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The Handrail Walker
The Handrail Walker
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Challenge: Sunset or Sunrise (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Lake Trafford, Immokalee Fl
Date: Dec 4, 2008
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2 sec
Galleries: Sky, Water
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2008

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Manual 15mm 2.8 Sigma fisheye @ f2.8
This is the same place as "Evening Star" was shot.
It's basic editing in an advanced challenge so I expect that it will not be in the top 20. The guy in the image just happened to be there walking on the handrail.
My monitor was set too dark when the shot was edited. Here's the way it was supposed to look;

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 167
Avg (all users): 5.0750
Avg (commenters): 4.6364
Avg (participants): 4.9714
Avg (non-participants): 5.1556
Views since voting: 809
Views during voting: 282
Votes: 160
Comments: 12
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 07/28/2011 08:09:26 AM
I have looked at both shots, and I do like the correct image; its got great saturated colors and the near centered figure is unorthodox but lends to the leading lines of the sunrise rail. nice shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/14/2008 12:29:06 PM
Nice photo...wonderful sunset really...you must of forgotten to add some contrast to the image, the darks of course should be darker..
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 12/13/2008 05:11:46 PM
nice picture, i like the man standing, it creats a lot of mood
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 12/10/2008 06:27:56 PM
the photo is to hazy
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 12/09/2008 03:31:11 PM
I like the composition of this a lot, but the contrast doesn't feel clean to me and I find it distracting.
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 12/09/2008 03:10:53 PM
Good composition (although the pier near the horizon is a bit confusing)
Unfortunately, the whole shadows seem washed out, gray more than black, and the image lacks of contrast. A simple level's adjustment should fix that.
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 12/08/2008 06:21:48 PM
washed out for some reason, there is a lot to like about the image but the foggy cast over it bothers me
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 12/08/2008 02:34:22 PM
I would have cropped this differently, with the person further right. Dead center seems less powerful.
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 12/08/2008 11:39:34 AM
nice, but its hard to tell if the misty look is intentional or slight overexposure
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 12/08/2008 03:50:33 AM
Good shot although I'm not sure about the vignetting
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 12/08/2008 02:05:45 AM
I think that I woul ha square cropped this and lost the dark bit on the left
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 12/08/2008 01:46:52 AM
It looks like there is a film or something over the picture. You have no real black- I can understand that you may have been trying to perhaps get some more detail from the shadows but it makes the overall picture look washed out. A bit of contrast is generally helpful. I do like the figure in it and the colorful sky. There is a good picture hiding under there.
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