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Castlehill Light
Castlehill Light
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Challenge: Free Study 2008-01 (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse"))
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Newport, RI
Date: Jan 21, 2008
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2008

 taken on a quick outing with nshapiro. Was a cold, windy afternoon, and by the end, our hands were frozen! we had hoped for more clouds, but not much luck. these were all we got!

PP - followed Bear_music's processing help in his recent Rivers entry. Tonemapped a single raw file in photomatix pro, then opened in CS3. rotate and crop. adjusted levels, some shadow/highlights adjustment, then duped layer and applied image in soft light mode. another softlight layer to lighten some areas on the rocks. selective color layer for some color adjustment. USM at large radius. cloned out a small bright pebble on the FG rock, a small buoy in the distance, and a small rope near walkway, and cloned out a few dust spots. noise ninja. USM at small radius. resize, USM on dupe layer to hit the lighthouse, and a little bit of the fg rocks. added border. save for web.

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 428
Avg (all users): 6.8913
Avg (commenters): 8.4444
Avg (participants): 6.8617
Avg (non-participants): 6.9545
Views since voting: 2947
Views during voting: 344
Votes: 138
Comments: 15
Favorites: 5 (view)

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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 02/08/2008 08:03:14 AM
Great finish, Steve! You and Neil finished pretty close. What a beautiful photo this is.
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Fujifilm X-T30
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/08/2008 12:14:06 AM
Congratulations Steve! We finished pretty close! And hey, what's with you getting all the fave's? ;)
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 02/08/2008 12:04:41 AM
Yippee, Steve! Congrats on top 10. :)

Hey, didja notice you got 3 faves during the challenge to Neil's zero? :D

Message edited by author 2008-02-08 00:05:39.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/08/2008 12:03:44 AM
Two top 10's in one day from you guys? MAN. Congratulations, Steve!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 02/07/2008 08:49:25 PM
Maybe a bit oversharpened and that's cutting off 1 point on my rating, but otherwise quite good.
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Sony DSLR-A350
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 02/07/2008 03:34:19 PM
Nature isn't doing badly with the light, is it? I like the depth of field and the detail throughout the image. The glow from the lighthouse itself tones in so well with the glow on the horizon.
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Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
 02/07/2008 01:24:26 PM
Wow both of the photos of this light house are Excellent! Is one of these Bear_Music 9
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 02/06/2008 11:01:52 PM
Very nice. Love the colors, & composition.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/03/2008 08:35:01 PM
Nice colours in this shot.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 02/02/2008 03:51:56 PM
The colors, composition and clarity are excellent.
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/02/2008 04:49:15 AM
Great light.
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 02/01/2008 10:01:00 PM
There is another photo of this lighthouse in the challenge as well....did you go shooting together? I've never seen pictures of this lighthouse before, I think it is so cool. I love the surroundings and the colour as well. One of my top picks.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM
 02/01/2008 05:50:24 PM
Nice seascape. The texture in the water and on the rocks adds to the impact of the image. However, IMO, the processing is borderline overdone.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/01/2008 04:17:41 PM
Super job. Love the detail!
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Sony Alpha a7R II
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 02/01/2008 01:54:18 AM
I guess the other one will get higher score.
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