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Salt Marsh at Midsummer — June, 2002
Salt Marsh at Midsummer — June, 2002
Bear_Music


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2002 (Advanced Editing IV*)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix 4900Z
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Jun 25, 2002
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2006

 A sentimental favorite, my first visit to the marsh I've made my own, and the picture that got me excited about digital photography.

Shot in JPG normal, with the Finepix 4900Z. Hue/sat in yellow, red and green channels. Minor cloning of a single distraction on the water's surface. Gothic glow added and faded in luminance mode.

Resize, USM, borders

Statistics
Place: 16 out of 201
Avg (all users): 6.5864
Avg (commenters): 7.9286
Avg (participants): 6.2500
Avg (non-participants): 6.8990
Views since voting: 2079
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 191
Comments: 22
Favorites: 4 (view)

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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/02/2006 06:00:45 PM
love the glow and colors beautiful exelent shot
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
 04/12/2006 12:55:32 PM
Ooooh boy....Death by over processing.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 04/09/2006 02:48:43 PM
This is a lovely shot. Just has a nice peacefulness about it without being boring.
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Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 04/09/2006 12:56:48 AM
Originally posted by kenskid:
Always near the top Bear...good job. Can't we do something about the 1,2,and 3 votes on great shots like this!?!?!?


Thanx for the kind words. Check my "yellow" and "refractions" when they finish to see I'm most assuredly NOT always near the top :-)

As for the low votes, I don't see enough of them on this shot to bother me. Some people just don't like hyper-processing, which this most asuredly is. The colors have been goosed and manipulated to suit my vision of what the scene looked like, and they are what I call "hyper-real"; ditto the aggressive sharpening. It's not to everyone's taste.
Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 04/09/2006 12:34:04 AM
Now I'm Jealous. Great picture.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/09/2006 12:10:23 AM
Always near the top Bear...good job. Can't we do something about the 1,2,and 3 votes on great shots like this!?!?!?

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
04/08/2006 11:22:12 PM
Gothic glow? If so, well applied, back to bump this up.
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 04/07/2006 07:10:24 PM
I adore this image, the colors and composition just sing to me.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 04/06/2006 12:10:09 PM
just fantastic. vibrant! (9)
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/05/2006 11:51:56 AM
beautiful colors !
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/03/2006 10:22:32 PM
Seems a tad oversharpened. Nice color though.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/02/2006 08:34:53 PM
You might have punched up the colors too much. I think more subtle colors would have been better. Nice sinuous curves.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/02/2006 08:20:02 PM
I like the processing.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 04/02/2006 07:49:58 PM
You've gone with "painterly quality" here and to me it's so well done you've earned a 10.
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Nikon D70
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 04/02/2006 07:03:49 PM
I like the enhancement, it works with this shot. Good Job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm X100VI
 04/02/2006 12:32:15 PM
Nice colors and good use of the natural lines.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6700
Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 04/02/2006 11:26:22 AM
great atmosphere.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM for Canon
 04/02/2006 10:43:16 AM
I like this, great colours, nice effect.
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Canon EOS-70D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 04/02/2006 09:40:42 AM
Really pretty setting. Some might say this is oversharpened, but I rather like the effect.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony DSC-F717
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Nikon
 04/02/2006 06:10:04 AM
Like this one very much, beautiful colours and composition
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/02/2006 12:34:49 AM
Love the color tones, and the reflection as well.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 04/02/2006 12:12:07 AM
Beautiful color here, bear. The dramatic lighting makes the photo seem to glow.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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