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Transportation on the Crest of a Wave
Transportation on the Crest of a Wave
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Transportation II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM
Location: Honolulu
Date: Aug 6, 2006
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250s
Date Uploaded: Aug 8, 2006

Very little post-processing. Used raw adjustments for contrast, desaturation, and some noise and color noise suppression to the entire image. Converted to jpeg. Cropped image severely in PS (which accounts for the noise) and used a minor amount of NeatImage. No filters or masks were used.

Statistics
Place: 189 out of 283
Avg (all users): 4.8602
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9221
Avg (non-participants): 4.8302
Views since voting: 751
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 236
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0


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08/18/2006 12:32:39 PM
Trading post...
I didn't vote in this challenge but would have voted this high. I think you got robbed in terms of score, but I seem to think that voters are just outright nasty anymore. I think this is a beautiful shot and looks very much like a painting. Excellent job with the capture!
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08/18/2006 08:18:35 AM
The severe crop does give it a painting type effect but it feels pixelated (of course). I am not sure if film grain or the grain effect is legal in basic but maybe adding a bit of that would soften the pixelated look and enhance the painting type feel. Could be a good coverup tool. I think the one votes were unnecessary.
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08/17/2006 06:23:43 PM
Wow - this looks like a watercolor! I like it a lot, though I suspect it got voted low because of it. Never matter that, it's a great shot (in my humble opinion, of course) and I suspect it would make a great print. I like that the yellow isn't too yellow and I like the boat in the background to add depth. The colors work very well. Really nifty the way this came out! (And I noticed that at this time you have over 1100 views on your Zen entry - that's pretty nifty, too!)

Heh - just now reading your comment - so it's not just me who thought it very much like a painting. And yes, it does look like she really knows what she's doing.
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08/17/2006 05:44:38 AM
This photo came from a much larger shot. When I cropped it severely to limit the photo to this surfer I ended up with a lot of noise. I wasn't planning on submitting it because I knew DPC voters wouldn't like the noise, but I reconsidered because the image looked alot like an oil or water color painting to me and I liked the effect. Her command of the wave was impressive and the background boat added another "transportation" example. So I got what I thought I would receive in terms of score (actually I scored a little higher than I expected) but the image appealed so I used it.

 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/15/2006 06:14:07 PM
good form dude!
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08/14/2006 09:15:39 AM
Feisty lady ...
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08/14/2006 08:41:55 AM
this feels very, very much like a painting, but it the style suits the subject matter, and it adds a greater degree of interest. composition and colours are a treat, and the boat in the background adds to rather than detracts from the shot. i'm deeply impressed at the moment you caught this; her posture is so dynamic, and the way she's riding the wave is actually arty itself. 10.
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08/13/2006 11:16:36 AM
Nice butt. hahah image is a little choppy but right away my eyes went to her butt.
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08/12/2006 11:07:10 PM
Could be great but the contrast is so low that it's seems washed out or foggy. Try levels or Curves.
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08/10/2006 12:59:23 PM
Very cool photo... the picture looks like came out of a phone :P still very nice :)6
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08/10/2006 07:22:27 AM
Very good composition and colour though the quality gives it a disadvantage. have you given it an effect or zoomed it? I actually like the painted in effect but DPCers don't or do they? The final results can only tell.
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08/09/2006 06:59:38 PM
imo being able to see the pixels detracts from the picture.
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