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Margaritaville. Where Sunset is a Celebration.
Margaritaville. Where Sunset is a Celebration.
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: Key West, FL
Date: Feb 24, 2005
Aperture: 2.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Snapshot
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2009

 One of my favorite memories of a nice trip to the Florida Keys with the family, circa 2005. We actually preferred the beaches of Bahia Honda Key over all others, but this was (of course) Key West, where sunset IS an event:

//www.sunsetcelebration.org/

PP: straighten, curves, slight hue, slight saturation, noise reduction, crop, resize, usm, add border.

Statistics
Place: 176 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.1727
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.1476
Avg (non-participants): 6.3077
Views since voting: 950
Views during voting: 655
Votes: 498
Comments: 53
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:52:24 PM
Clever title. I'm a big fan of silhouetted shots like this and this one is well done.
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 03/17/2009 08:57:22 PM
Looks like a postcard.
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 03/17/2009 05:59:25 PM
Brilliant sky. Nicely done.7
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 03/17/2009 01:29:24 PM
pretty nice (besides the frame ;)


I give five ;D



cheers,
brano
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 03/17/2009 12:23:38 AM
Beautiful sunset shot, nice exposure as well.
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 03/16/2009 10:30:00 PM
Love it. 10
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 03/16/2009 09:13:42 PM
Fabulous sunset shot.
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 03/16/2009 07:54:48 PM
Great colors, very nice picture!
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 03/16/2009 07:50:25 PM
Lovely silhouettes and great sunset colors. Nice clarity here too.
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 03/16/2009 06:09:43 PM
Wow... lovely and almost silent.

Not voting yet.
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 03/16/2009 12:27:10 PM
A pleasing sunset image
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 03/16/2009 04:03:10 AM
Well captured and presented. Love the composition and color.
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 03/16/2009 02:54:29 AM
just beautiful scenery
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 03/15/2009 09:43:52 PM
nice detail love the colours
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 03/15/2009 06:38:15 PM
Excellent composition with great colors and definition.
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 03/15/2009 12:26:45 PM
might have benefited from a multiple exposure layer, sun is a little distracting to mo
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 03/15/2009 12:20:11 PM
Beautiful colors and scene. Very nice comp & use of ROT.
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 03/15/2009 10:47:53 AM
very peaceful......
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 03/15/2009 10:14:17 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 09:17:29 AM
Beautiful shot.
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 03/15/2009 08:57:33 AM
Beautiful colours, really nice!! I love all those sailboats too.

Back to vote, I gave this an 8.
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 03/14/2009 08:33:21 PM
Excellent sunset with the sailboats. Wonderful color to the sky.
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 03/14/2009 07:54:50 PM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments. Now I have Jimmy Buffet's song playing in my head after glancing at your title!!:-) Tis O.K. very fitting song for a very relaxing and eye pleasing imagery in your photo. Love the sunset oranges and yellows - very bold and vibrant. Love the silhouettes of the sailboats on the water. Beautiful capture.
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 03/14/2009 05:39:40 PM
Great silhouettes.
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 03/14/2009 03:48:59 PM
Nice shot, the colors are very nice for what looks like a warm evening.
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 03/14/2009 03:31:05 PM
Well what an absolutely stunning sunset.
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 03/14/2009 09:34:38 AM
Stunning sunset composition. Nice detail. 8
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 03/14/2009 12:42:11 AM
Beautiful!!
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 03/13/2009 06:18:00 PM
Great colour, and silhouettes in this shot.
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 03/13/2009 03:21:26 PM
I'm hoping to leave comments on as many photo's in this challenge as possible... out of (currently) 1124 images, I gave 31 of them a 9. Your image was one of those 31.

Exquisite, picture postcard type of sunset - immediately made me think of cocktails, not sure what that says about me! Lots of sunsets in this challenge, but yours is so uncontrived, and with enough other objects to give the scene some context and life. Definitely a "wish you were here" location.

Good luck for a strong finish in this challenge.
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 03/13/2009 10:08:50 AM
wow, what striking colours. The sail boats really add a lot to this shot
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 03/13/2009 08:44:26 AM
Beautiful sunset and silhouettes. Good detail and colors.
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 03/13/2009 08:16:48 AM
Yes please! I'll be a part of that celebration especially here. Nicely taken.
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 03/13/2009 05:49:38 AM
beautiful sunset, I love the sailboats against the beautiful colors and the reflection sunlight
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 03/13/2009 04:31:04 AM
how perfectly beautiful .. the colours are so amazingly gorgeous .. love the silhouettes of the boats .. :)
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 03/13/2009 04:14:50 AM
Beautiful picture!
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 03/12/2009 11:23:27 PM
Beautiful sunset with the colors and sails.
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 03/12/2009 10:40:14 PM
Great colors! Truly a sunset celebration!!
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 03/12/2009 10:36:32 PM
Nice sunset with a good assortment of buoys and sailboats. Nice crop.
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 03/12/2009 02:36:51 PM
Postcard worthy. Nice shot.
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 03/12/2009 12:48:42 PM
well composed image, great colors i like the angle
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 03/12/2009 10:24:14 AM
Nice sunset with silhouettes... In this challenge it doesn't stand out as much as it might in another...
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 03/12/2009 09:36:24 AM
fantastic tone - well done
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 03/12/2009 09:07:40 AM
Lovely sunset and reflections in the water.
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 03/12/2009 12:12:34 AM
lovely colors, very relaxing!
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 03/12/2009 12:09:57 AM
Smmoth colours, textbook composition! very nice
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 03/11/2009 10:32:59 PM
A well captured sunset.
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 03/11/2009 09:10:03 PM
pretty...very bright sun... pleasant colors
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 03/11/2009 08:52:13 PM
Worthy of a wall poster. Beautiful sunset.
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 03/11/2009 02:21:43 PM
wish it didn't have the bouys
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 03/11/2009 09:41:15 AM
nice composition
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 03/11/2009 08:18:46 AM
I prefer a tighter crop without the buoy on the right. 6
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 03/11/2009 01:13:43 AM
love the colors
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