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Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Challenge Images
Camera: Canon PowerShot G9
Location: Pierre's - Islamorada, Florida Keys
Date: Jul 23, 2009
Aperture: F/4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 15 Sec.
Galleries: Landscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2010

 Hand held shot, rested P&S cam on rail of balcony.

The lights on the beach are Tiki Torches (which explains the irregular shapes..)

Proud of this for that if nothing else :)

Before PP:


Edits:
->crop
->duplicate layer
->shadow / highlight on duplicate
->set duplicate layer to lighten 43%-91%
->Copy merged background and duplicate without selective color
->Paste
->Smart Sharpen on pasted layer
->Set new layer to normal 80% 81%
->Copy merged on all three image layers, without selective color
->Paste
->Unsharp Mask on new layer - strong -
->Set new layer to normal 84% 62%
->Noise Ninja on all four image layers
->Selective color adj. layer
->Resize. (smooth gradients..)
->Duplicate bg layer on top of everything
->Set layer mode to pin light - 80% 90%
->Duplicate bg layer on top of everything
->Set layer mode to luminosity - 50% 49%
->Copy Merged
->Adj. layer, selective color
->Spot edit (burn & paintbrush & clone) to remove halos and other minor distractions.
-> Select All
-> Copy merged
-> Pasted to new layer
-> Color Adjusted
-> History brush on couch to restore redness
-> Opacity/Fill Adjustment to Balance @ closest to reality (as I remember it... Can't quite seem to get enough magic into the photo though... Sigh.)
->Resize. (smooth gradients..)
->Slight Dodge on Couch, increase sat on couch to enhance redness.
->Dodge and burn on central tree to fix lens flare from torch
->Dodge and burn on stars to fix asymmetry caused by resize
->Save for Web


Post Challenge:

Thanks to everyone who left such wonderful comments, and an even more important thanks to Bear_Music, Ja-9, and yakatme for their help in choosing a PP'd version, and PP tips that really helped me make the most of this image.

Statistics
Place: 303 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.4730
Avg (commenters): 6.3000
Avg (participants): 5.4167
Avg (non-participants): 5.6939
Views since voting: 1100
Views during voting: 373
Votes: 241
Comments: 27
Favorites: 0

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 03/01/2010 11:52:27 PM
GREAT PP... image quality/noise is the only thing that would have made this better... great night scene
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 02/07/2010 06:21:49 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Sorry about the wait for your critique, this is coming out of the backlog!

Wow you did a wonderful job on the PP! I thought it was nice when I saw it during voting but now I can truly appreciate how much work you put into it. For which I might add you did not receive a fair score.

Too bad you didn't have a chance to capture this with your DSLR, I think it would have reduced the noise and made it a little sharper. That's all that I can really see that could be improved in this picture.

If you have any questions click here to message me!

Senay
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 01/31/2010 11:34:22 AM
Just remembered to check this as I'm judging the side-challenge entries, and I have to say I'm surprised the score's that low. Still, you learned a lot, and that's what matters :-)
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 01/29/2010 04:57:47 AM
Just saw this in the posted Outtakes what it looked like before - Wha!!!???? I can't figure out why this placed so far down? Fabulous job in PP as I said before this is a fabulous travel shot that looks like it could appear in a travel brochure - I certainly enjoyed the beauty of the place shown in the shot ( I am one of your 8's). Hmmmm, maybe the reason it placed low is because of monitor calibration - others might have seen it as too dark? (I hate varying calibrations because you never know *exactly* how others are going to see it)
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 01/29/2010 02:16:34 AM
That's pretty brave to enter a P&S image in a best of challenge. I like the color spread of the foreground fire light and the deep blue of the sky in this. Glad you got to go there to get this shot. I was at Little Torch Key later that week for the sport lobster season.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 11:16:35 PM
Great job on the post processing in this final version. No halos...looks good! Comment only, no vote
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 01/28/2010 09:33:30 PM
Beautiful scene. Very nice exposure. Love the moon and the stars and the color of the sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2010 08:19:40 PM
Gorgeous shot. This should be used in a brochure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/28/2010 08:12:55 PM
Good job with the light to show a very pretty coastline scene at nightime.
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 01/28/2010 04:52:47 AM
very attractive shot. Wish I was there. Excellent exposure , 7
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 01/27/2010 05:45:32 AM
Excellent postcard view of Isla. Moon and its reflextion always is an eye opener. The red love seat in this ebvening shot accents its romantic setting because it implies one of its purpose - "enjoying the night air"
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 01/26/2010 03:52:21 AM
a tad dark
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 01/25/2010 10:23:21 PM
this is a well done night scene.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2010 10:10:39 PM
I was there once... beautiful place. Excellent image. 8
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 01/25/2010 09:23:31 PM
Looks really good...love the detail in the sky (moon), just enough shadow...well done I can almost hear the Caribbean Band playing (steel drum's)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2010 07:07:31 PM
i will live in a place like this someday. kudos.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/25/2010 09:06:39 AM
love the stars
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 01/24/2010 08:44:37 PM
Lovely placid scene. Conveys the serenity of the Keys very nicely......7
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 01/24/2010 07:34:08 PM
It is a beautiful shot. So still.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/24/2010 02:45:51 PM
Very nice place and whish i could have been there. Noise in the sky a bit to much. Hows about two lovers waling on the beach here? Really nice image
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 09:07:45 PM
Makes me want to be there. Very nice with the moon. Too bad the reflection on the water is a little obscured. That in itself is awesome.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 08:46:37 PM
Nice night sky.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 06:51:13 PM
Beautifully rendered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 05:39:04 PM
Great exposure for this night shot, lovely coloration and lighting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 06:01:37 AM
Wow, this is a great travel shot - I could see this in a magazine advertising the resort and the place. Very captivating night scene by the beach. Love the colors and hues and everything in the shot is well illuminated so I can really appreciate the details (i.e. the palm fronds in the palm tree are quite visible rather that appearing as a black silhouette) You exposed this picture quite right - it is neither underexposed in areas or overexposed; it's perfect. And I absolutely love the moon clearly seen drifting by the clouds and the starry sky! Bumping up a notch - 8.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2010 01:15:11 AM
doesnt feel to me as if it perfectly captures the feel of the space here.
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 01/22/2010 05:28:22 PM
Nice night shot, I like the stars.
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