DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Sunset at the Intercoastal Highway
Sunset at the Intercoastal Highway
eac


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Sunset Beach, NC
Date: Apr 29, 2007
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Nature, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Apr 29, 2007

 N/A

Statistics
Place: 513 out of 573
Avg (all users): 4.8743
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
Avg (participants): 4.7545
Avg (non-participants): 5.1053
Views since voting: 776
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 167
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/04/2007 01:39:09 AM
Lacks interest and inpact..3
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical(IF)Macro
 05/03/2007 08:15:15 PM
a little unexciting in the colors, seems OOF; dark left corner keeps pulling my eye there but there's nothing to see
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 05/03/2007 10:26:15 AM
If you would have waited about 3 minutes longer you'd have a nice sunset glow and lighting. With the use of HDR available you could have even brought back some foreground if desired (after waiting 3 minutes for the sun to set the foreground would be darker yet). As is, the sun is a bit too blown out for me. I'm also not seeing a strong subject theme. The river forms a nice leading line, but it takes you to the center of the frame. The brush and distant shoreline to the left aren't adding as much to this composition as the nice golden glow on the water to the right does. I'd emphasize the right side more via repositioning yourself at the time of image capture or in cropping while post-processing. Try to get the horizon more off-center as well.

All JMO of course. :D Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax KP
Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited AF
 05/03/2007 02:30:44 AM
This is a very pretty scene... the composition is nice; my eye is led from the lefthand frame into the picture and out the back.

Technicals have some problems, though; at least in post... the sun is so bright, and the plants so dark, that it's hard to really see the whole scene without effort. I'd have tried (and I sure no expert) a little fill flash on the forground plants, and curves to brighten the sky and water and bring out the sunset colors that are one of the major assets of this image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / System / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/02/2026 05:44:21 PM EDT.