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Blue and beautiful, like skies seen through the sleeping waves. ~Thomas Moore
Blue and beautiful, like skies seen through the sleeping waves. ~Thomas Moore
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Simile (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
Location: Charlotte Beach in Irondequoit, NY
Date: Aug 1, 2012
Aperture: 19.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/750
Date Uploaded: Aug 1, 2012

 Shot on a very humid steamy afternoon, just after a huge thunderstorm. The sun, surf and sand were in full glare. I initially was trying to pull off a High-Key Blur for the other challenge but the sun was too high to give me the right light. After I played a while the Thomas Moore quote came to me and I realized it was a Simile so I coarse corrected this capture to here. I shot with really High ISO and a pretty fat aperture with hopes of some detail but overexposed for brightness. Took 10 shots to get what I thought would work. I warmed the colors quite a bit to bring in the yellow/browns and pinks from the beach (it was overwhelmingly blue) The water was actually kind of dingy but the sun was so high and the sky was so blue after the storm that the blues were naturally very intense. I blurred a little, boosted the corrected colors some, cropped it down, blurred a little more, brought up contrast a bit to give back some detail (i didn't want a lot). I'll say it now, THIS CAME TOGETHER EXACTLY AS I HAD IT DRAWN INSIDE MY HEAD. SO, AFTER YOU ALL ARE DONE CRUSHING IT>>>I"LL STILL PRINT IT AND PUT IT IN MY HOME BECAUSE I LOVE IT!

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 96
Avg (all users): 5.1681
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 5.1000
Avg (non-participants): 5.2222
Views since voting: 468
Views during voting: 196
Votes: 113
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/15/2012 10:15:59 PM
wow, gorgeous shot. sorry I didn't vote.
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 08/15/2012 09:59:28 AM
I can't believe the score on this. I was one of your 10's the is fantastic.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/14/2012 10:27:23 PM
Very nice.
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 08/11/2012 10:39:33 PM
Nice work... This is art. 10
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 08/10/2012 08:50:10 PM
Very painterly. I like it.
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 08/08/2012 08:38:34 PM
Beautiful image


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 08/08/2012 08:13:29 PM
Wow, this is really cool. The capture alone is great but the processing really enhances it. I could see this hanging on a wall.
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 08/08/2012 12:26:09 PM
WoW fabulous light and action
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 08/08/2012 08:47:02 AM
Nice shot and simile. The quality is a bit rough though. Did you crop in a lot?
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