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Ocean Mirror
2nd PlaceOcean Mirror
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sea (not land) (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-300 EVOLT
Lens: Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Location: Ft. Bragg, CA
Date: Jul 1, 2007
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Sky, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 3, 2007

Taken at 10 mile Beach near Ft. Bragg, CA.

As the waves would recede it would leave a thin layer of water on the sand that would create this reflection. Combined with the sky it was a breath-taking sight.

Used a circular polarizer on a 11-22mm Olympus lens.

Post-processing included:
Black Clipping
Curves
Color Balance
Brightness
Resize and USM in 3 steps.

post-challenge: Thanks all! I'm glad I could share the northern California coast with everyone!

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 121
Avg (all users): 7.3803
Avg (commenters): 8.1200
Avg (participants): 6.7826
Avg (non-participants): 7.5449
Views since voting: 7732
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 213
Comments: 40
Favorites: 16 (view)


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07/14/2007 06:24:12 PM
Very nice shot, and congrats on your ribbon.
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07/11/2007 07:54:38 PM
Congratulation on your ribbon with this awesome shot! Brautiful work!
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07/11/2007 02:24:08 PM
Congrats! Finely captured.
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07/11/2007 11:52:26 AM
Originally posted by Brin:

Congrats on your first ribbon!
What he said!

That's awesome. The little bit of orange on the horizon and in the clouds really adds to the feel of the photo.
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07/11/2007 09:19:12 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon!
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07/11/2007 08:48:19 AM
Beautiful photograph...congratulations on winning the red ribbon!
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07/11/2007 05:03:17 AM
this is nice, cool reflections and contrast in the sky !
congratz
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07/11/2007 02:25:15 AM
Beautiful colours and image Congrats on your Ribbon
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07/11/2007 01:38:04 AM
Breathtaking!
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07/11/2007 01:29:01 AM
Mark, congratulations on your first ribbon!! I like the beautiful clouds.
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07/11/2007 12:13:19 AM
Congratulations...I knew this would ribbon....it's so beautiful!
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07/11/2007 12:05:11 AM
congratulations on you first ribbon, a new personal best and an outstanding photo!
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07/11/2007 12:03:19 AM
Congrats on a beautiful shot, your first ribbon, and your new personal best!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/10/2007 11:31:03 PM
upper left is too dark but other than that its great!
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07/10/2007 01:08:21 AM
Beautiful work. You are good!
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07/09/2007 11:38:34 AM
Great exposure yet get the only 9 I gave this contest. Good luck psart
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07/08/2007 03:49:26 PM
very nice!
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07/08/2007 03:25:55 PM
Absolutely beautiful. Great job capturing the reflections!
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07/07/2007 04:44:53 PM
Very nice. For a second I actually thought the blue tones on the left were city lights!! haha
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07/07/2007 12:02:35 AM
beautifully done. Great reflections.
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07/06/2007 09:58:23 AM
Great, great clouds...very composed with the reflections. The colors are great. Excellent!
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07/06/2007 09:17:35 AM
this photo is breath tacking this could easily be a postcard
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07/06/2007 07:22:14 AM
Very beautiful! 10
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07/05/2007 10:10:59 PM
Cool reflection.
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07/05/2007 09:40:24 PM
Beautiful colors
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07/05/2007 11:37:16 AM
Wow. I love the colors and the reflection is amazing. Great job.
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07/05/2007 09:12:46 AM
Beautiful shot
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07/05/2007 08:40:03 AM
In my book this one can get the red ribbon...
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07/05/2007 07:29:57 AM
i smell a ribbon :)
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07/04/2007 09:43:44 PM
Simple and so beautiful. I love the wisps of clouds perfectly reflected in the water. This is a classic. Great job. 8
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07/04/2007 09:21:07 PM
Nice. Very nice. very, very nice. 8
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07/04/2007 09:02:47 PM
wow...definitely my favorite in this challenge...the reflection on the sand is amazing!
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07/04/2007 06:10:09 PM
Very peaceful. Dunno how it will rate with the challenge description fundamentalists, but for me, this is real nice.
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07/04/2007 04:45:08 PM
This is so pretty! I guess one could argue there is too much land in the image, but there's water over that land and I am a softie for lovely reflections so this ranks highly with me!! Nice composition and detail, plus the tones are perfect.
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07/04/2007 01:19:14 PM
Beautiful... Just perfect.
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07/04/2007 11:17:08 AM
Too much land IMO - almost half the shot.

Nice sky though
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07/04/2007 11:13:10 AM
I am trying to decide if this is more about the sky or the sea... It's avery beautiful image certainly. Also you will probably get a few comments about the horizon being centred ...but I do see that it works in this image having a balance of image and its reflection.
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07/04/2007 10:51:18 AM
nice picture, i reall like, but your composition is all wrong.
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07/04/2007 08:13:54 AM
nice processing and composition!
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07/04/2007 02:30:44 AM
Thats totally an awesome desktop background, man I would love to get my icons on that!
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