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30 Seconds of Light and Waves
30 Seconds of Light and Waves
Ken


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Long Exposure II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Michigan City, IN
Date: Nov 3, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 The colors when converted from RAW didn't look much different from what's here. I (hopefully) just made them better. The version automatically converted from the Canon software was a mostly orange sky.

First shoot with the new Sigma lens.

Convert from RAW
Rotate
Crop
Hue/Sat
Levels
NI
Shadow/Highlight
Dodge/Burn
Clone out a few small lights in sky & small distractions
Blue Tool <==== Edit: I don't know what I meant to type here!

Post Challenge: Thanks for the votes and comments. I had no filter on the lens for the star effect. I took shots further from the right and the effect is greatly reduced. I suspect it's mostly due to something partially blocking the light.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.9385
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 6.7614
Avg (non-participants): 7.1099
Views since voting: 4864
Views during voting: 353
Votes: 179
Comments: 20
Favorites: 5 (view)

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Nikon D3s
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/10/2008 02:32:19 AM
Brilliant Image Great work.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/15/2006 03:12:02 PM
Great star. Figured you must have used a filter. Nice shot and congrats on your finish.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 11/15/2006 11:19:54 AM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Beautiful shot!
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/14/2006 03:39:08 PM
One of the best star effects I have ever seen. :) Great shot.
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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 11/13/2006 10:39:08 PM
That lens flare is AWESOME, I was one of the ten's I just loved how big and exagerrated that is, great shot! Congrats on the 7th place finish.
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Canon PowerShot SD200
 11/13/2006 02:21:57 PM
You are doing so well... loving these shots!!!

Hope you are doing well! :-)
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 11/13/2006 12:30:51 PM
Wow, what a great place for a star! Congratulations on the top 10 finish!
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/13/2006 12:49:21 AM
That lovely beacon shines like a star out of the deep of the night. Congratulations on your 7th place.
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Pentax K20D
Pentax SMC-F 50mm f/1.7
 11/13/2006 12:14:55 AM
Woohoo! What an excellent finish! Congratulations :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Canon
 11/12/2006 10:44:45 PM
That's quite the star on the lighthouse light, if only the flare wasn't there. Very pretty color and surreal looking water.
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Canon EOS-60D
Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD with Piezo
11/12/2006 10:37:32 PM
Awesome flare! Brilliant.
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Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera
 11/11/2006 10:07:23 AM
beautiful photo, lame title :-)
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 11/10/2006 09:53:18 AM
the splay of light from the tower is really striking.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/09/2006 09:12:26 AM
All on scale of 0-2
Focus: 1
Lighting: 2
Composition: 1
Creativity: 2
Wow Factor: 2

Total: 8
Really cool shot!
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 11/07/2006 03:01:16 PM
The contrast, color, and illumination are excellent. The starburst from the lighthouse makes the photo 'shine'.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/06/2006 02:40:42 PM
love the star pattern from the light
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Nikon D80
Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Nikon
 11/06/2006 12:33:14 PM
great shot
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Canon EOS-40D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/06/2006 08:52:51 AM
greta star effect - did you use a starburst filter, and if not, how did you do it.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 11/06/2006 07:22:34 AM
Quite beautiful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/06/2006 02:59:05 AM
Very nice image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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