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Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Location: Sandspit beach, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Date: Jul 15, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Nature, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2006

Not the best weather at the moment and also my Wife's birthday, so picture taking opportunities were very limited. This is the best of a bad bunch, but I do like the ideas. It was taken on a very overcast and wet morning, but the seabird stuck around for a while to add some subject matter to the piece.

Edited in Photoshop

1. Straighten and crop
2. Levels to add contrast and blue hue.
3. Curves to lighten and bring out the colour.
4. Brightness/Contrast to add a bit more light.
5. Selective colour to enhance the pebbles.
6. Resize image

Save for Web

Not expecting much from it.

Statistics
Place: 286 out of 326
Avg (all users): 4.5414
Avg (commenters): 4.6250
Avg (participants): 4.2525
Avg (non-participants): 4.6911
Views since voting: 599
Views during voting: 368
Votes: 290
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2006 10:15:39 PM
Almost a great shot, but the bird lacks detail and seems soft and too grey for a clean silhouette.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/22/2006 02:55:42 PM
I like the choice of drop.
but the tilted horizon isn't very appealing.
and the washed out sky doesn't do much for the picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/22/2006 02:07:02 PM
Interesting vertical perspective, not sure what is supposed to be in focus though. Since the sky is burned out and detail of the bird is lost, I might try a shallower DOF with sharp focus on the rocks.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/20/2006 11:33:51 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 technical merit = 2
0-3 creativity = 3
0-2 biased wow factor = 0
Total = 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/20/2006 06:54:35 PM
Great job
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2006 10:49:01 PM
I'd prefer this if the horizon were level and it was cropped so the beach was not in the picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2006 11:13:06 AM
why did you crop this so stinking small?
07/19/2006 08:31:29 AM
The bird is very far, it can be closer.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/19/2006 02:00:45 AM
Like the colour of the stones
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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