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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Close to Lelystad, The Netherlands
Date: Aug 19, 2007
Aperture: F8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Sky, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

 Photo taken at the shore close to Lelystad, The Netherlands, when a thunderstorm was coming in.

Post-process: I have a Dutch PSP9, so I don't know if I get the English names right.
Cloned out a few dust speckles.
Put in a tiny bit of brightening/contrast.
a touch of Neat Image.
Resized to 720 pixels.

I like to photograph the Dutch skies, because they're big and beautiful.

Statistics
Place: 801 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.1770
Avg (commenters): 5.9318
Avg (participants): 5.1582
Avg (non-participants): 5.2727
Views since voting: 625
Views during voting: 595
Votes: 469
Comments: 47
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 05:16:06 PM
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 03/17/2009 03:55:25 PM
Nice scene and light.
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 03/17/2009 03:49:51 PM
Nice rays in the shot... I would prefer this if the sail boat were more prominent.
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 03/16/2009 10:40:43 PM
Very pretty!
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 03/16/2009 12:27:19 PM
bit shady and Id liek to see more from the bottom too ... four from me

good luck and take care ;D
brano
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 03/16/2009 04:06:41 AM
cool capture
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 03/15/2009 11:17:25 PM
Good natural use of light.
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 03/15/2009 10:15:26 PM
Love the minimalism ... love the solitude
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 03/15/2009 02:37:47 PM
I think a little added contrast would have really popped this one off the screen. jmo
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 03/15/2009 11:58:55 AM
Lovely rays, a peaceful photo.
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 03/15/2009 11:18:26 AM
Serene...
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 03/15/2009 10:40:12 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 02:28:56 AM
the boat has too little impact, cloudscape not dramatic enough,
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 03/14/2009 11:27:09 PM
Impressive sky. Nice light. Boat is finishing touch.
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 03/14/2009 11:23:44 PM
wonderful scene
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 03/14/2009 10:45:55 PM
Very nice shot. I brought it into photoshop, and it does seem like you could bring out the sun rays a little more and get a little more depth/contrast from the sky.
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 03/14/2009 08:47:34 PM
Great shot of storms at sea and the boat heading into harbor. Hard to tell if it has any canvas aloft.
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 03/14/2009 06:39:02 PM
Idea of isolation is good.
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 03/14/2009 04:41:08 PM
Love the subtle rays, and the sense of scale.
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 03/14/2009 01:15:21 PM
Image feels a bit dark. I like the idea, very serene shot.
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 03/14/2009 11:19:29 AM
A classic sky.
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 03/14/2009 10:19:14 AM
Lovely scene of great beauty. Radiates tranquility. 8
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 03/14/2009 09:05:28 AM
love how the sunbeams are shining down on the sailboat
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 03/14/2009 12:19:28 AM
Aptly titled. Feels lonely.
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 03/13/2009 08:12:34 PM
Lovely light highlighting the lone ship.

Not voting yet.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 06:23:05 PM
Nice job capturing the sun rays. Great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2009 05:17:32 PM
Nice shot; perhaps needs more of the foreground or its elimination entirely.
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 03/13/2009 03:39:25 AM
Sailing home? Without the sails up?

I see the light beaming down (which has an optical effect of moving towards the viewer) overbearing on the storm which appears to be leaving off to the right (and moving away from the viewer).

As such, I would have sliced off the land and gently cloned out the tall grasses.

It's got great potential and is a well-spied moment. If you want, you can PM me and I can show you what I mean more clearly. :)

Just for 'happy voting', I'm going to give you a score based on an average of what I see as the potential for this image and what I see in the image... and rounded up. :
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 03/12/2009 01:12:18 PM
a little more contrast would bring out great detail out of the clouds, and personally i would crop the grass at the bottom of the picture, not really necessary in my opinion
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 03/12/2009 12:58:43 PM
I love the rays of sun shining directly toward the lone boat. The relaxed blues and hues of this are nice.
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 03/12/2009 12:39:33 PM
Good solid pic.
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 03/12/2009 10:18:54 AM
Very soothing.
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 03/12/2009 10:10:24 AM
That boat looks very lonely out there.
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 03/12/2009 07:06:55 AM
Nice image. I really like the neagative space. It gives such an expansive feel.
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 03/12/2009 03:29:08 AM
Very nice. I'd have liked the sunbeams a bit more pronounced. Maybe a bit of dodging & burning (but then that's my opinion)
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 03/11/2009 11:23:31 PM
Wow the boat looks so small out there on the water.
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 03/11/2009 07:43:18 PM
nice and simple
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 03/11/2009 05:31:15 PM
Good composition, I like being able to see the light rays, and I think a little more contrast would help you be able to see them better.
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 03/11/2009 03:57:50 PM
I like the boat breaking up the horizon
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 03/11/2009 01:45:50 PM
Beautifully subtle seascape. Perfect point of focus and tones! 7
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 03/11/2009 09:54:39 AM
I think the sky needed to be more dramatic but I love the little boat. Just that a little more editing would have been nice.
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 03/11/2009 09:30:39 AM
Looks like rain to the right. A peaceful scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 07:55:16 AM
It would have been stronger - in my opinion - if you had left out the foreground and waited until the boat catches some rays of sunlight.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 06:42:09 AM
Nice serene image with the beautiful light rays captured some the sky. Perhaps some contrast and a selective colours adjustment layers may have lifted this image to another level. Good luck: 6.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/11/2009 01:39:20 AM
This is really pretty and soft
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 03/11/2009 01:34:12 AM
Beautiful shot. Reminds me a bit of one I couldn't use coz it wasn't digital.
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 03/11/2009 12:39:25 AM
The clam befrom the strom. well captured
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