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From Dusk to Dock
From Dusk to Dock
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-08 (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Hornby Island
Date: Aug 13, 2007
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25"
Galleries: Emotive, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Aug 25, 2007

I this is one of my shots I took on Hornby Island. Its faint but my girlfriend Fiona is standing under the dock lamp. I'm really happy with this photo and i hope my score will reflect it. I didn't utilize it being an expert editing challenge but it was the only challenge this photo fit into.
PP was minimal, auto WB in lightroom, raw to jpg conversion, darkened midtones a tad, burned bottem right piece of dock, cloned out a glare above the lamp starburst, and added around 60-80 conrasted, USM, resize, USM

Statistics
Place: 310 out of 503
Avg (all users): 5.5896
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.4468
Avg (non-participants): 5.9250
Views since voting: 808
Views during voting: 180
Votes: 134
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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09/14/2007 07:57:32 PM
Critique Club feedback -

The lading lines work well to draw the eye towards the model, though the model is very dark and hard to distinguish in the scene. Very pleasing contrast of the blues against the darkness. One thing that knocks the shot down a bit is the bands in the sky - looks like the processing got a bit heavy on the blues and the smooth transition of tones was lost.

Overall, the lighting is very tough to deal with here without using something artifical (remote flash near the girl jumps to mind immediately), so it was a difficult scene to work with. Overall, I think you made something nice out of it.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2007 09:39:56 PM
If the dock was brighter this would have been a top 10
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09/04/2007 08:21:49 PM
waiting under the days last light
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09/04/2007 11:41:50 AM
Has a very nice feel overall. Took me a long time to notice the person under the light.
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09/02/2007 05:03:51 AM
I like the comp and the ambience of this. A wee bit of banding in the sky shows on this monitor but just barely.
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09/02/2007 01:46:23 AM
Nice shot - Like the tones - Nice composition and sharpness - Shame we can't see the person more defined.
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