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High Tide at Sunset
High Tide at Sunset
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Challenge: Long Exposure III (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2007 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Avery Point Groton CT
Date: Dec 17, 2007
Aperture: f22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Dec 17, 2007

 Multi-second exposure at sunset taken in RAW.

Opened using CS2 - adjusted exposure, white balance, and curves. Save as JPEG. Opened Elements - adjusted Shadows/Highlights, adjusted Hue/Sat, Noise Ninja. Cloned out 5 or 6 sensor dust spot (I need to clean that sensor!!!). Save for web.

Opened and USM at small radius, adjusted hue/saturation, readjusted curves and added USM at large radius.

Hopefully people can see the motion of the water. It is not exactly what I had in my head when I planned the shot, but it is pretty close. The lighting was not the best - the light was on the wrong side of the rocks - but I really didn't want to get too wet, and really didn't want to set up in the water. I wish it was not so windy so I could get some of my longer exposures into good sharp focus, but this was the best effort I had.

Prediction - should be on the sunny side of 6

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 158
Avg (all users): 6.0936
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.7547
Avg (non-participants): 6.1923
Views since voting: 916
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 235
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 12/26/2007 12:15:49 PM
A great 'silky water' shot that I have no doubt would have done even better but for the fact that there seemed to be a plethora of them in the challenge (says the man who took one of about 1,000,000 moving car lights in the same challenge). perhaps one of the problems with DPC is that on occasion you can see so many things of beauty that you become a tad blase about them and not appreciate them individually for the wonderous images that they are

I love the sharpness of the rocks in the foreground and the shells on the beach are another great touch

Lovely image which like several in the challenge was sadly underrated
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 12/26/2007 10:40:00 AM
Peter,

I think this shot should have been alot higher, The tones and details through out this shot gave this a very interesting and beautiful composition. Congrats on the 6 score. Very lovely Image.
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 12/26/2007 08:40:43 AM
Really like the water srurface, the texture of the rocks and the overall color mood, but found there was not enough of the sky in the shot (you cropped it off because it was blown?).
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 12/26/2007 08:23:42 AM
Congrats, Peter, on a perfectly awesome image! Love your perspective- just draws you into the horizon...
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 12/26/2007 02:49:15 AM
Originally posted by B74A:
Ah, this challenge has a lot of these sunrise/sunset ocean+cliff shots! The competition is hard, but this must be another top-10, if not ribbon maybe?


I am sorry to be proven wrong here, I think you should have done a lot better - can't believe my own picture did better than yours! Your picture rocks, especially these vivid colors ...

Keep up the good work, and happy new year!

Message edited by author 2007-12-26 02:52:51.
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 12/26/2007 12:05:56 AM
I love the mix of textures and colors. A bit eerie, but very lovely as well.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/24/2007 02:08:19 PM
I think a lower angle might have worked better.
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 12/23/2007 11:02:27 PM
I like the texture and "misty" water
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 12/21/2007 04:12:57 PM
Oh yeah! Absolutely stunning.
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 12/21/2007 01:55:35 PM
Very nice, great composure.
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 12/21/2007 01:46:18 PM
WATER n' ROCKS! AGAIN! For the 100000th time!
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 12/21/2007 10:38:32 AM
well done. it looks like you are on top of a mountain looking down at clouds at first glance. very cool idea for a long exposure.
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 12/21/2007 08:54:23 AM
I like these moving ocean shots. Hopefully will get my own chance to shoot these some day. Very nice.
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 12/20/2007 07:02:39 PM
Good light balance, and the color is pretty nice. Would've liked some other colors in addition to the orange and gray/mist here.
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 12/20/2007 03:03:29 AM
Great shot. I like the focal point. WOuld have liked to see a little more of the sky. The colours are great
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 12/19/2007 02:19:08 AM
Ah, this challenge has a lot of these sunrise/sunset ocean+cliff shots! The competition is hard, but this must be another top-10, if not ribbon maybe?
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 12/19/2007 02:14:11 AM
I'm a sucker for these shots.... 8
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 12/19/2007 12:47:35 AM
nicely shot, the shells and rocks look almost like treasure /7
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 12/19/2007 12:33:17 AM
Nice.
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 12/19/2007 12:14:36 AM
wonderful...great hues...excellent crispness throughout...love the shells at the bottom 9
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