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KahBOOM
KahBOOM
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Challenge: Motion Blur II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Home
Date: Jun 24, 2006
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4
Galleries: Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jun 21, 2006

 USM, Cropped a little, Levels, Curves, Channel Mixer, Lowered Saturation. Selective colour to change blue of sky and lower yellow of rocks. Healing brush on dust spot, Levels on master and blue on sky. My wife Serena talked me in to entering this one. I wanted to enter this one as I'm always entering water shots but hey I'll go for browny points again.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 177
Avg (all users): 6.7259
Avg (commenters): 7.4400
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.8678
Views since voting: 3034
Views during voting: 376
Votes: 197
Comments: 36
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 10/12/2006 09:20:43 PM
This is not only beautiful but outstanding! Congratulations on your 5th place.
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 07/04/2006 10:33:58 AM
Congratulations on the 5th place, very nice shot!
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 07/03/2006 12:09:38 PM
Amazing capture Owen. Beautiful low light angle and dynamic explosion of water.
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 07/03/2006 01:44:02 AM
Serena was right! This photo is spectacular! I gave it a 10, and I only gave a few in this challenge! Congratulations on 5th place! I would not have been surprised to see this one with a red or blue ribbon!
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 07/03/2006 12:42:21 AM
You've read all about how people love your waves and rocks and clouds, so I'll leave that out.

The ship, however has had minimal attention, at least in the way of comments, and I'd have you know I like it and find it well placed (as far as aiming the camera - of course you didn't place it there).

Well done
-Luke
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 07/03/2006 12:13:45 AM
Congratulations on your top 5 finish. Beautiful capture - love the spray.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/02/2006 10:05:34 PM
fireworks on the shore! an amazing effect I've never seen before quite like this. 8
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 07/02/2006 03:27:36 PM
Cool splash! Nice take on the waterfront :)
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 07/01/2006 10:20:55 PM
I'm someone who's been known to go and sit by the rocks and watch the waves crash like this for hours. I think this shot captures the impact well.

I would have maybe tried to capture just a little more of the wave impact. Not moving it to the middle of the composition, obviously; but perhaps a little closer to the centre. And I'd have cropped more tightly - there's a lot of rock with not very much happening. You need a reasonable amount of rock to give the wave-crash some context, but there's a bit too much here.

But I do like the wave-crash. Just the right amount of blur.
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 07/01/2006 04:25:14 PM
Greate sky!
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 07/01/2006 07:51:05 AM
Wow...great capture.
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 06/30/2006 07:59:34 PM
Beautiful. A 10 from me!
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 06/30/2006 10:42:39 AM
Wow - great colors, beatiful picture.
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 06/30/2006 05:27:00 AM
excellent, great light and clouds ... 10
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 06/30/2006 01:54:50 AM
wow nice place
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 06/29/2006 10:27:46 PM
Great freakin' shot! Clouds, color, comp... 9
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 06/29/2006 09:32:46 PM
excellent! I think this is my favorite!!!
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 06/29/2006 06:01:34 PM
Love this!
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 06/29/2006 03:46:22 PM
I like this photo. I think kthe picture looks oversharpened (I think that's what I think the issue is). I love the wave though. It looks great.
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 06/28/2006 10:21:47 AM
Yea that's a kaboom alright and it will make a splash when the voting is over really high up I am sure. Great shot.
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 06/27/2006 11:52:44 PM
Wow! Nice capture! The freighter in the distance is a fantastic detail.
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 06/27/2006 07:59:53 PM
kinda pretty formally
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 06/27/2006 04:01:13 PM
I like it, nice job.
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 06/27/2006 01:27:30 PM
wow that water looks awesome!
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 06/27/2006 10:12:20 AM
Looks like fireworks! ;^) Appropriately titled. You did a nice job with exposure on this. Nearly blown out on the whites in the center of the crashing wave. I like the early/late day sunlight on the rocks and the shadows the light creates. I haven't decided if the ship in the background adds or takes away from this image. No matter...

Good luck in the challenge.
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 06/27/2006 03:30:06 AM
Excellent.....
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 06/27/2006 02:05:10 AM
Cool shot!
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 06/26/2006 11:04:55 PM
great title
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 06/26/2006 05:54:49 PM
I really love this. I wish I could vote because this is an absolute 10 in my book.
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 06/26/2006 01:49:44 PM
sweet! 8!
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 06/26/2006 01:36:49 PM
splash is too over exposed inthe middle. Nice capture though.
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 06/26/2006 11:57:16 AM
Astounding clouds. Lovely spray. Interesting Maxfield Parrish rocks. An unusual photo but I like it a lot. 8.
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 06/26/2006 08:48:00 AM
I see this as stop action and not motion blur. IT seems a tad over sharp. Maybe it's the lighting due to time of day. It's a pretty scene.
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 06/26/2006 07:42:48 AM
So cool!
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 06/26/2006 12:58:08 AM
Amazing capture here. You timed this perfectly. I feel like the rocks are lacking some detail, and since they are the main part of the image it really takes away from the splash. I'll deduct a point for that...I still really like this image.
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 06/26/2006 12:35:31 AM
WOW!!!!!! That's the most spectacular blurred motion I've ever seen!!! Perfect for this challenge -- and a perfect photo in every way! 10
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