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Mangroves by the Bay
Mangroves by the Bay
yakatme


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Unusual Objects (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Biscayne Bay, South Florida
Date: May 26, 2009
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Galleries: Landscape, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: May 27, 2009

 44th place is bullshit!

One in a series that I have started on natural South Florida. This group of mangroves is on the west edge of Biscayne Bay just off of Snapper Creek.

Getting the shot:

I paddleboarded along the coast to find some mangrove islands to shoot and ended up getting these mangroves along the coast instead. My May free study entry has the mangrove islands that I am talking about and was taken a couple days earlier about a half mile away.

I used a .6, soft edged neutral density filter to help even out the differences in exposure between the bright sky and water, and the prop roots below the foliage.

Post Processing:

I finished off the balancing of the exposure by combining three exposures of a single image in Photomatix after opening the image in Nikon Capture NX and using numerous control points. The sky still lacked the detail that you see here so I brought the detail out further with shadow/highlights. Color balance was shifted in the sky towards magenta and red.

How will it score?

I think it will score fairly well as long as voters accept these mangrove roots as unusual. They still strike me as unusual even though they are a natural part of my environment. I'm thinking that they must seem unusual to those who don't see them often. I'm hoping for a 6.5 or better.

Post Challenge: Well, 5.6 is a very disappointing score. For people to comment that this doesn't seem unusual makes me wonder how many mangroves or other prop root type trees there are in New Hampshire or Melbourne.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 109
Avg (all users): 5.6435
Avg (commenters): 7.1429
Avg (participants): 5.0732
Avg (non-participants): 5.9595
Views since voting: 941
Views during voting: 254
Votes: 115
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 01/08/2010 01:02:45 PM
Excellent shot, shit score... Sorry about that..
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 06/08/2009 02:13:38 PM
44th place is not right. I gave this 9 (the highest I gave anyone) and genuinely expected to see it in the top 5. :o(
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2009 12:26:51 PM
excellent editing job...very well done
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 06/06/2009 02:42:57 PM
lovely low perspective 8
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 06/04/2009 12:35:02 PM
Great picture, doesn't quite strike me as unusual though. Still I like it.
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 06/03/2009 08:07:09 AM
I do love the mangroves and this is a great shot of them, really silky. If I did have a criticism, it would be the heaviness of the border, but I can't in conscience mark it down for that. 9
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 06/02/2009 07:18:21 AM
nice landscape shot, neat prospective from the water level.
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 06/01/2009 01:40:56 AM
I'm assuming this is the Everglades, a beautiful place, done justice with this photo. Wish I had this kind of cool weather and warm lighting when I camped there last winter
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 06/01/2009 12:32:08 AM
beautiful perspective, great shot. too bad i can't vote
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 06/01/2009 12:03:59 AM
This is a beautiful image...but it doesn't look unusual to me...a bit of a stretch...6
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