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The Old Point Loma Light House- San Diego CA
1st PlaceThe Old Point Loma Light House- San Diego CA
JeffryZ


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Something Old III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F31fd
Location: San Diego
Date: Oct 30, 2007
Aperture: 100
ISO: f/5.0
Shutter: 1/340 second
Galleries: Landscape, Infrared
Date Uploaded: Oct 30, 2007

Shot in black and white infrared.
Crop with slight rotate. Levels followed by tinting using Selective Color in Photoshop. Resize, unsharp mask, save.

If it wasn't basic editing, I probably would have cloned out the road in the lower right corner and maybe the white spot in the upper right.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 249
Avg (all users): 7.5952
Avg (commenters): 8.2500
Avg (participants): 7.4182
Avg (non-participants): 7.7324
Views since voting: 11051
Views during voting: 214
Votes: 126
Comments: 63
Favorites: 23 (view)


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12/08/2008 07:55:37 AM
Beautiful tones
11/02/2008 05:50:24 PM
This is an amazing photograph in all aspects. Well done on your 1st place finish.
09/24/2008 09:13:22 PM
Well goodness that tree is quite photogenic, nevermind the lighthouse. Wonderfully composed, and exposed.
09/22/2008 11:36:46 PM
Wow, I'm glad it was basic so you didn't change it. It's perfect as is.
09/22/2008 06:40:32 AM
Stupendous!!
11/13/2007 03:27:12 AM
nice elements ! congratulations. what is this right bottom? a road maybe
11/10/2007 01:12:55 AM
What a beautiful, beautiful shot! I have a Fuji Finepix 9100, and my photos never turn out that way. Great!
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11/09/2007 10:30:06 AM
This is a WONDERFUL Old picture! I love the drama of the clouds and the tree growing the direction of the wind. Congratulations on a most deserved blue ribbon.

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11/09/2007 04:13:54 AM
Congrats on the ribbon, think the best shot won this time and I love the tones in this image, nicely done!
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11/07/2007 11:29:07 PM
Wow
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11/07/2007 09:38:23 PM
I actually truly like the road in the picture as it adds a sense of reality to a truly surreal image.
Beautiful, beautiful shot....Congratulations on your well deserved ribbon!
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11/07/2007 07:08:25 PM
You ROCK, Jeffry! Congrats!
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11/07/2007 04:53:19 PM
Awesome Jeff! This is amazing. What a great day to take a photo.
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11/07/2007 03:47:55 PM
Came back to look at this Jeff...you won this by a long way...well done
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11/07/2007 02:10:36 PM
Well done and great BW composition. Congrats :)
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11/07/2007 01:10:52 PM
WOW...what a image. Congrats on a terrific blue ribbon winning image.
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11/07/2007 11:51:20 AM
Love this shot. I was actually here earlier this year, and I love this area, the view is incredible from up there, but it was really windy also. Congrats on a beautiful shot, and your first Ribb!
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11/07/2007 10:24:49 AM
Congrats on the ribbon Jeffry, awesome shot!!!
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11/07/2007 09:53:34 AM
Heh, you kicked me off the first place on the camera page ;-P
Congrats on your first ribbon!
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11/07/2007 09:24:46 AM
An absolutely beautiful shot. Well done, and congrats on the blue ribbon!
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11/07/2007 08:44:15 AM
Congratulations! Personal best and the Big Blue Ribbon to boot! Life is good! ;) A wonderful capture.
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11/07/2007 08:30:43 AM
Nicely done. Congrats.
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11/07/2007 08:20:26 AM
I asbolutely love everything about this image, from the composition to the processing. Hearty congratualtions on your 1st ribbon, Jeffry. And a Blue to boot! Does that feel good, or what?
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11/07/2007 05:55:19 AM
Jeffry, this is a sensational duotone...well deserved ribbon
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11/07/2007 04:35:32 AM
Congrats Jeffry, beautifully captured and processed. Cheers, MCsaba
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11/07/2007 02:48:31 AM
well done/congrats
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11/07/2007 01:05:42 AM
Congratulations!! I gave you 10, just 10 minutes before the voting over. I should do better with voting and commenting next time...
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11/07/2007 12:54:01 AM
Congrats on the ribbon and great job on a great place to shoot. The infrared works well here. Go Sandag.
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11/07/2007 12:44:28 AM
Congratulations! This is excellent!
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11/07/2007 12:43:44 AM
simple and beautiful! congrats on your ribbon, well deserved!
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11/07/2007 12:39:01 AM
Beautiful tones, beautiful shot. Great work, Jeffry. Congrats on the blue.
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11/07/2007 12:34:03 AM
Congrats on blue and a super score! Very nicely composed.
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11/07/2007 12:29:20 AM
PERFECT in everyway..... Congratulations on the blue.....
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11/07/2007 12:27:13 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon and on a great photo!
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11/07/2007 12:24:44 AM
WHeee! My first ribbon! And a Blue! Thanks everybody! Strike one for the little guy- this was shot with just a point and shoot Fuji camera (which I had converted to shoot in infrared only which was a major contributor to the drama in this shot).

