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Sunset at the Lake
Sunset at the Lake
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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Lac Unique, NB, Canada
Date: Jul 28, 2006
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006

 The lake was calm, sun was setting when the sky decided to give us a show. You could not believe how calm this place gets. Once in a while, we get tohaer the loon calling it's mate with the echo bouncing off the mountains. If this is not zen, I do not know what is.

Steps in PP:
Crop and straighten
Boost saturation a bit
Adjust contrast
flatten, resize, USM, no NI on this one.
I have a batch of outtakes I'll post when voting is over.
Exif states I had a +0.3 step Exposure Compensation. Don't remember setting it.
File #2847

Statistics
Place: 126 out of 329
Avg (all users): 5.7130
Avg (commenters): 6.4000
Avg (participants): 5.4865
Avg (non-participants): 5.9524
Views since voting: 899
Views during voting: 323
Votes: 216
Comments: 10
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/04/2006 08:13:28 AM
perfect sunset here...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/04/2006 03:51:04 AM
Very nice, very calm atmosphere. Just a few too many colors that distracts it's calmness. Great job from the 'Great Job Baggie'!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/03/2006 09:08:32 PM
Excellent shot here. the compostion leads you from the lower corner to the back of the photo and the colors are great. A definite winner!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/03/2006 06:44:03 PM
I don't know an awful lot about post processing but feel this has been made to look slightly unnatural (maybe its my monitor?).I would have cropped the stones out of the foreground, or tried to include more of them. The sky looks to have quite nice colour in it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/03/2006 02:34:33 PM
blue, orange, yellow,
gone serenity. 4
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2006 11:01:17 AM
Very peaceful shot. Love the colors. Good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 04:56:30 PM
This is stunning. If zen is harmony, peace, beauty. .. .this photo emanates it! Excellent job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 03:17:59 PM
The blueish area at just past the bottom right middle of the frame draws the eye. I think this image would be stronger if it were cropped to remove that area.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 03:10:05 AM
Typically I don't necessarily find all land/seascapes inherently zen-like. I do like this one because of the mellow colors and how they smoothly meld together and the fact that the lake is nearly completely still. There are some ripples but not so much that I lose the feeling of utter calm. That said I think cropping off the bottom where the rocks or whatever those two whitish-grey things are would help the composition a bit. This would help make the balance between above the horizon and below a bit more even in my mind. I gave a 6
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 07/31/2006 01:43:00 AM
Beautiful colors. The lower right corner is distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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