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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: California, USA
Date: Sep 21, 2006
Aperture: f22
ISO: 50
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Emotive, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2007

2 Second exposure taken on the Pacific Coast of the USA.
I tried different exposure lengths, up to 30 seconds, but I think that the detail retained in the birds has helped this shot..

used an ND filter to reduce the light as much as possible

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.7365
Avg (commenters): 7.3667
Avg (participants): 6.6222
Avg (non-participants): 7.1084
Views since voting: 1234
Views during voting: 514
Votes: 353
Comments: 34
Favorites: 6 (view)


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01/26/2007 05:48:11 PM
Soft and smooth. Nice work!
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01/26/2007 12:58:25 AM
I don't know how to say this--I am going through looking at results, and apparently tonight while I was entering my comment and bumping my vote, my vote got changed to a 1, instead of the 9, I intended! (I was using the greasemonkey script, and I forgot to turn it off while commenting.) I'm really really sorry. I hope you can forgive me. It's a great shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 11:41:58 PM
Return for comment: This is beautiful. Love the long exposure and the nice light. Small Nits: I would have liked to see a bit more foreground though, and that might have given you a better split between water and sky. Good luck
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01/25/2007 02:00:57 AM
beautiful work. can't do much more than enjoy it.
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01/24/2007 12:49:41 PM
Nice evening glow captured here. Well done.
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01/24/2007 12:26:22 PM
As this photo downloaded it totally grabbed my attention. Very nice time exposure.
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01/23/2007 08:43:51 PM
Love the soft light and smooth water. Very peaceful photo.
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01/23/2007 07:28:00 PM
Nice shot, nice crop and well done on putting the horizon on one of the third lines rather than the middle.
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01/21/2007 01:41:53 PM
What a great shot! 10
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01/20/2007 11:28:27 PM
Excellent capture of waves and perfect light......9
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01/20/2007 04:41:53 PM
wow, this is breathtaking, simply outstanding...this is crazy i come back and see it alot... beutiful
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01/19/2007 06:28:25 PM
Beautiful image, definately in the top 10%
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01/19/2007 10:10:13 AM
aspect ratio is somewhere in between landscape and panorama, makes the composition somehow centered, would have liked to see some more sky - 8
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01/18/2007 07:22:59 PM
Absolutely STUNNING!!! 10 from me and good luck with the ribbons.
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01/17/2007 02:41:49 PM
Beautiful photograph!
The shutter speed used here was just right, keeping the birds sharp.
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01/16/2007 07:52:00 PM
Very cool shot - gentle soft colors. A wee bit of a halo around the border but back to bump you up to 9. Very well done.
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01/16/2007 01:23:29 AM
Wonderful - nice movement to the water and light on the rocks. But the birds make the photo. Well done. 9
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01/16/2007 12:19:49 AM
Love the soft caps of the water, and the stillness on the birds.....
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01/15/2007 09:47:58 AM
yea. very nice ... without birds the photo would be very boring ... good job
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01/14/2007 02:59:34 PM
wonderful movement in the water and the light is excellent :o)
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01/14/2007 05:52:15 AM
amazing light and crisp focus on the birds...excellent exposure
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01/13/2007 04:44:52 PM
Beautiful capture! I wish this was a bit bigger.
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01/13/2007 12:13:56 PM
Oh this is AWESOME! I love the golden lighting and the dreamy effect of that water! Beautiful photo!
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01/13/2007 11:21:54 AM
Gorgeous
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01/13/2007 08:31:37 AM
great lighting. like the slow shutter speed. many like this are devoid of life - yours includes it. Thank you.
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01/13/2007 03:47:27 AM
I love that lighting on the rocks.
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01/13/2007 12:23:52 AM
Lovely light.
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01/13/2007 12:11:26 AM
Absolutely beautiful
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01/12/2007 10:24:58 PM
This is really cool. Very well done and should do quite well. Good luck!
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01/12/2007 09:42:39 PM
Great lighting. Love all those gulls.
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01/12/2007 01:46:22 PM
like the light quality a lot!
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01/12/2007 01:10:25 PM
Best: originality, exposure, shutter control, light
Worst: not much, perhaps including all of rock in lower right
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01/12/2007 11:27:04 AM
Nice crop, beautiful colors,I like it-8
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01/12/2007 12:12:25 AM
Wow and double wow. your whole color palette is exquisite.
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