Shiitakes & Pepper
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Comment by yoavb:
nice composition , maybe more directional light would add bit of dramatic feel

3 by 3, the Peppers Dance...
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Comment by echo54:
good lighting this is great

Shiitakes & Pepper
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Comment by GrayGhost:
Bumping up the levels should help.

Shiitakes & Pepper
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Comment by dang:
i like this a lot. i think that a different background wouldve been a bit better, but otherwise great job.

Shiitakes & Pepper
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Comment by Tom_Robbrecht:
Too much yello from the incandescent light, shoulda adjusted white balance.
Black backdrop texture is too visible, try spot metering the paprika next time.

Sunset, Wellfleet — November 2005
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Comment by LeeD:
Great shot Robert!!! Congrats on a solid finish in such a huge challenge. I must admit I would've liked to see you ribbon in this particular challenge.

Sunset, Wellfleet — November 2005
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Comment by whiteroom:
very nice robert!

Sunset, Wellfleet — November 2005
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Comment by petrakka:
this image is really pleasing to me. I'd love to be able to consistently produce the landscapes you do. Everyone of them is soothing.

Sunset, Wellfleet — November 2005
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Comment by Neil:
Beautiful shot Robert! Love the angles here--the lines from the sky meeting the lines from the surf.

Sunset, Wellfleet — November 2005
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Comment by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by ubique: Nice to see a really high quality landscape in a 'portrait' format. This is a very fine composition; lovely lines & proportions. Beautiful colours and light ... spectacular but not strident. Also some interesting textural contrasts. All things considered, it's an image that is so unpresumptuous at first glance that it might be easy to overlook just how effortless and harmonious it actually is. I hope it isn't overlooked in favour of more flashy models!

I guess it was :-) Though 6.4 and 30th ain't bad... I was definitely conscious of wanting to do a portrait orientationt his time, and I was definitely conscious that I'm getting typecast for technicolor, so I went more muted. I bet if I had brightened this up it would have scored better, but this is a pretty straight rendition of the scene, a relatively rare thing for me. I like to play with colors and saturation on these shots as a rule, it pleases me.

Thanks for all the kind comments people :-)