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Naked Waters
Naked Waters
Dr.Confuser


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Challenge: Liquid In Motion (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Seattle, Washington (USA)
Date: Jul 5, 2014
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 50
Shutter: Various ~ 1/60
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2014

 Photographer’s Notes
Yesterday was a shooting day. Shot for Wheels III at Gasworks Park. I attempted to shoot the fountain at Seattle Center but didn’t get what I was hoping for. So I shot this, the ONLY nude statue in Seattle.

Inside the water to the right is a statue of a nude adult male, and the child facing it is nude, two. The water levels go up and down alternatively exposing more or less of each statue. It was very controversial when it was installed.

Post Processing
• Merge 7 Photos to HDR (Photomatix)
• Tonemap (Photomatix)
• Detail and contrast (OnOne Perfect Effects)
• Crop (PSCC)
• Remove Distractions (PSCC Clone Layer)
• Sharpen (PSCC USM Layer – Masked)
• Save for Web (PSCC)

Camera Data
• Date: 2014.07.05
• Camera: Nikon D800E
• Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
• ISO: 50
• Aperture: f/22
• Shutter: Various ~ 1/60

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 96
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/26/2016 05:26:16 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Now this is a somewhat freaky image, with all the unusual textures going on, but it all seems to work somehow. The oddball metallic look of the water is worth the price of admission. Exposure is great, though I side with Lydia on the water on the butt cheek :-) Amazed that you basically have no glare at all on the statue, and the hint of another figure on the other side helps add to the story.

If you want to get really nitpicky, I'd say clone out that one little blodge of sensor dust at the very top. Otherwise, pretty decent finish overall and did meet the challenge description.

Susan
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/1.4 R
 07/13/2014 11:21:48 PM
This fascinated me. Great subject for the challenge and the water was well photographed. The lighting on this also seems very nice.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 07/12/2014 08:45:11 PM
Fabulous. Just... fabulous!


I'd have burned that one water spot on his hiney... since it looks like it's coming out of his behind... but other than that... perfection.

Simple and fun... and well shot.



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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 07/11/2014 11:50:21 AM
Would like it more if you could achieve the effect while keeping the sky tamed.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/07/2014 04:06:00 AM
great textures in the water. Well done in keeping the detail in the bright areas.
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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 07/07/2014 12:21:08 AM
nice composition and textures here!!
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