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Challenge: Free Study 2008-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS / IXUS 80 IS
Location: Mooloolaba
Date: May 17, 2008
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/500s
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2008

 If this shot gets any decent score, it will prove the camera is irrelevant. I got my wife a new Canon IXUS for Mother's day. There was one criteria for the purchase, and it had nothing to do with image quality. Just size. She wanted the smallest camera available, so it would fit in her handbag. Well, the handbag thing meant that she had it with her when we went to the beach. I held it down low on the ground near the water, and used the display to compose the shot. With my DSLR, I would have had to lay out flat on the cold rocks with my head and chest in the water.

It wasn't until editing this shot that I realised I've submitted my seascape entry from pretty much the same spot about this time last year. One of those rocks is the same one! :)

I spotted the people up on the rocks, and took a couple of shots, and this pose is the one I like best. There's actually a couple of other people hiding in the tree on the right, but they aren't very noticeable with their outlines hidden in the tree.

Editing was saturation, some D&B, colour adjustments to bring out more of the orange tones, minor cloning, selective sharpening. Hopefully I haven't overdone the blue.

I actually think this shot is all wrong compositionally, but in the abscence of anything nicer, the crop is unchanged from the camera. However, the colours are nice, the mood is calm, and the sillhouettes of the girl and the dad do really add a nice focus to the image. I hope it does well. There's been a few similar style images on the front page this week (better than mine), so hopefully people are still in the mood for the style by the time the FS rolls over. :)

Post-challenge - Well there it is, one of my top images. Score one for the Canon IXUS 80. :)

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 481
Avg (all users): 6.5647
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4720
Avg (non-participants): 6.8222
Views since voting: 1748
Views during voting: 284
Votes: 170
Comments: 15
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/08/2008 05:46:10 PM
I really liked this one. Great finish.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/08/2008 04:06:37 AM
Man, I thought this would at least be top 5! you were robbed...an IXUS did this? amazing!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 06/07/2008 04:53:09 PM
That moon sure is a frame hogger!
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 06/07/2008 12:46:53 PM
Wonderful colour and mood the silouettes of the people really add that extra interest to the shot.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/06/2008 07:29:34 AM
very nice, like the blue tones
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Sony DSC--RX10 II
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 06/05/2008 06:20:49 PM
Nice composition. The couple watching the moon on the left are nicely balanced by the tree on the right.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/05/2008 03:36:24 AM
I would have titled it "Romeo and Juliet" - at least that's the first thing that came to my mind when I viewed the shot. Very nice use of late light.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
 06/02/2008 11:38:47 AM
BEAUTIFULLY composed. The 2 people add the perfect final touch to the scene which really makes it unique. I love the detail you left in the rocks and sand
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/01/2008 03:10:25 PM
Beautiful, very beautiful. Love the cold blue tone and the two people and the tree really make a diffrence. Well done.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 06/01/2008 02:32:38 PM
Great colours - really nice composition :)
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 06/01/2008 11:59:06 AM
This is really lovely. I like the blues and the composition with the moon just above the people. Great lighting, intriquing capture with about a million stories that could be playing out between the two people.
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Nikon D7000
Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED
 06/01/2008 09:46:56 AM
Wonderful sense of place and atmosphere. Stunning colour and great use of silhouette. 8.
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 06/01/2008 09:39:31 AM
I really like this shot- very different, very nicely taken.

To be honest the people are very nearly superfluous in this, the tones and colours, the silhouettes and the moon all combine beautifully.

It would be great to see this in the top ten.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 06/01/2008 09:00:34 AM
WOW - perfect. Love the title too.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/01/2008 08:12:42 AM
wow...has to be a top 5 contender...a gorgeous silhouette... a moon! and great blue tones...excellent 9
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