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San Juan Beach
San Juan Beach
cddogg13


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Challenge: On the Beach (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Turn Island, San Juans, Washington, USA
Date: Jul 18, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 18, 2006

 I took this on a scuba diving trip I took in the San Juans recently with my dad. I wasn't planning on taking any serious pictures up there but the tide exchanges where very heavy while we were there which made many of the dive sites too currented to dive. So we ended up with alot of free time which I decied to use to take a picture for the beach challenge.

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Place: 283 out of 326
Avg (all users): 4.5563
Avg (commenters): 4.4375
Avg (participants): 4.2963
Avg (non-participants): 4.6946
Views since voting: 665
Views during voting: 385
Votes: 311
Comments: 18
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 07/25/2006 02:18:56 PM
i think i would have shifted the focus to the interesting trees in the back, keeping the same camera position.
Nikon D3
Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
 07/25/2006 04:58:36 AM
I like it. I've always loved photos where the thing that should be te subject isn't in focus. Good job.
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 07/24/2006 10:06:36 PM
Those out of focus background figures are dizzying to look at. They spoil the effect. Either enough DOF to get them into focus, or crop them out.
 07/24/2006 08:31:49 PM
Heeded to be clearer.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
 07/24/2006 04:22:14 PM
Cool, almost looks like a miniature.
Pentax K100D
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
 07/22/2006 03:14:52 PM
Too little DoF for my liking. Not sure what the subject of interest is in the focused area? Sound idea but needs better execution.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 07/21/2006 04:24:23 PM
Trying different thigs is good but what is the subject of this picture? The focus in the foreground is on...sand? We never make it back to the potentially interesting figures in the background. A foreground subject to go along with the one in the background would help.
Canon PowerShot S50
 07/20/2006 06:48:29 PM
Great job
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/20/2006 05:25:17 PM
The concept is great and without the "island" it would be very good. I find the OOF "island" distracts me too much from the sand in front.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/20/2006 04:33:49 PM
I'm not crazy about the shallow DOF. Nice colors though, if the background would have been in focus it would have scored higher.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Tamron AF 100-300mm f/5-6.3 for Canon
 07/20/2006 12:23:21 PM
I do not like the shallow depth of field.
Panasonic DC-G9
Olympus 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro
 07/20/2006 11:15:40 AM
Trees in the background look like some kind of mythical creature. Nice use of shallow DOF, too. 9
Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 07/20/2006 06:28:41 AM
san juan beach doesn't look very comfortable!
but you've captured a good perspective of it and used a good depth of field.
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 07/19/2006 11:35:52 PM
Needs jusst a touch more focus. Great idea, though.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 07/19/2006 05:19:08 PM
I don't like the DOF here. I do like the contrast on the sand though. And can see some halo effects in the sky. 5
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
07/19/2006 05:11:50 PM
Bizarre...too much noise in sky though.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/19/2006 04:23:54 AM
A good different take on the theme.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 07/19/2006 01:42:42 AM
Too much crud in the sky. Not really sure where I'm supposed to focus. Try again with a bit more depth of field, and focus on nearest object.
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