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Challenge: Day Taken At Night (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Carl Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 ZF Distagon T
Date: Mar 5, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 300sec
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2011

 I wanted people in this image, but blurry people and textured sand just would not happen for me when the folks were still milling about. Thanks for the comments and votes.

Taken 1 hour prior to the night entry.




Statistics
Place: 3 out of 39
Avg (all users): 7.0316
Avg (commenters): 7.7647
Avg (participants): 6.1818
Avg (non-participants): 7.1691
Views since voting: 5945
Views during voting: 477
Votes: 158
Comments: 44
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/21/2011 12:14:07 AM
congrats great shot
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 03/20/2011 10:10:22 PM
Great composition and lovely BW tones. Congratulations!
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 03/19/2011 11:23:44 PM
Congrats Ben!
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 03/19/2011 07:01:05 PM
An 8 for you from me, Congrats!!
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 03/19/2011 04:19:41 AM
Congratulations on your beautiful b/w image.
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 03/18/2011 08:46:11 PM
Congrats on the yellow ribbon. I really thought you had the blue one coming to you though. Very nice shot.
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 03/18/2011 04:56:07 PM
I bet you taped some flashes to those poles and triggered them remotely! And echoing what bassbone said, it's not blurry/ghostly enough. :-p congrats on 3rd!
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 03/18/2011 04:48:21 PM
Ben, that sand is just full of yummy texture and lighting! Congrats on your ribbon!
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 03/18/2011 02:09:27 PM
Originally posted by Adz:
Your so lucky to live somewhere so nice! Amazing b&w as always.
Do you use Nik efex pro?

Thank you...California is a beautiful state! I do use Nik Silver, have been now for a couple of years. Worth a look if you haven't tried it.
 03/18/2011 12:55:29 PM
Love this image,Congratulations.
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 03/18/2011 12:48:16 PM
Your so lucky to live somewhere so nice! Amazing b&w as always.
Do you use Nik efex pro?
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 03/18/2011 11:10:58 AM
Congratulations on a terrific entry and the ribbon! I love the textures in the sand..... just wonderful
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 03/18/2011 10:31:02 AM
Yippppppeeeeee! Congrats, Ben!
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 03/18/2011 07:51:00 AM
Well done!

I like the rise and fall of the sand, an echo of the time-smoothed waves beyond.
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 03/18/2011 07:38:52 AM
You go, girl!
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 03/18/2011 07:04:11 AM
Congrats Ben, this is lovely.
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 03/18/2011 06:23:25 AM
Congrats Ben! This is fantastic stuff...but not quite blurry enough.
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 03/18/2011 03:02:21 AM
You were wrong, sir. THIRD place, not fourth :-)

Outstanding work, as always.
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 03/18/2011 01:19:19 AM
excellent, Ben, congratulations on the ribbon! (and yeah, a person would be nice)
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 03/18/2011 12:44:17 AM
Very serene, congrats Ben!
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 03/18/2011 12:43:42 AM
Congrats on the ribbon!
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 03/18/2011 12:26:16 AM
Congrats, and beautiful conversion.
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 03/18/2011 12:10:18 AM
Congrats on the ribbon. Beautiful as always.
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 03/18/2011 12:06:43 AM
Hah, ya made it! 'Grats!
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 03/18/2011 12:06:34 AM
Congrats!! Nice to see you get this ribbon!
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 03/18/2011 12:05:59 AM
Great shot! Congrats! One of my favorites from the challenge
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/16/2011 02:31:59 PM
I really like the deep texture.
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 03/15/2011 10:40:05 PM
Great texture and detail in the sand. Very strong foreground. Excellent close/middle/far layers. Awesome tones. Just all around great photo.
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 03/15/2011 05:29:30 PM
One of my two fav of the whole group! VERY cool - I think the black and white makes the shot... were the colors skewed from it being a longer exposure?
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 03/15/2011 11:01:19 AM
really like the grainy foreground against the smoother background...excellent job
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 03/15/2011 02:21:37 AM
the sand makes this so unreal, i love it
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 03/14/2011 11:27:19 PM
Ribbon winner, 10.
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 03/14/2011 09:27:27 PM
That's really lovely.
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 03/14/2011 09:22:51 PM
perfectly executed 10
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 03/13/2011 09:43:38 PM
A stunning shot, but doesn't look like day to me, which is what I interpreted the challenge to be!
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 03/13/2011 11:30:27 AM
Nice textures and love the mono.
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 03/12/2011 12:02:50 PM
Great image. Sharp and definitely shows that it is night time.
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 03/11/2011 11:21:38 PM
I love the stillness of this shot... Great image and the fact that the sand is razor sharp only adds to it... Well done! 8
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 03/11/2011 06:27:13 PM
love the gray scale here
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 03/11/2011 09:56:49 AM
Great textures!
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 03/11/2011 09:30:28 AM
Nice photo. I would love to see this in color.
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 03/11/2011 07:39:41 AM
I like the inclusion of foreground material. This could have been just another standard pier shot, but the foreground helps liven it up.
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 03/11/2011 06:06:26 AM
Lovely B&W, i like the contrast between the ruffed up sand & the smoothness of the ocean.
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 03/11/2011 01:28:14 AM
Superb b&w conversion. Magical light. The scene looks almost day-like. My top pick in this challenge, based on technical excellence and composition.
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