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Cape Cod Light
Cape Cod Light
ButterflySis


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Challenge: Night Shot II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Date: Oct 17, 2004
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 44s
Galleries: Landscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2004

Taken while on a photo outing with a group from another site. Got up very early and shot this before sunrise.

Cloned out a couple dust specks and the top of a skinny little fence post. Adjusted brightness/contrast.

This is my first submission...

Statistics Voting Breakdown (your vote is highlighted in red)
Place: 5 out of 182
Avg (all users): 7.3304
Avg (commenters): 8.6667
Avg (participants): 7.2069
Avg (non-participants): 7.4561
Views since voting: 3170
Views during voting: 423
Votes: 230
Comments: 50
Favorites: 41 (view)

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Memberjim300
 Nikon D200
05/23/2009 01:46:01 AM
Wow,
The sky really makes this shot to me!!
Beautiful!!
Registered UserTanny
 Canon EOS-5D
08/13/2006 10:48:04 AM
Excellent shot. I love these photos and you have a great PF!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Membermpeters
 Canon EOS-5D
08/05/2006 04:15:30 PM
Great job on this pic. love the softenss of the clouds and your center positioning of the lighthouse was a perfect compositional choice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberJutilda
 Canon EOS-30D
05/07/2006 04:25:55 PM
WOW - looks like a poster. IT is beautiful. So smooth and the dim tones really work well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberTomMMD
 Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
05/07/2006 04:09:11 PM
Beautiful lighting! Very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Site Councilnshapiro
 Nikon D90
02/06/2006 09:43:39 PM
Missed this one before in your profile... Beautiful. The colors and motion in this just make it sing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberCEJ
 Canon EOS-40D
08/19/2005 07:56:44 AM
The sky grabbed me at first look. The detail in the scene is great. I like that you can see the fence is there but the detail is not. The positioning of the lighthouse is good, but better since the house offsets it. Very nice perspective.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberJutilda
 Canon EOS-30D
08/14/2005 11:16:40 AM
How did I miss this? It's simply amazing. The deep blues are so beautiful. The clouds are almost too perfect to be real!!! Great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserBRCPRES
 Nikon D70
08/14/2005 10:50:10 AM
Great contrast. I love the long exposure look of the clouds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserLenz
 Kodak DC290
08/14/2005 10:37:16 AM
Great photo ...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserDax-
 Nikon D300
07/11/2005 06:53:17 PM
Really a wonderful capture! Love the clouds! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberrayg544
 Panasonic Lumix DMC-L1K
05/29/2005 10:06:01 PM
The more I look at this shot, the more I love it! The colors, light, and mood are just perfect. And look at that score! In some challenges you would have brought home a ribbon, too bad this was such a high scoring challenge. Regardless, it's a beautiful shot that you can forever be proud of. Fantastic work!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserDiscraft
 Canon EOS-20D
02/14/2005 06:55:43 PM
This shot is just wonderful... at the time i gave it a 10 but i would give it a 10 again it's just lovely this shot... i love the way the sky is moving... very beautiful indeed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Usernsbca7
 Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
02/02/2005 11:28:20 PM
Nice time ex shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Usera8j2
 Nikon D70
11/30/2004 01:11:16 PM
oh man, it's damn impressive.
i really loved the shutter speed you've chosen.
the sky color, oh tell me about sky color, it's fantastic.
congrats.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserButterflySis
 Canon EOS-50D
11/03/2004 10:48:14 PM
Sorry I'm a bit late with my reply. Thank you all so much for the great, honest, and helpful comments. Many of you said you felt that the light was too centered. You are absolutely right. I didn't notice it at the time because I was thinking of the light and the house/building as a unit and therefore it's not centered. After reading your comments I see how centered it is every time I view it! lol I've tried a new crop where neither is centered and it looks very nice. Thank you for pointing that out.

Thanks again for making my first entry so much fun!

