. If not, you can use the levels dialog box in photoshop to select a poing within the image that is supposed to be 'white' and it will do some color correction for you. This option doesn't always work out well, but it can in a lot of cases. Your third option is to make it a black and white :) My personal preference in photography is black and white. If I create a photo where the color is not playing a key role, it ends up as a black and white anyway :)

Excellent work...

John Setzler
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05/17/2006 02:16:16 PM
Thanks for the comments. this was my very first challenge submission and I'm thrilled to have done so well.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 11:40:18 AM
Wow, great use of many technical aspects for the creation of this picture.
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05/16/2006 10:43:09 AM
I like this!
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05/16/2006 08:15:59 AM
You could have entered this in Holy Places as well, with the cross at the end of the pier. ;-)
Very nice effect of the lighting on the waves.
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05/16/2006 03:27:11 AM
I like this one alot. Nice job!
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05/15/2006 03:46:37 PM
Nice shot and Nice angel
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05/14/2006 05:24:08 PM
Great shot, I like the colors and the cross at the end.....
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05/14/2006 09:06:10 AM
Great lighting, great composition.
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05/14/2006 12:45:21 AM
this is great
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05/13/2006 11:46:28 PM
beautiful.
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05/13/2006 09:08:38 PM
Really nice. It's interesting that the cross at at the end. Hmmm

I like the touch of the steel blue tones amidst all of the warmer ones.
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05/13/2006 07:10:42 AM
Wow...I like this!
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05/11/2006 06:31:32 PM
cool underlighting
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05/11/2006 06:15:41 PM
I really like this one.
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05/10/2006 09:16:56 AM
This is an amazing shot. What a wonderful mood you've captured here. I love the cross at the end of the jetti. This would also have done well in Holy Places. I give it a 10.
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05/10/2006 07:42:20 AM
hope this does well for you, good luck
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05/10/2006 05:49:16 AM
i love it!
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