The Place is Brighton, and it was actually dusk not dawn...I took license to call it a cove, but this is art right?
Took this on a Sunday evening when there were people around. Don't like being out in the dark around the sea at night any more! Used a tripod, went for a small aperture and a long exposure (30 Seconds). Nice that it was rather still and the yachts were frozen for me.
THE EDIT:
Levels, Colour balance adjustment layer, noise reduction adjustment layer, no sharpening (although there was a little in noise ninja), adjusted levels and did a little dodging and burning. After all that I decided to go for a duotone. I like the border, though I know some dpc people will not.
I had about 8-10 editing attempts to really massage the best out of this image. I was tossing up whether to do colour or duotone and settled for the duo which is nice and punchy. I will post the outakes after the challenge.
THE PREDICTION:
I think this will be a low 6 as there will be lots of clever entries and there is nothing too dramatic here. 6.2???
POST CHALLENGE: Wow! I seem to be the king of yellow ribbons! Thanks everyone. Nice to scrape in. Thank you!!!
This image started life doing it tough and crawled back from mid 6’s to over 7. In the last half hour, moved from 7.16XX to under 7.1, which makes me think that some people might lower the votes at the top in order to gain a little advantage and win. Call me suspicious, but I am about this issue as it seems to happen quite often.
Thanks for all the votes everyone.
Here are a couple of Outtakes:
This is a colour version.
And this one is another shot from the same place that I was considering:
Statistics
Place: 3 out of 194 Avg (all users): 7.1088 Avg (commenters): 8.5000 Avg (participants): 6.6933 Avg (non-participants): 7.5417 Views since voting: 8763 Views during voting: 284 Votes: 147 Comments: 49 Favorites: 16 (view)
You are one of the best photographers on DPC, you have an excellent eye, and consistently produce amazing stuff, congrats on a great score and yet another ribbon, nicely done, adding to faves.
i've just looked at your last 10 entries in challenges .. if mojo is so easily lost and then reclaimed i'm wondering if you'd give me a bit of yours .. you have plenty !!
another amazing photograph .. i know i commented before, but it's pretty excellent .. nothing like making a point i reckon .. gotta go .. :)
Just one thought... I am sure you had put this border... but may be you can try putting a simpler border (1 pix white + 3 pix black) uniformly across all sides... it will look even better (jut my thought... i am not an expert... but still thought of sharing as i love this photo so much)
Ahhhh...Enzo...CONGRATULATIONS! I just can't decide which one I like better this dark and moody version or the color outtake...both are FABULOUS! I want a D300 too! Too bad I can't order your talent as an accessory...::sigh:: Well done as always!
love the border especially how it sort'v bleeds into the lower part of your image .. this is stunning .. a wonderful photograph processed to perfection .. CONGRATULATIONS on a very well deserved score and another ribbon ... :)
Love ALL your duotones, I prefer this one over the colour. If we do GTG in Melbourne later this year I hope you will give a class on how you process these so well...congrats!
Dude - This is such a beautiful image. [I actually commented on this immediately, but the feedback seems to have been lost, so I'm trying to recreate my emotions.]
The blues and the tonal range are amazing. Plus the fact that you are one of the DPCers I most admire and respect - so it's a great honor to be included in the ribbon arena with you. I still have so much to learn and you have so much to teach. Thanks for hanging with the likes of me. :-)
I totally retract my earlier comment, i clearly don't know what i'm talking about :P Congrats on the ribbon! looks great both in color and in duotone, border adds to the impact
Nice image and lighting. Great colors. Border is okay, not so sure with the thick top and bottom, but an otherwise terrific image. I'm sure this will be in the top 3.
THIS is a very nice image- I love how the boats are in their own little spot of light, and the shadows 'frame' them, the glassy reflection is lovely as well; and overal the blue hue gives it a night-time feel for me that stops me in my tracks and makes me take a nice virtual breath of 'cool fresh air' :) I had this at a 9 and now bumped it up to a 10 with a second look... the lines and shapes are just -great- ! nicely done :)
I think I know who this is so I don't want to criticize the master, but it seems like the resolution is a bit off here, the boats do not look very sharp to me. I won't take off from my vote, still a great shot with excellent post-processing, the choice of blue works very well.
Brighton Cove Dawn
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