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Too early for the fishermen...
1st PlaceToo early for the fishermen...
doctornick


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Too Early (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Cap Malheureux, Mauritius
Date: Nov 30, 2005
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Rural, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2005

Polarizer, Converted from RAW, slight rotation to straighten horizon, crop, levels, hue/saturation adjustment, sharpen, resized and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 109
Avg (all users): 6.7726
Avg (commenters): 7.7097
Avg (participants): 5.9821
Avg (non-participants): 6.9396
Views since voting: 12703
Views during voting: 570
Votes: 321
Comments: 84
Favorites: 30 (view)


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12/28/2006 11:19:32 PM
Beautiful :)
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07/27/2006 12:58:55 PM
Very Nice! This shot is great! Everything has come together here perfectly, love how the beach in the lower right seems to flow into the ocean, almost a fisheye feeling there. Everythign concidered, this is a great Image!
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12/29/2005 07:48:54 PM
awesome color....
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12/22/2005 10:23:54 AM
Just love the colors very much. Congratulations!
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12/20/2005 11:01:10 PM
Wow awesome shot! It would be a perfect 10 in my opinion if you would have cloned out the white boat that's half way in the frame on the right and positioned the rope on the blue boat so it's all the way in the shot. Excellent, congrats.
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12/20/2005 09:34:07 PM
I really like the photo.When you see as a thum nail it works and you enlarge it becomes better.How did you photographed the seen {tell me how to use raw].text
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12/20/2005 11:18:56 AM
Woohoo, congrats on your first ribbon, surprised you hadn´t gotten one before, I don´t think this will be the last ribbon we see you get ;)
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12/19/2005 08:56:33 PM
FIRST ribbon? Wow! If someone told me a week ago that you hadn't ribboned yet, I'd have thought they were lion. Beautiful shot- congrats on your bluey!
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12/19/2005 07:19:21 AM
Congrats! Very well done shot!
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12/19/2005 05:25:02 AM
Beautiful photograph and congratulations on your ribbon
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12/15/2005 10:26:16 PM
Great shot! I am new here and trying to feel out, on what are pictures are judged at. I have not yet submitted a pic, and I am still trying to figure out what your picture has to do with "too early". Help me out here, I am not being negative in any way, but I just can't see it. I love the composition and colors but fail to see the meaning.
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12/15/2005 05:01:28 PM
this picture is so beautiful!
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12/15/2005 08:04:18 AM
Way to go! This is almost as good as the zoo gtg butt-shot! :-D
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12/14/2005 07:08:24 PM
Congratulations! Mauritius must be the place to go :) This is really beautiful - and it looks so attractive looking at it from the North.
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12/14/2005 06:49:51 PM
Well holy crap, Nick...you rock! This is amazing. Congrats on your blue!!!!! :) :hug :hug :hug
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12/14/2005 06:40:51 PM
GReat photo. Congrats on your blue
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12/14/2005 02:42:36 PM
Nick !
About time you scored a - been a long time coming.
This is picture-perfect post card material - congrats!
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12/14/2005 01:59:27 PM
Congrats on your Blue Ribbon
Your image is really beautiful with good colour it looks almost surreal
I also love your Lion image in your portfolio
Nice work

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12/14/2005 11:57:26 AM
Cool and congrats!
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12/14/2005 11:44:40 AM
congrats on your first, but not last I'm sure, ribbon
beautiful shot
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12/14/2005 11:41:20 AM
Congrats..!! Awesome shot..!!
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12/14/2005 11:36:27 AM
VN congrats on the well deserved ribbon! see all that travelling pays off : )
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12/14/2005 11:32:46 AM
hey! alright man!
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12/14/2005 10:51:55 AM
Hey you did it!!! Congrats!!! Beautiful shot!
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12/14/2005 10:50:39 AM
Congrats
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12/14/2005 10:09:56 AM
Gorgeous shot! Congrats on your blue!
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12/14/2005 08:56:56 AM
WOOOHOOOO Nick!!
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12/14/2005 08:30:38 AM
Congrats! Well deserved win for sure. I loved this and gave it one of my highest scores!!!
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12/14/2005 08:13:45 AM
Thank you everyone who voted and commented!!! I was expecting a Top 10 maybe even a Top 5, but a Blue, wow!!
12/14/2005 08:01:09 AM
congrats
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12/14/2005 07:18:13 AM
Congratulations Nick. Such a beautiful shot. Looking thru your portfolio there's no doubt this is the first of many more to come.
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12/14/2005 07:09:29 AM
color; texture; overall feel, superb. There is an eerie feeling here which is truly great. nice work.
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12/14/2005 04:47:54 AM
Wow, I'm so glad you won the first prize! It's such a beautiful summery image and the colours are amazing!
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12/14/2005 04:31:05 AM
A super shot that makes me long for the warm waters and white sandy beaches of the tropics! Well done!
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12/14/2005 03:50:17 AM
CONGRATULATIONS! I did a double take when I saw this, looks so familiar, no wonder, its my part of the world. I am so pleased you have a ribbon, you really deserve it.
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12/14/2005 03:13:30 AM
Congratulation, Dr Nick. Your trip to the tropics certainly was worthwhile!
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12/14/2005 02:54:26 AM
I did not get a chance to vote on the Early Challenge. This definitely would have been my top choice for the blue. A beauty. Congratulations.
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12/14/2005 02:44:56 AM
What a beautiful image, and certainly deserving of a ribbon. Congratulations!
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12/14/2005 01:02:42 AM
A 10 from me and a very well deserved (and predictable) ribbon shot. Way to go! Congratulations.
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12/14/2005 12:49:57 AM
Woohoooo!!! WTG Nick! Wonderful shot, congrats on your well deserved blue (((hugs)))
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12/14/2005 12:44:42 AM
congrats on your blue for this wonderful landscape image!
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12/14/2005 12:36:49 AM
Hey Nick,

Great shot. About time for your work to receive a ribbon. Congrats. Well deserved no doubt.

