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Moored Until Spring
Moored Until Spring
rjkstesch


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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
Location: Great Salt Lake
Date: Dec 19, 2006
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2007

 The Great Salt Lake Marina during the winter. Here's one of those strange places where boats have snow and long for the warmth of spring. There's a startling stillness in the waiting, and a sense of peace.

HDR from 1 image, then Shadow/Highlight. That really brought out the orange sky. The usual Curves, Levels, H/S, B/C. Dodging and Burning, cloning out some small bubbles in the water, USM, Noise reduction (I think)and some smudge along the diagnol lines to reduce pixcelation from the size reduction.

I just took 1st place in the small photoclub with this shot. Let's see what it will do on an international level. I sure hope the calibration is right on most people's monitors. This quickly looks over saturated with bad calibration.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.8842
Avg (commenters): 8.1000
Avg (participants): 6.8216
Avg (non-participants): 7.0824
Views since voting: 2465
Views during voting: 579
Votes: 354
Comments: 52
Favorites: 8 (view)

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 10/06/2008 11:03:23 PM
This is a perfect example when HDR is done right....Beauty!
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 10/05/2008 03:58:04 PM
This is beautiful, just amazing.
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 01/31/2007 01:36:28 PM
Lovely shot!!! Congrats on your high placement, Becky!!!
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 01/26/2007 06:55:12 PM
Congrats on the great finish is such a big race. The shot is beautiful.
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 01/26/2007 04:44:36 PM
I love your angular composition. Lines and more lines!
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 01/26/2007 11:11:41 AM
congrat on your high finish, very nice photo, I like the stillness and the colors are great
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 01/26/2007 07:05:01 AM
I gave this an 8. Very clean image. Liked the contrasting snow, especially against that heated sky.
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 01/26/2007 04:46:43 AM
Fantastic shot Becky, you must be very proud of it. Great job.
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 01/26/2007 02:26:38 AM
Congratulations Becky, a beautiful shot!
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 01/26/2007 12:47:24 AM
Perfect, a few weeks ago I took several pics of exactly the same without the sunset, you're colors really make it super!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 06:09:43 AM
Very nice rhythm in this image, and the colours are wonderful. I've seen a few sunsets in this challenge, and my one common complaint is that they don't correct the whites for the orange colour cast of the setting sun, but your white boats look stunning against that fiery sky. Well done.
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 01/24/2007 10:33:49 PM
very nice work. i'm very impressed with the range of tones you've rendered without losing any detail in the whites.
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 01/24/2007 08:58:06 PM
Super shot. The colors and the reflection is fantastic.
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 01/24/2007 07:24:03 PM
Stunning photograph - the calmness of the water combined with the colors and the anticipation of your title makes this a top 5 in this challenge for me.
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 01/24/2007 02:10:03 PM
crisp and clean! great color and linework. the foreground brush dirties it up a bit for me.
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 01/22/2007 02:27:25 PM
Nice use of the natural light. The sunset and little bit of snow in the bottom right really makes it feel like the end of the boating season. So many times I see these type of shots where the top of the mast is cut off either on the boat or in the reflection - I really like that you managed to keep it all there on both sides.
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 01/22/2007 01:42:43 PM
Beautiful picture, I don't know where it was taken, but it reminds me of Vancouver Island. Well done.
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 01/20/2007 01:35:16 PM
Nice and crisp...Love it!
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 01/19/2007 09:39:06 PM
This looks soo cool
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 01/19/2007 06:27:56 PM
Beautiful image, I think you will be in the upper 20% of this challenge. Great Job.
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 01/17/2007 06:15:46 PM
Beautiful reflections and the colours in the sky are nice.The only thing I am not too sure about is some of the colour in the boats, doesn't look quite right to me (just my humble opinion)
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 01/17/2007 10:22:51 AM
Excellent capture, the colors in the sky as well as the reflections in the water are great.
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 01/16/2007 10:14:53 PM
Beautiful colours and crystal clear reflections. Very nice composition as wll.
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 01/16/2007 09:12:00 PM
Super sharp.
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 01/16/2007 08:08:21 PM
So clean and beautiful. Back to bump you up to 9.
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 01/16/2007 04:38:56 PM
*Sigh* Sheer Perfection. 10.
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 01/16/2007 04:17:36 PM
Incredible! A 9 for this amazing mirror shot!
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 01/16/2007 01:34:55 PM
good composition, colors and contrast.
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 01/16/2007 07:31:21 AM
A lovely composition. The reflections and colors are great.
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 01/16/2007 06:06:51 AM
great shot, More and more I like the off seaon!
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 01/15/2007 10:45:53 PM
That is some calm, calm water there...excellent reflections. Very beautiful light in this well composed scene. Very nice, 9!
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 01/15/2007 03:38:38 PM
Amazing how calm it is. Nice rich tones and incredible reflections.
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 01/15/2007 11:48:23 AM
I really like the photo but for some reason I my eye keeps going to the bottom left. Are you keeping the shore edge in the photo for perspective.
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 01/15/2007 08:14:58 AM
great reflections
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 01/15/2007 06:04:06 AM
This is a contender - wonderful colours and composition.
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 01/14/2007 05:53:36 PM
Beautiful shot
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 01/14/2007 03:25:46 PM
Well done. Nice and sharp. Good Luck.
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 01/14/2007 12:29:57 PM
I like the clairity of this image. Just outstanding
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 01/14/2007 06:42:15 AM
wow! that is stunning! smoothe, perfect exposure, sharp where it matters...9
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 01/14/2007 03:51:49 AM
Pleases the eye with this seascape and love the peacefulness
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 01/14/2007 01:59:30 AM
pretty scene. I like the white of the boats against the dark water
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 01/13/2007 10:44:21 PM
Stunning reflection -- strong first impression for sure -- the whites are almost too pure & the golden stretch on the water in the center of the image is a bit distracting. Very impressive overall!
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 01/13/2007 11:19:36 AM
Beautiful!!
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 01/12/2007 10:25:53 PM
Great winter sunset. Love the fact that the white is white and teh sky is not blown out. Also the composition is wonderful.
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 01/12/2007 09:43:01 PM
One of my top 3 picks for this challenge! Bravo on the colors, reflection, composition, subject....near flawless! < 9 >
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 01/12/2007 08:31:13 PM
Wow! Very strong composition and great colors!
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 01/12/2007 06:44:19 PM
love the crisp whites and dark water and orange sky and the stillness.
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 01/12/2007 06:10:22 PM
so calm....so peaceful....so beautiful
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 01/12/2007 01:44:02 PM
Great entry for Best of 2006! Good luck!
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 01/12/2007 10:35:51 AM
great color and contrast
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 01/12/2007 09:18:40 AM
came back to this one love it 9
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 01/12/2007 04:29:08 AM
beautiful, i dig the contrast :-)
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