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Fire on the Water
Fire on the Water
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Location: Great Salt Lake, Utah
Date: Jul 12, 2006
Aperture: f19
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/90
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2006

 From the shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah's ocean! The sky was very smoky from wildfires in California and Southern Utah. When the sun set it turned red. It was hard to get everything sharp because of the smoke but I liked the way it made the scene look.

I didn't edit the picture much. Rotated it a little, used curves just a touch and sharpened a little. Other than that it's close to the original.

Statistics
Place: 86 out of 326
Avg (all users): 5.8147
Avg (commenters): 6.1111
Avg (participants): 5.5354
Avg (non-participants): 5.9626
Views since voting: 929
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 286
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/22/2006 01:27:10 AM
This is a great capture. Was wondering how much (and HOPING it wasnt much) was altered and read notes to find there wasnt much alteration. Im sorry to hear the reason for the smokey sky but right above the sun the small cluster of clouds almost looks like handwriting. Im not a deeply spiritual person but the image reminds me of a possible higher power. As if a higher power (at risk of being critisized for saying His name in a public forum) said 'this is it, take it' and it was signed in those clouds above the sun. absolutely beautiful photo. My eye is not a trained one but I am qualified to love it. LOL Dont think it coulve gotten any better. Well done!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/25/2006 02:27:31 PM
Great job! The colors are shocking, and the contrast of colors between the rocks in the foreground and the water/sky/mountains in the background is phenomenal. However, there were a couple of things that knocked this photo way down for me. First, the sky appears to be very blotchy. Not processed well, or overprocessed. Next, a water shot, or even a shoreline shot, does not always mean 'beach' in my opinion. And meeting the challenge, to me, is the first and most important thing, if that isn't done, then anything else is unimportant. Doesn't mean it's not a beautiful and creative shot, because in this case, it absolutely is! I do love it! I went back and forth on how to score your pic, but I do vote low for those that I don't think meet the challenge, so to be consistant, I am voting this lower than I want for the reasons stated above.
 07/24/2006 01:32:13 PM
Wow! Stunning!! Amazing detail in the foreground rocks considering the light it is up against! Great job.
 07/23/2006 05:00:48 AM
Nice approach but a little flat in the foreground rocks. Needs contrast.
 07/22/2006 12:23:03 PM
Color jumps off the screen. Nice composition.
 07/21/2006 01:05:41 PM
this is good...the rocky outcrop in foreground really makes this image stand out...lovely colors.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2006 11:52:34 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 technical merit = 3
0-3 creativity = 1
0-2 biased wow factor = 1
Total = 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2006 06:19:18 PM
Colours are too unnatural for me but the composition is good.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2006 05:12:21 PM
Smokin'!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2006 01:39:33 PM
wow.. very crazy sky colours
 07/19/2006 11:16:53 AM
ORANGE JELLO


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