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Rising Water Table
Rising Water Table
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Furniture (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Honeymoon Beach, Water Island -U.S. Virgin Islands
Date: Mar 1, 2007
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250sec
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2007

 Taken on Honeymoon Beach - Water Island (a small island in the Virgin Islands) - 30 min schooner from St. Thomas.

Thought it was fitting for the challenge :O)

pp:
can't believe I didn't shoot this in RAW (a one time occurance while on holidays, as I was afraid I'd run out of cards)

crop
curves
rotate 1 degree clockwise
photo filter to adjust the blue a tiny bit
curves again to adjust shadows
channels masked to the table to bring out the green
resize
usm
border
sfw

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 163
Avg (all users): 5.8667
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7973
Avg (non-participants): 5.9151
Views since voting: 1089
Votes: 180
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/17/2007 05:18:23 PM
Hi, Greetings from the Critique Club:

Composition: I think the composition is right on for this particular image. Personally I wouldn't change any part of that.

Technical: Here is where I feel the image has been let down. The improvements needed are only minor but are enough to have kept your score down. The shadow around the table is natural, but distracting. Try lightening that area. The hill on the left shore is dark and takes up too much of the image without giving anything to the story. I have taken the liberty of working on your image in the way I have described here to show you what I mean. I added a Shadow/Highlight to your image and found the details in both the shadow and the hill appeared. I also cloned out the post at the top of the chair.

Overall: Overall, I feel you have a great image with good lighting, composition and colour. But the minor areas were enough to keep your score down. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/11/2007 11:09:43 PM
Beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/08/2007 08:46:44 AM
lighting somewhat harsh and from above, ok composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/06/2007 12:25:29 PM
*sigh* such a pretty place!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2007 03:09:38 PM
Great capture - Now booking my holiday....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/05/2007 09:38:53 AM
may I join you for a cocktail?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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