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Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Chespeake Bay
Date: Jul 15, 2006
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2006
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The Fisher King appears in many myths, stories, poems, etc. According to Arthurian legend, he is the keeper of the Holy Grail. What does this have to do with anything? Maybe this is my political statement, my unfathomable (to me) feelings currently about my country. No, my country is not the Fisher King. My country is out at the end of that dock (see the flag) as the world disappears (figuratively for my country, not literally). The more my country acts and exists, the more it seems we are in a sea of emptiness. At any rate... How does the Fisher King tie in? He presides over his land, the Wasteland, a barren, desolate, sterile place. Why am I waiting for him? To answer the question of course. I don't see myself as the Grail Knight, Percival, Galahad, just as someone who cares...
"O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you."
-T.S. Eliot, "The Wasteland"
Just in case there is a need for validation:
in RAW:
temp 19000
tint +92
exp +.30
shadows 60
bright 47
contrast 51
sat -100
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07/30/2006 09:50:34 PM |
| i think this is under rated! should have placed much higher IMO. good job with the b&w. |
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07/29/2006 11:04:35 AM |
This is a great example of where the high contrast conveys feelings similar to what you put in your description. I didn't get the full detail you wrote up, but I definitely understood the idea of being alone, with no clear idea what's out there.
I wonder whether it'd convey it even more to crop it more to the left, so you see less dock and more emptiness on the left? |
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07/29/2006 09:59:55 AM |
| This works really well as high key or high contrast or whatever it is! |
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07/25/2006 01:03:57 PM |
| I like the blown out highlights. It really works for htis image. One of my favorite so far. |
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07/25/2006 10:40:49 AM |
| Strangely enough this "high key" image works for me, mostly, but is missing a bit on the left. Maybe a little more contrast in the water would help. Nice. |
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07/25/2006 05:47:19 AM |
| wow, the stark white thing really works in my opinion. really cool shot. |
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07/24/2006 02:29:03 PM |
| I feel it's too everexposed. |
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07/24/2006 08:32:11 AM |
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07/23/2006 10:12:28 PM |
| Nice shot,,,,, the angle is great. |
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07/22/2006 10:16:26 PM |
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07/22/2006 11:08:52 AM |
| Great high key picture. Composition 10. |
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07/22/2006 02:24:33 AM |
| A bit to overexposed (to my taste) |
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07/21/2006 08:52:09 AM |
| Great composition. The B&W conversion and high key also look good. Well done! |
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07/20/2006 08:51:33 PM |
| White-was effect looks pretty nice on this one. Nice perspective as well... nice. |
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07/20/2006 07:01:25 PM |
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07/20/2006 05:00:11 PM |
| Even though this is overexposed it expresses something and I like it. |
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07/20/2006 12:51:02 PM |
| It's a bit on the over-exposed side for me. |
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07/20/2006 11:40:10 AM |
| Just a tad overexposed for my taste, but i still love it! |
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07/19/2006 10:57:11 PM |
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07/19/2006 05:22:20 PM |
| Love the high key of this one. Great leading line too. Nicely shot with the negative space to the left. 8 |
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07/19/2006 05:19:08 PM |
| Not sure I like the over exposure but it does have an artsy feel to it. |
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07/19/2006 04:00:24 PM |
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07/19/2006 02:08:01 AM |
| A little too blown out, but interesting. |
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07/19/2006 01:57:23 AM |
| would have scored higher.... but its too over exposed |
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