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Storm & Gull, Autumn Afternoon
Storm & Gull, Autumn Afternoon
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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Harwich Port, MA, USA
Date: Oct 28, 2006
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Oct 21, 2006

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tone mapped from single exposure in Photomatix Pro, touched up in PS7. I actually forget the details right now, but it wasn't much. Some gradient on the top, a little hue/sat, desaturation sponge on the headlights, dodged the gull a little to crisp it up.

This was shot for the "wind" challenge and I love it, but I wasn't sure people would see it as 'windy" enough. This was in a 50mmph wind and a driving rainstorm, shot from within my car out an open window. Had to park the car at an angle to create a bit of a lee to work with. It was shot in mid-afternoon, so you can see how dark and oppressive this storm was. I actually had a bunch of other pictures to choose from this month, but this shot is so untypical of me and the others were SO typical of my best-scoring images, that I decided to go with this one just for the hell of it.

resize, USM, save for web

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Nikon D80
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Nikon
 11/07/2006 07:57:55 PM
great shot
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Sony DSLR-A700
Sony 50mm f/1.4
 11/07/2006 12:16:26 AM
Good capture of the storm--especially the gull. I wish those headlights weren't showing our way!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/05/2006 10:11:04 PM
What a great capture you have here, re the stormy effects approaching, but a great composition as well...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 11/04/2006 07:12:57 AM
good focus on the chair compared to the slight blur of the background due to the storm.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 11/02/2006 07:27:38 PM
too bad about the vehicles in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/02/2006 07:07:38 PM
I think the cars are distracting and detract from a very fine shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/01/2006 10:57:05 AM
Subject well focused and focal point: 1
Lighting: 2
Composition: 1
Background: 1
First impression/ Wow factor: 1
Artistic "override": +1
Total: 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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