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Serene Dawn
Serene Dawn
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Goose Lake, Idaho
Date: Aug 10, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2007

 I'd like to see this do well as I think it represents my best of 2006, but I'm up against a ton of great competition, so I'll hope for maybe top 10%. That would rock!

I might get dinged for the centered horizon, but I think it adds to the calm stillness of the shot. It was very early morning (5:17 am) and we had driven over an hour to get there. It was also extremely cold for August! Sadly, no fish were caught, but did see lots of large animal tracks.

Editing was very minor, a touch of crop/horizon adjust, USM, slight levels, hue, and sat adjust, and that's about it.

POST CHALLENGE - I think people thought that is the sun in the shot, but it was really early morning, that's the full moon! Thanks for the constructive comments, I agree w/ most of what was said. Oh, and it wasn't bright enough to cast much reflection.

Statistics
Place: 552 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.2877
Avg (commenters): 6.2222
Avg (participants): 5.1794
Avg (non-participants): 5.6067
Views since voting: 996
Views during voting: 446
Votes: 351
Comments: 9
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/25/2007 11:11:03 AM
Very nice image. Serene indeed.
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 01/25/2007 12:00:30 AM
a beautiful, calm, peaceful place. nicely observed.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/24/2007 11:53:37 PM
Peaceful image here...
Pentax K10D
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
 01/21/2007 06:07:59 AM
I just realised you can say "Serene Dawn" in a way that almost sounds like you're saying "Celine Dion". ;>รพ

Nice picture, by the way. It looks as though if you had made one step forward, you would have got the sun's reflection on the water as well.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 01/19/2007 09:32:13 PM
Very very pretty
 01/19/2007 11:28:08 AM
nice peaceful landscape. great image
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro 1:2 for Canon
 01/15/2007 08:53:03 PM
Very calm... kind of dark, imo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 4
 01/15/2007 08:45:43 AM
very good, but ... more contrast and more saturation would make it even better
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/13/2007 04:40:18 PM
Very serene! I think the shot is really well balanced and had the tones of the sky balanced the rest of the image, I'd score higher. Either way, you got a good score from me. Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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