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Early Morning Swim: Braving The Cold
Early Morning Swim: Braving The Cold
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rule of Thirds III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Date: Apr 24, 2007
Aperture: F4
ISO: 1100
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2007

 Took this while in the Gold Coast Queensland for our church's National Conference. Got up early and got some great shots. I chose this one for the sheer terror of those waves. This was an early morning swimmer bracing herself for the cold water swim.

EDIT: Levels, USM and Noise Reduction...just basic stuff

PREDICTION: Not sure...could be a high 5 or low 6

POST: Happy with this. The more I looked at it the more I personally liked this and hoped it did better. The waves are enormous.

It was actually a warm morning and the water temperature was really nice. But I used some colour adjustment to make it look freezing cold.

Thanks for the votes and comments.



Statistics
Place: 23 out of 380
Avg (all users): 6.6193
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.5185
Avg (non-participants): 6.7053
Views since voting: 1634
Views during voting: 282
Votes: 176
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 11/16/2007 10:18:50 PM
Another wonderful full of color imagw from you mate.....
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 05/05/2007 12:33:25 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

You began with a very nice image, and enhanced it to a different level and you were well rewarded for your efforts. Congratulations on your very nice placement.

With a score of 6.61 and placement of 23rd out of 374, I'm not sure what I can tell you to 'improve' this image, so I'm not even going to try.

But you have an excellent track record at DPC, and if you are not already a member of the Critique Club, well, it is people of your expertise who would really help this feature of DPC.

Come on in! The Water's Fine.

SFAlice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2007 10:14:52 AM
VERY awesome Enzo!!! Wow!

  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/02/2007 12:06:42 AM
This was my favorite of the challenge, great job. I gave it a 9 :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/01/2007 11:52:34 PM
Seems off a little from the third intersections. Really cool shot, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 05:28:48 PM
how cold? good shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/30/2007 06:56:37 AM
No kidding, that water looks freezing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/27/2007 11:02:22 AM
Beautiful, rich colors and tones. The sea seems so imposing and overwhelming in relationship to the lady. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2007 05:48:26 PM
Beauty shot. Perfect timing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/26/2007 12:49:03 PM
beautiful water shot. lovely....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 09:14:04 PM
Yeah, i'd expect this to be a poster somewhere... excellent shot... i'd be an ass to critique. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 03:15:44 PM
Love the kinetic nature of the water and the swimmer - 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 10:33:02 AM
Great contrast and color. I like the composition too
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 01:52:11 AM
looks cold...looks like she is about to get wiped out, too. Good timing.
I would have liked to see more white in the white caps, too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 12:40:09 AM
gorgeous. i think you may have tinted this photo with too much blue, but other than that, great capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/25/2007 12:38:01 AM
Cool colors. I like how the scale of the water seems so large compared to the person.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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