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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Vilu Reef - The Maldives
Date: Jul 23, 2006
Aperture: 1/60
ISO: 200
Shutter: F/9
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2009

Back in 2006 - The Maldives - 2 years before my first challenge's entry here.

Statistics
Place: 121 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.3395
Avg (commenters): 6.9322
Avg (participants): 6.3382
Avg (non-participants): 6.3467
Views since voting: 856
Views during voting: 693
Votes: 486
Comments: 63
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:16:05 PM
Wow great shot, the lighting is prefect.
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03/17/2009 08:01:31 PM
Beautiful shot. I love the diagonals of pier and clouds.
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03/17/2009 05:06:42 PM
Majestic 10
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03/17/2009 03:55:36 PM
diagonal well used leading to the subject
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03/17/2009 02:06:34 PM
I'm hoping to leave comments on as many photo's in this challenge as possible... out of (currently) 1120 images, I gave 98 of them an 8. Your image was one of those 98, placing you well within the top 10% for this challenge.

Lots of sunset and pier pictures in this challenge but this is one of the better ones. Nice lead in lines, good use of thirds, and a nice dark brooding sky, lit from below. The water has a nice sheen to it too. A nice shot.

Good luck for a strong finish in this challenge.
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03/17/2009 12:36:00 PM
I love the silhouettish feeling to this dying evening shot. Nice leading lines. Altogether, beautiful!
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03/17/2009 12:07:41 PM
Lots of depth to this, it really pops.
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03/17/2009 04:47:46 AM
Beautiful. 9
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03/17/2009 12:21:30 AM
Great swoopy clouds. How come these things never show up when I need them?
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03/16/2009 11:20:53 PM
Great sky.
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03/16/2009 05:03:08 PM
good travel photo....
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03/16/2009 02:07:59 PM
Love the processing and leading lines. Wonderful dark, moody tones and perspective. Well done! Bumping up.
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03/16/2009 02:43:49 AM
I wouldn't mind being there right now :-) Very nice.
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03/16/2009 12:53:16 AM
I wish I was there right now... looks relaxing.
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03/16/2009 12:15:39 AM
Great perspective and color.
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03/15/2009 10:14:53 PM
Centered perfectly, this certainly is a gem of a photo.
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03/15/2009 09:14:40 PM
this is one of my favorites 10 :)
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03/15/2009 09:09:06 PM
Good perspective. Looks like my kind of place!
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03/15/2009 08:31:20 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments now. Wonderful shot of this remote beachside pier!! Love how you composed the shot such that the boardwalk extrudes out from the bottom left corner to travel to the center portion where we see the pier rest area, perhaps a loading dock and a boat. That adds tremendous visual appeal for it give the eye a natural path to travel on; a leading line that leads off to the vanishing point off into the horizon. Colors are great too with some nice cloud patterns & color and nice silvery blue gleams upon the water.
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03/15/2009 07:01:23 PM
Inspiring sky, I like the way the pier leads the eye to the sunset
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03/15/2009 02:56:01 PM
Great sense of depth; you got the contrast / levels / curves just right here.
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03/15/2009 02:46:37 PM
Lovely shot, nice tones and good leading line to the end of the pier.
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03/15/2009 10:18:27 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 09:33:27 AM
I like the composition.
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03/15/2009 07:11:34 AM
this is nice 6\7 ;)

regards
brano

ok 6 :D
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03/15/2009 07:08:35 AM
Wonderful view with nice light and lines.
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03/15/2009 06:35:15 AM
excellent shot , excellent composition here, 8
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03/14/2009 10:57:10 PM
good use of perspective
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03/14/2009 06:24:12 PM
love the composition and great clouds!
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03/14/2009 05:56:53 PM
Beautiful location! Great detail in the dock even though lighting may not have been as permitting.
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03/14/2009 05:25:54 PM
A dramatic and wonderful sky, nice. Good composition with the pier to the side and crossing diagonally though the photo.
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03/14/2009 01:58:34 PM
Stunning. lighting, wide angle, reflections, textures. I'm thinking top 100 AT LEAST :-)
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03/14/2009 01:16:01 PM
Lovely light and good composition.
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03/14/2009 12:07:51 PM
Look at that DoF. The subtle color is nice.
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03/14/2009 09:51:16 AM
a very beautiful spot...soothing
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03/14/2009 09:23:48 AM
Beautiful composition with strong leading lines. Great sky. 8
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03/14/2009 03:32:48 AM
Beautyful picture
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03/13/2009 11:10:57 PM
just stunning
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03/13/2009 08:02:34 PM
great shot!, and although the water and sky would be just as great- a shot of the pier without the three boats would add a sense of solitude
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03/13/2009 03:00:52 PM
Wonderful sky!! Great DOF. Excellent! 7
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03/13/2009 12:00:08 PM
Excellent composition - the angle of the pier kinda echoes the angle of the one cloud line and the triangle links them. And way cool sky.
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03/13/2009 09:42:16 AM
Great leading line and nice textures in the sky
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03/12/2009 09:19:36 PM
great sky and leading lines, well done
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03/12/2009 06:14:36 PM
Nice one point perspective. The triangular geometry juts into this image and is a little jarring amidst the organic forms of the clouds. But this all comes together in a rather interesting way which works for the most part.
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03/12/2009 05:28:35 PM
great perspective
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03/12/2009 04:16:09 PM
Beautiful shot of the sky, and I like the way my eye is drawn down the dock. Lovely. 8
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03/12/2009 02:20:33 PM
Nice sky and silhoette. Good pic.
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03/12/2009 02:16:29 PM
Very nice location.
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03/12/2009 12:38:17 PM
A beautiful pier. Nice detail and good lighting.
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03/12/2009 12:27:20 AM
Great light and wide angle. I like the leading lines too.
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03/11/2009 11:00:27 PM
Beautiful
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03/11/2009 09:22:01 PM
Excellent contrast and lighting in the sky. I may have liked it better with some more light in the foreground area, but I love the texture on the dock.
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03/11/2009 08:37:55 PM
Strong silhouette makes this image ... plus good color, focus, DOF, composition, a wonderful sky ... and it's a pleasing image.
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03/11/2009 07:41:24 PM
Looks like a nice place to spend the day
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03/11/2009 07:39:16 PM
Great use of lines in this one, the clouds are great too.
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03/11/2009 11:56:04 AM
Love the diagonals and lighting - Bravo!
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03/11/2009 11:17:51 AM
Nicely captured, nicely Possessed.Ok you slowed down my voting, happy ;p.
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03/11/2009 11:15:22 AM
good image
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03/11/2009 10:11:39 AM
Ah ... Maldives ... aka home!
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03/11/2009 09:48:29 AM
Nice subtle light. I particularly like the effect that the lines going in different directions gives.
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03/11/2009 09:15:44 AM
Nice image. Well framed. A bit dark for me. 7.
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03/11/2009 02:45:51 AM
Excellent exposure and composition. Colors are well preserved. What I'm missing is context or meaning, don't ask me why! Still an enjoyable photograph. I hope no one downgrades you for the grammar! ;) 7
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03/11/2009 12:36:35 AM
NIce angle, POV and composition. Colours could either be bolder, or try it in B&W, just seems a bit washed out - 6
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