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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Kirkland, Washington
Date: May 8, 2006
Aperture: f25.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30sec
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

 Bleah. I wish I had a better photo. Self critique? Lose the stupid rocks on the left, figure out how to make the flares more pristine, and composition could use a little more rejiggering. But it was fun to hang out with my wife and play with my new camera, though. I'll probably rank in the bottom third of the masses.

Statistics
Place: 98 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.6952
Avg (commenters): 7.2500
Avg (participants): 5.3012
Avg (non-participants): 5.8517
Views since voting: 745
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 292
Comments: 5
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 05/22/2006 08:21:20 PM
Greetings from the critique club,

I read your self-critique. I think you were much too hard on yourself. THis is a very nice night shot.

I think you sdid a great job with the flare, especially with basic editing. I like your perspective and the way the horizon meets the end of the dock.

COmpositionally, I agree with your comments. I would have cropped right to the post on the left, so that the dock posts frame the shot. This would also make the biggest light less centered inthe frame. You could crop a little off the bottom without changing much if you want3ed to keep the horizontal aspect ratio.

Depending on the rest of the scene (that is outside of the frame here) it might have been better to take a few steps to your right and angle in a little so that the dock cuts more across the image. I like the leading lines of the dock and the vertical lines of the poles, and I think angling the dock even more than you did would make it even more dramatic.

I didn't vote in this challenge, but I would have given this a 6. I think it is well executed and interesting to look at.

Please feel free to pm me with any questions about my comments.

Cheers,
Liza
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2006 12:06:45 PM
Nicely done.
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 05/12/2006 02:40:47 AM
Awesome.
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 05/10/2006 02:45:39 PM
good one it whould a been perfect for me with a person in the picture 7
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 05/10/2006 01:04:05 AM
Nice leading line
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