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Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Auckland
Date: Apr 6, 2007
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 196 out of 573
Avg (all users): 5.9385
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 5.8083
Avg (non-participants): 6.2034
Views since voting: 770
Views during voting: 278
Votes: 179
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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05/12/2007 07:18:33 AM
Very pretty shot. Part of me agrees with your lessons learned but the other part of me says "hey - it's an expert editing challenge therefore a little of the unrealistic is perfectly acceptable." Looks sort of dreamy or maybe how one might remember (in their minds eye) a perfect day at the beach. I voted this 7.
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05/07/2007 08:21:51 PM
WOW 10
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05/06/2007 05:47:31 PM
Whether you got this mostly in-camera or mostly pp'ed it, it's a great shot IMO either way - but if you got this in-camera you must have died and went to heaven when you realized what you got. :) Lovely.
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05/05/2007 09:16:40 AM
This is beautiful. I love the crystal clear reflection on the water.
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05/04/2007 11:28:38 PM
Nice title. To be honest it took me a while to find the meaning via google. I wonder if voters that didn't realise it was a maori word felt confused by the title?

I'm not voting on this but I do like the way the seagull and it's reflection focus my attention on the sea/horizon. The clouds feel a bit blown out for my liking.
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05/03/2007 08:16:09 PM
Unfortunately the shadow holds this back. It isn't believable. It should probably pick up some of the water texture and be softer than it is. Perhaps running the ripple filter applied at a low setting would have helped. Also you probably want to skew the shadow somewhat to account for the angle. It shouldn't be of the same length and width of the bird that is way above it.
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05/03/2007 06:09:54 PM
nice capture but the sky has a bit too much cyan. 7
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05/03/2007 11:47:41 AM
Pretty cool. Good capture.
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05/02/2007 08:48:54 PM
This does look quite nice. Only suggestion would be to touchup the Cyans to make it look like more a blue sky color, and add a touch of Saturation. If you're using photoshop, then that Hue/Saturation dialog is all you need. I tried it and it looked great.
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05/01/2007 03:24:05 PM
9
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05/01/2007 12:48:43 AM
this looks pretty amazing, cool capture.
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