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Fiery Sunset
Fiery Sunset
battymaddie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: All Four Elements (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Hawaii
Date: Jan 21, 2011
Aperture: f8
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2011

 We'll see if people give me a DNMC for this picture. I personally think all 4 elements are shown in the picture. You obviously can't see the air, but it's there and the sun is a big fireball. We'll see what everyone thinks. i know the sun is over exposed. I thought it made it look more "fiery".

For the editing I:
Boosted the saturation
Boosted the contrast and clarity
Added a slight vignette - I saw that's allowed somewhere, hopefully it doesn't come back to bite me
Resized for web

I wasn't sure if I could clone out the small boat in the background, so I didn't. Though, it does bother me a bit since it's so little.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 47
Avg (all users): 5.3247
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.9355
Avg (non-participants): 5.3850
Views since voting: 1057
Views during voting: 444
Votes: 231
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2011 10:12:42 PM
Nice work, could definitely benefit from a reverse grad filter. Did you use a ND grad? Good depth, but maybe a lower perspective would be nicer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/30/2011 11:24:45 AM
Beautiful image and the sun being "fire" matches the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 01:37:23 PM
I like the reflection of the sky in the pools at the lower right. But this is a little bit of a tough shot since it looks like the highlights are blown out around the sun, and then the rocks on the lower left are way underexposed. Possibly using a graduated ND filter would help here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 12:59:33 PM
You need to make this a touch darker because it is very bright and it spoils the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 11:03:47 AM
I usually don't have a problem with blown out highlights, but in this case, it's just a bit too overpowering. The rest of the scene doesn't stand a chance.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 02:38:10 AM
no manipulations of the subjects, purely instinct and natural creativity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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