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Hawaiian Sunset
Hawaiian Sunset
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Challenge: Free Study 2010-02 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Lawaii Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
Date: Feb 1, 2010
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2010

Apparently the beach where our resort was located, is the best place to catch the sunset on the island of Kauai.

I captured a few but on this night I finally brought out the tripod for the long exposure.

In LR2:
Levels
Grad filter on the bottom to brighten it.
Some dodging and burning
Auto white balance
Exported to TIFF
Noise ninja then saved
In PSP XI, bumped saturation up, resized, sharpened, export as JPG

[Mar. 3rd, 2010 06:03:22 PM]

March 3rd - No accounting for taste. This is currently sitting at 5.5 here. I entered this into a Digital Open Competition for my club and it won 1st. Who knows?

Statistics
Place: 200 out of 379
Avg (all users): 5.6000
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5192
Avg (non-participants): 5.8333
Views since voting: 679
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 140
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0


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03/08/2010 02:31:10 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

First impressions are of the nicely burred water.

Technically this has been exposed well. There is a good range of tones, we do lose some detail in the foreground rocks though as they are a bit dark. Composition feels a little off to me, maybe because the horizon feels slanted?

Artistically it's ok. I feel a little tired of these long exposure seascapes on DPC, maybe that's something other voters feel too? This shot also has the issue of competing for our attention between the sunset and the sea on the rocks.

In summary a nice shot. Congrats on the 1st at the camera club - every audience is different!

Feel free to PM me if you have any queries.
Gerry
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2010 09:21:42 PM
Sunsets are overdone but this is very nice. So serene. Bumping to a 9
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03/04/2010 07:43:37 PM
nice silhouette of the trees and good long exposure
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03/02/2010 01:57:36 PM
Nice layered look. Almost perfect Rule of Thirds.
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03/01/2010 08:49:28 AM
I'm so glad they dodged the tsunami bullet!! Lovely and serene. That hint of red really makes the shot for me.
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