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Just before dawn
Just before dawn
walbland


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Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical for Canon
Location: Emmerentia dam JHB
Date: Jul 13, 2006
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4.5sec
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jul 15, 2006

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Statistics
Place: 138 out of 326
Avg (all users): 5.5000
Avg (commenters): 6.4167
Avg (participants): 5.0642
Avg (non-participants): 5.7461
Views since voting: 1125
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 302
Comments: 16
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Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G
 07/25/2006 03:23:01 PM
Lovely. Great image!
 07/24/2006 08:31:07 PM
I would have cropped more to the right to bring out the buildings
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/24/2006 02:24:27 PM
Wow, that water almost looks like ice. The sky is a bit blown out.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 07/24/2006 12:24:32 PM
The sky stinks but the rest rocks.
Nikon D3
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 07/24/2006 09:44:03 AM
Not very intersting and burnt out sky.
Pentax K100D
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
 07/23/2006 09:33:57 AM
Only one negative here ... I'd crop tighter into a panorama shot by losing half the foreground which will bring the yellow skater (?) into the picture more. Beautiful colours balanced well with the green roof.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/22/2006 07:48:35 PM
Seems overexposed for the title,good colors...6
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 07/22/2006 01:29:41 PM
almost looks like ice
Pentax K-R
Promaster 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 XR IF
 07/21/2006 08:48:47 PM
Overall the image is very well done and has no technical shortcomings. My one suggestion for improvement would be to zoom in on the buildings on the right and make them the focal point of the composition. As presented, the treeline doesn't offer much of a focal point. 7
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 07/20/2006 11:20:16 PM
0-2 meets challenge = 2
0-3 technical merit = 2
0-3 creativity = 2
0-2 biased wow factor = 0
Total = 6
Canon PowerShot S50
 07/20/2006 06:51:04 PM
Great job
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
07/19/2006 05:33:33 PM
Nice.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS5
 07/19/2006 10:32:59 AM
I love the effect on the water.
Olympus E-5
Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko
 07/19/2006 08:10:10 AM
straighten the shoreline/horizon?
Casio Exilim EX-Z50
 07/19/2006 04:52:54 AM
Nice posing and nice photo.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 07/19/2006 01:22:52 AM
Pretty trees; interesting ice. Crop out a bit more sky and foreground ice.
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