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Island in the Fog
Island in the Fog
mariomel


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Centered Composition (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super II for Canon
Location: Lachine, Qc
Date: May 14, 2004
Aperture: F 8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640 s
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2004

 On my way back from a meeting, I exited off the highway because of traffic, and took a road that runs along the lake. As I drove along, I spotted this scene. NOW I know why I always have my camera with me. I pulled over and took a few shots of this scene. It was very humid, and sunny, but the lake was covered in this light fog. Normally you can see clear across this lake, but that was not the case that day.

Shot using my Sigma 70-300mm APO @ 119mm in RAW format.

POST: FVU to develop in TIFF 16-bit. Slight (-0.5) exposure compensation. In PS7: 10D sharpener action, very slight crop, converted to greyscale and then made into a tri-tone, levels, cloned out a bird of in the corner, resized, USM, and inner glow border (with a little noise factor).

I originally MOVED the bird, as it actually added alot to the composition when placed over the island, but determined that that would be against the rules. Perhaps not, but I did not want to take the chance. I will add the bird (maybe a few) back when I make this into a print.

I think this photo has a very eery feel to it. Once again, I like this one alot. Let's see what the voters have to say about it.


Statistics
Place: 25 out of 240
Avg (all users): 6.2169
Avg (commenters): 6.5714
Avg (participants): 6.1215
Avg (non-participants): 6.3898
Views since voting: 1798
Votes: 166
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/23/2004 10:27:35 PM
This reminds me of the images I made in high school doing brush on emulsions. I still have a Van Dyke brown stain on my favorite shirt. Excellent center composition and i love the way the image bleeds off the canvas. 8
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 05/23/2004 07:56:10 PM
No exactly my cup of tea as far as photographs go but effective in its genre. 7
 05/22/2004 09:50:06 PM
Very cool I love it.
 05/20/2004 08:50:57 PM
Beautiful image! 10
 05/20/2004 08:30:33 PM
Simple and beautiful. I don't like the faded border really though. I do very much like the centeredness of the island, and I think that focus and clarity are good. I like how the island reflects in the waves of the water. I like how the island just kind of comes out of the whiteness. Very nice find. ~Heather~
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 05/20/2004 04:55:17 AM
I like this picture, prolly more than I should! I would like there to be some more midtones, but the image really pops for me.
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 05/18/2004 08:51:18 PM
Godd idea but I would have preferred this to be less processed
 05/18/2004 02:18:15 PM
lovely mood created here. well done. 8
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 05/18/2004 02:07:47 PM
I could be wrong, but the sides of the image look somehow blurred more than the rest of the image. I like it though ... 8
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 05/18/2004 01:31:37 PM
I like the use of whitespace at the sides...creative idea for a pseudo-border!
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 05/17/2004 10:46:55 PM
very nice. enjoyed it.
 05/17/2004 08:12:41 PM
Perfect composition, perfect exposure, the sence of peace and tention at the same time are astonishing, a 10!
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 05/17/2004 05:48:22 PM
Has a quality almost of Lartigue, and of the early experimental photographers - Fox Talbot's leaf image springs to mind. kind of works here, though I'm not sure that it will for those with less knowledge of the history of the medium.
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 05/17/2004 03:41:36 PM
This was obviously manipulated ina digital editing program.
 05/17/2004 02:45:24 PM
remind me to come back and add this to my favorites
 05/17/2004 12:40:24 PM
This is absolutely beautiful. Great choice to use the sepia tones and I don't care what anyone else says about the framing, it makes the shot! IMHO, of course. Well done. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2004 10:13:18 AM
Nice photo that I'm sure will be with top 10 photos this week. I'm not sure about this color but still I give you 9
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 05/17/2004 09:58:31 AM
I really love the composition. It's simple, yet very rich in detail.
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