Owen
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12/14/2005 12:35:08 AM
Hey hey! Congrats on your first ribbon! It's about time, with all those great photos of yours! Awesome shot!
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12/14/2005 12:23:13 AM
Very Nice Photo! My highest rated this week for sure.
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12/14/2005 12:22:41 AM
Heck of a shot Nick! Lovely, translucent sense of light. Congrats!
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12/14/2005 12:17:42 AM
Really good photo. Nice interpretation, and congrats on the blue.
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12/14/2005 12:16:21 AM
Awesome image! Congrats!
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12/14/2005 12:15:00 AM
There were lots of interpretations for this challenge and I was afraid this would get a bit hammered. But it was just plain gorgeous. Congrats!
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12/14/2005 12:14:52 AM
What a beautiful shot! Congratulations on your first ribbon. I know that you will see many more of these!
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12/14/2005 12:14:45 AM
What a lovely image. It just melts the viewer away. Congratulations on your well earned BLUE.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/13/2005 10:40:55 PM
It's never too early for some fishermen. But nice job
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12/13/2005 10:38:30 PM
OMG!!! Where is this? It almost looks like a postcard! great job.
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12/13/2005 09:37:18 PM
this would be great in black and white or dualtone and working with the grey tones and contrast, the sky has a lot to offer - great composition
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12/13/2005 04:58:50 PM
This made me say awww ! awww!
Love the color's 10
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12/13/2005 01:38:36 PM
Wow!
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12/12/2005 06:18:21 PM
try cropping the bottom just abit more
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12/12/2005 04:01:43 PM
Very neat. The contrast in colors is great.
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12/12/2005 01:05:09 PM
Very nice composition. I really like the wide angle view and the placement of the blue boat in the foreground. Very nice color. It actually looks pretty late in the day for fisherman unless they are night fishermen. Aren't fisherman usually at work before dawn? Without the title, I don't get a feeling of 'too early' from this. It's a tough call since it is such a nice photo, the best I've seen so far.
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12/12/2005 04:43:07 AM
WOW LOVE IT NICE BLUE SKY LOVE IT!
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12/11/2005 01:45:45 PM
Thats just beautiful, wonderful colors.
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12/11/2005 12:18:24 PM
Beautiful shot with wonderful colours! One of my favorites in this challenge.
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12/11/2005 06:40:15 AM
The picture that everyone would like to take...
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12/11/2005 04:11:16 AM
Great image, good luck.
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12/10/2005 09:35:13 PM
Love it!!! Love the angle and perspective and vivid color! Very fun picture. 10
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12/10/2005 08:08:42 PM
Looks similar to where I live. Only the sand is a lot whiter. A lovely photograph. Keep up the good work.
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12/10/2005 07:45:23 PM
I like the expanse of the image created with your wide angle, just a bit annoying that the part boat is visible, nice tones to the image
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12/10/2005 03:32:52 PM
Wonderful colors. Good Depth with the boat in the foreground.
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12/09/2005 12:54:19 AM
this is well done
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12/08/2005 10:42:46 PM
Neat shot. I like the color. The blue foreground boat and the small yellow one in the middle ground is kinda' nice.
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12/08/2005 10:21:25 PM
Really love the colors and the composition. Only thing I would have prefered would have been less lighting, to really show the "too early" aspect. Like as day breaks type thing. Good Luck
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12/08/2005 06:18:53 PM
Nice photo, good use of colours too. Maybe a bit lower angle 8
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12/08/2005 03:18:27 PM
Great wide angle shot! The colors are fantastic.
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12/08/2005 03:09:00 PM
what lovely colors but a darker sky would make more sense to suit the challenge
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12/08/2005 01:10:58 PM
This is my 2nd fav of the challenge, this pic really is awesome. Top 5 hands down.
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12/08/2005 08:07:44 AM
beautiful composition with the boats but can be you would have to cross a little on the left.
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12/08/2005 08:02:51 AM
Great photo and subject
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12/07/2005 11:14:36 PM
this is a beautiful photo - looks like a postcard. Good luck!!
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12/07/2005 07:22:11 PM
Gorgeous colours, wonderful image.
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12/07/2005 05:57:03 PM
Beautiful landscape capture.
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12/07/2005 12:54:09 PM
Very fine composition and colors are attractive.
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12/07/2005 11:04:52 AM
its good but not as good as the clock that says 6:10
12/07/2005 08:58:59 AM
Great seascape image, and love the colors.

Message edited by author 2006-01-07 22:09:47.
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12/07/2005 07:17:32 AM
has promise - the white boat needs to be out of frame (don't leave objects half cut). Maybe also move the rope to use it as a leading line to the blue boat (get in a little closer.
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12/07/2005 02:39:56 AM
Nice colours!
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