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Dancing With The Elements
Dancing With The Elements
purpleflutterby13


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Challenge: The Four Elements II (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix F30
Location: The beach in Aberdeen, Scotland
Date: May 21, 2007
Aperture: 6.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.2 sec
Galleries: Performance, Water
Date Uploaded: May 21, 2007

 This was shot in the absolutely freezing North Sea - I set up the shot, and my stepdad ended up pressing the shutter button while I ran in, stood still for about 4 mins spinning fire, then ran out again and jumped around trying to warm up...

Editing: crop, levels, curves, hue/sat, brightness/constrast, selective colour, usm. A bit of burning to the sea randomly at a low opacity to make it look a bit more dramatic. The light in the picture was shifted slightly by creating a new layer, painting on it in black and white, applying extreme Gaussian blur and setting the blend mode to soft light. Minor bits of blurring and cloning to get rid of slight colour imperfections. And I believe that's about it. Resized and added border.

I hope jumping into the North Sea was worth it!

Statistics
Place: 125 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.8301
Avg (commenters): 5.2500
Avg (participants): 5.7188
Avg (non-participants): 6.0175
Views since voting: 1112
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 153
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 06/12/2007 04:33:54 PM
The lengths you will go for your shots! Very pretty. :)
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 06/05/2007 04:38:36 PM
I think this is gorgeous. Very nice composition and good contrasting elements (photographic elements like shapes and colors, not fire vs. water).
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 06/04/2007 03:21:08 PM
Almost looks like you have wings of fire. Neat shot and very nice score.
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Nikon D200
Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
 06/04/2007 02:07:46 PM
Congrats on the wonderful score. Nicely composed image with nice contrast in colors. Really, the repeating colors are wonderful. Very nice location.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 06/04/2007 01:12:41 PM
This is really cool because it looks like you have fiery wings. Love the reflection in the pretty, blue water.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-10D
Tamron SP AF 11-18mm Aspherical Di II LD IF f/4.5-5.6 for Canon Digital
 06/03/2007 06:11:24 PM
cool!!!!
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-85mm f2.8-4.0D
 05/30/2007 02:38:12 PM
ok
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 05/29/2007 05:22:48 AM
good concept, but image quality is rather poor
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 05/29/2007 01:40:09 AM
Nice lighting and great location.
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 05/28/2007 05:55:30 PM
Looks like a fun shot to do and you pull it off nicely
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/28/2007 11:07:59 AM
Butterfly child at sunset on the evening of a glorious day... ;)
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