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Challenge: Heat (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Chatham, MA
Date: May 21, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2006

 From RAW: wb set to 7000K for the red throw: slight hue/sat adjustment in yellow: foreground selected, then selective color in neutrals and blacks to set foreground contrast and hue: sky gradient: slight vignette: resize, USM, border

200mm

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 158
Avg (all users): 6.1910
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 6.1538
Avg (non-participants): 6.2124
Views since voting: 1192
Views during voting: 250
Votes: 178
Comments: 14
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/28/2006 02:59:35 PM
ooh, I can see travel mags wanting this, so much room for their sales pitch in the negative space. A lovely minimilist approach to the challenge. I may have 'stretched' the truth with the title though as (to me) sunset has more warmth to me than sunrise? bumping to an eight.
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 05/27/2006 06:22:47 AM
Caught the sun at the ultimate moment. Good timing.
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 05/26/2006 01:37:16 PM
Tones -> Good.
Frame -> Bad.

It's as simple as that :)
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 05/26/2006 02:09:11 AM
ahh, very nice. when i first saw this i thought "sunset"... i've been on the west coast for too long! :o) well done
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 05/25/2006 02:44:25 PM
Utterly beautiful. Your timing was impeccable.
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 05/25/2006 02:04:36 PM
not buying the red here, looks like PP to me, but a nice shot for the challenge. 6
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 05/25/2006 01:30:36 PM
Very effective, convincing "heat" shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 05:11:08 PM
In the beginning...
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 05/23/2006 05:10:07 PM
Nice moment, good capture. Just enough Sun to get a hint of its power.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/23/2006 09:22:02 AM
Amazing!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/22/2006 06:20:48 PM
Great sunset!
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 05/22/2006 04:55:09 AM
I like this.....Really looks hot.....
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 05/22/2006 02:53:17 AM
The sun does not seem to be high enough to so much effect on the water,for a sunrise,but the image is good....7
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 05/22/2006 12:38:49 AM
wonderful reds
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