Jen
Registered Userbobjagendorf
 Nikon D70
11/02/2004 07:58:18 PM
Beautiful photo I love the soft sweep of the sky ! -- Bob
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserDeboh
 Canon PowerShot SX100 IS
10/31/2004 02:32:19 PM
beautiful
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserSkip
 Canon EOS-1D Mark IIn
10/29/2004 06:01:09 AM
simply stunning. beautiful work, jen.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Usermadmax69
 Nikon Coolpix 4300
10/28/2004 11:14:39 AM
wow, for the first submission
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserL1
 Canon EOS-30D
10/25/2004 06:52:47 AM
Wow, Jen... you really did it up right for a first "member" entry!!!! This is awesome! Congrats! :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberQuadrajet
 Canon EOS-40D
10/25/2004 03:39:04 AM
Nice shot BFSis! Especially for your first entry. ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserZoomdak
 Canon EOS-5D Mark II
10/25/2004 12:19:29 AM
Awsome first submission! Lovely show of time (from the cloud movement).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Membergraphicfunk
 Canon EOS-20D
10/25/2004 12:15:43 AM
Congratulations on your 5th placing. Certainly a calendar image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Registered UserFaye Pekas
 Canon EOS-20D
10/24/2004 11:03:17 PM
This is beautiful. I would have prefered the lighthouse not be right in the center though. The sky is gorgeous.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberxion
 Canon PowerShot G9
10/24/2004 08:59:14 PM
There's undeniable beauty in this shot. Love the way the clouds have turned out.
The onlt thing that bothers me is that I feel that it's a bit heavy on the left of the frame. Would love to see a square crop of this image.
I like it a lotl and I think it's a very good image. All the best.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Useradine
 Canon EOS-10D
10/24/2004 07:43:51 PM
That sky is increadible. The silent movement of the clouds at night. I like how the colors are subtle - at night colors become indistinct. The composition contracts the filmy horizontal movent of the sky, with the solid vertical of the lighthouse. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserMona
 Canon EOS-300D Rebel
10/24/2004 06:33:32 PM
So beautiful. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Userdigistoune
 Canon EOS-20D
10/24/2004 12:04:33 AM
This photograph is just beautiful! If it doesn't ribbon, I'll be very surprised. But if for some reason it doesn't (it's been known to happen on DPC) at least you know that you captured a truly compelling image that will bring you satisfaction longer than winning ever could. Kudos!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Membergraphicfunk
 Canon EOS-20D
10/23/2004 04:50:38 PM
returning for comments
Well, lovely light house, but the sky is sweeping by too surrealist for the inherent beauty of the subject.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberJudith Polakoff
 Nikon D2X
10/23/2004 12:29:08 PM
This is stunning, and the subject matter is dfiferent, which is good! :) I love the way the ambient light is reflecting off the right side of the lighthouse. And of course the sky and clouds are very trippy. Good luck in the challenge, I hope this one does well! - 9.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberdagaleaa
 Olympus E-500 EVOLT
10/22/2004 07:31:11 PM
very nice lighthouse photo...just enough light
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Membercaba
 Nikon D300
10/22/2004 05:08:01 AM
Great work, really great work, you should be proud of this one, 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberGatorguy
 Nikon D700
10/22/2004 12:41:29 AM
This is a good image. What would have made it a great image (IMO) would have been cropping it a lot tighter.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Userriotspyne
 Nikon D80
10/21/2004 04:41:41 PM
simple and elegant
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Membermarbo
 Nikon D300
10/20/2004 07:07:37 PM
Very nice clean photo. Lighthouse maybe could be more off center. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberBud
 Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
10/20/2004 05:41:23 AM
WOnderful captured and nice subtle lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserCantique
 Canon EOS-40D
10/20/2004 01:11:48 AM
Beautiful lighting. Love the glow on the lighthouse.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Usercowbird123
 Olympus C-740UZ
10/19/2004 11:03:18 AM
Nicely done; I like the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Usernordicgirl
 Sony DSC-P100
10/19/2004 03:21:58 AM
Sky is just amazing... real good idea. Just wonder if its not too centered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered User_wu_
 Olympus C-740UZ
10/19/2004 03:21:46 AM
Amazing shot and the only 10 in my score-casting.
I love the central composition of the lighthouse. I wonder if there will be people complaining about the composition as it doesn't follow the rule of thirds (it does in my opinion - with the little house) at least directly - something my pic was blamed for. Hope to see your shot in top 5.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserGBServis
 Canon EOS-40D
10/18/2004 11:11:20 PM
Great sky effects
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserCrysLynn
 Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
10/18/2004 10:16:06 PM
lovely
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserBrenb
 Canon EOS-10D
10/18/2004 09:26:48 PM
Looks like a painting with the sky like it is. Very pretty shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered Userssodell
 Canon EOS-300D Rebel
10/18/2004 06:28:57 PM
I like the blurred clouds
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberSteveJ
 Nikon D300
10/18/2004 03:50:03 PM
A stunning photo that fully deserves its 10. The sky is awesome. Great shot, well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Memberflip89
 Nikon D200
10/18/2004 10:50:42 AM
The movement of the clouds is so eerie ... very ethereal feeling like in a dream sequence of a movie. Good job! 10.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Registered UserAmason
 Canon EOS-40D
10/18/2004 10:25:16 AM
Wow, amazing clouds, I really like the movement of the clouds, I'm a huge clouds fan. I think that you should have placed the lighthouse more to the right, it's too centered like that for my taste. Otherwise this is a good photo and the clouds... wow!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberGringo
 Nikon D2X
10/18/2004 12:49:51 AM
OH COOL! What a shot! I love the soft clouds.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
MemberPhilipDyer
 Canon EOS-5D Mark II
10/18/2004 12:38:32 AM
Really nice shot. My only nitpicks would be to add just a little more light to the subject and to move the subject out of dead center, but the shot came out great regardless. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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