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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Kits Beach Vancouver BC Canada
Date: Jul 27, 2006
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Sky, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 28, 2006

 Having one of those photographers blocks during the past week, so I decided to head to the beach at sunset to see what I could capture. Just happened to stumble upon this amazing sunset with just a sliver of the moon showing.

Composition is a bit off (would have been better to have the boat coming in from the left and the moon the right) but alas I was too tired to see this while shooting.

Photoshop:
Issolated the sky, applied some level adjustment
Issolated the water, applied some level adjustment
Cloned out a few very small lights on the horizon
Cropped

Statistics
Place: 49 out of 329
Avg (all users): 6.1650
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.9815
Avg (non-participants): 6.3804
Views since voting: 919
Views during voting: 294
Votes: 200
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 01:24:08 AM
the ocean of harmony
was swallowed
by a careless mouth
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/04/2006 10:11:16 PM
Nice composition and colors. I love the opposition between the boat and the moon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2006 10:39:31 AM
What a beautiful place to be, great composition and colours :o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/02/2006 05:05:35 AM
Nice composition. The moon fits so well there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2006 11:07:10 PM
I would have liked this image better if the top portion was cropped as a square. There is nothing in the bottom of the image that is needed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2006 01:12:53 AM
A very pretty shot, but for another challenge, it would do much better. Just too much going on here, my eye is distracted by the bright opposing colors, and the business of the waves. Pretty colors, though, but they work against each other here. If the water had been a darker tone, and more 'quiet', maybe this would have worked better. Or maybe even in black and white, or a darker sky. Just something isn't screaming zen to me here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 11:13:25 PM
Very nice elements - moon, cloud wisps, water, sailing vessel, color - all quite harmonious.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 09:03:05 PM
did you use a gradiet in the sky? those colors are the best!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 02:19:59 PM
I like this shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 12:02:36 PM
I like this one. I am intrigued by the portait orientation of this image but am also wondering if landscape would have worked better. either way, great colors and very well balanced.

hmm, now that I take a second look, cropping just below the boat would give you a square image...niether portrait or landscape, but I seem to like it. what do you think?

Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 05:52:21 AM
Lwould have liked to have seen the horizontal image of this.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/31/2006 12:36:05 AM
Beautiful pic. I think it might be better to crop out more water and have the boat in the lower corner more...for zen.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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