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PURE Serenity
PURE Serenity
emlbaker


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Challenge: Pure... (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Swan River, Perth, Australia
Date: Jun 10, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jun 10, 2007

 This guy was slowly edging his way around the shallows of the Swan River in Perth. While out and about looking for a Candid entry, I saw him out there all alone, with not a care in the world. I actually turned to my wife and pointed him out, thinking to myself, PURE Serenity. SNAP, there was my PURE entry.

About the conditions and the shot. Focal length was 300mm using CP filter attached to the front of the lens. Sun was high but just behind me (1PM) with little to no clouds. Water reflections were dampened using the CP Filter. I chose to convert this to BW as it gave the shot some more impact IMO.

Processing:

Crop, Resize, Gradiant Layer, Contrast/Brightness Layer, Noise removal.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 06/18/2007 03:01:20 PM
fantastic clarity, sharpness and composition .. great job!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/17/2007 02:05:09 PM
Nice - definitely suits your title and the B&W contributes to that well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon
06/16/2007 02:06:36 PM
Beautiful tones. I do think that moment of "pure serenity" might have been there but what you captured doesn't show that for me. He looks distracted and the houses in the background don't help the situation.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/15/2007 09:22:01 PM
Great composition. Excellent candid shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/14/2007 04:56:22 AM
A day on the lake is always nice. This is a nice looking shot. Good tones. What would be really nice, is if you could just capture him and the water with no houses in the background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/14/2007 12:42:35 AM
Great DOF and focus. I like the contrast as well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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