I love infrared right now- but not the false color ones you most often see so I set my camera to record images in black and white. This is an incredible score and I will have an extremely hard time bettering it. But to get better is certainly something to strive for.

Color was nice, but not as interesting. A color out-take:
11/07/2007 12:18:13 AM
Very nice finish with such a great photo. Well deserved blue!
Congratulation!
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11/07/2007 12:16:32 AM
congrats on your blue!!!
well deserved
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11/07/2007 12:14:50 AM
Congrats on a beautiful shot, your first ribbon, and your new personal best!
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11/07/2007 12:14:45 AM
First ribbon and a blue! That's some sweet, sweet action! Your score blew the rest of us away.
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11/07/2007 12:14:44 AM
LOL. Great shot! I am a native of San Diego and grew up on Point Loma. I shot this danged thing a ton of times. It's actually called the "Old Spanish Lighthouse", or used to be, and we got a laugh out of that because it is neither Spanish nor particularly old. It was actually a mistake, an almost useless lighthouse because it is so high the coastal fog usually obliterated it; so the built the one down on the beach not all that long after this one went up.

Congrats on blue!
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11/07/2007 12:09:53 AM
The tree is freaking killer. Most excellent shot. Adding as a fav! Congrats on the blue....

Message edited by author 2007-11-07 00:10:17.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2007 11:33:23 PM
Very nice - I like the dramatics of both the tree and the sky!
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11/06/2007 10:03:04 PM
Beautiful tonal range and composition — Well done!
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11/05/2007 08:53:41 PM
Lovely duotone...great light, I love the windswept tree...8
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11/05/2007 06:08:21 PM
Fantastic composition, great sepia tones.
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11/05/2007 06:04:47 PM
Very strong image. BB
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11/05/2007 03:57:27 PM
love the sky and tree!
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11/05/2007 10:53:22 AM
Good picture ! i like it :)
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11/03/2007 04:09:41 PM
Nice lighting
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11/03/2007 08:19:02 AM
this is fantastic - should take a ribbon.
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11/03/2007 04:17:48 AM
nice and sharp, i'd love to see this in color... maybe after the challenge?
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11/02/2007 04:08:56 PM
this one made my eyes pop
i love it, its like right out of a dream
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11/02/2007 03:15:30 PM
Well done! Great duotone conversion. Definitely not the way I'm used to seeing the lighthouse. Where did you shoot this from?
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11/01/2007 09:39:13 PM
Great tones and details. My winner so far. 10
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11/01/2007 12:54:51 PM
Good lighting - I can't tell whether it's night or day.
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11/01/2007 10:25:36 AM
Marvelous shot! Really like the composition and tones.
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10/31/2007 09:20:33 PM
eerie... I like it!
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10/31/2007 01:54:41 PM
Nice composition. The old trees help to balance out the secene! Nice focus on the light house!
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10/31/2007 01:46:04 PM
I just love that tree!
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10/31/2007 09:54:59 AM
excellent light. maybe the winner. fantastic photo 10
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10/31/2007 08:40:39 AM
What a surreal shot! Looks like a storm's about to blow in. I love the composition, the swaying tree, and how you caught the light from the lighthouse. Great job.
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10/31/2007 08:18:09 AM
Good job. Very spooky effect.
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10/31/2007 12:07:05 AM
That is lovely. I love the tones. The lean of the tree shows the years of the sea wind blowing. GREAT clouds.
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