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Challenge: Benches (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Places
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
Date: Nov 22, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 22, 2008

 Taken on a visit to Wrightsville Beach, NC. GORGEOUS sunset and the bench was a nice bonus. I'm really happy with this.

PP - converted from RAW, levels, white balance, desaturated sand, colored bench and posts browner and burnt them, increased saturation, used saturation tool on grass, burned/dodged grasses a little, increased contrast, added border, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 126
Avg (all users): 6.2941
Avg (commenters): 7.2273
Avg (participants): 6.2182
Avg (non-participants): 6.3367
Views since voting: 1836
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 153
Comments: 24
Favorites: 2 (view)

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Olympus E-10
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 12/09/2008 08:31:45 AM
I think unresolved sharpen on my monitor, but certainly beautiful light & colour, one of my favorites in this challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 11/30/2008 05:35:47 PM
Beautiful colours
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 11/30/2008 09:39:23 AM
beautiful colors
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Leica SL
Voigtlander Ultron 35mm f/1.7 Aspherical MF Wide Angle - Black
 11/29/2008 01:18:10 PM
Lovely pastel sky. Great image.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/28/2008 08:13:21 PM
Nice capture of a nice place. Makes me want to sit a spell. Pastels seem peaceful.
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 11/28/2008 06:42:52 PM
Such pretty soft pastels
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital
 11/28/2008 02:44:44 PM
Lovely soft feeling to this.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 II
 11/28/2008 01:44:52 PM
Makes me wish I was there. Superb use of colour
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/28/2008 11:44:39 AM
Very pretty colors. The lighting seems a bit off - HDR type processing? Composition a little static - nothing pulls me into moving about the image. 6
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/28/2008 10:59:56 AM
Ah, the annoyance of graffiti. There are times when it's a wonderful artform but other times when it is indeed an annoyance. I very much like the view here - the soft pastels are lovely.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/27/2008 12:48:48 AM
Interesting - the image itself says "calm, peaceful, quite" The technical image looks to have a bit of noise to it.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 11/26/2008 03:15:18 PM
Beautiful wish I was sitting there. :)
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/26/2008 11:54:35 AM
like the pastel colors on this
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
OM System 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS PRO M.Zuiko Digital ED
 11/26/2008 12:43:41 AM
perfectly beautiful and understated ... soft and dreamy .. a brilliant process .. i would love to stop awhile and sit on that bench .. your image makes me feel that the time spent would be calming and meditative .. :)
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 11/25/2008 10:03:50 PM
Beautiful soft colors.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ED-IF
 11/25/2008 07:01:02 PM
I like the pale tones
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/24/2008 09:20:23 PM
nice view
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/24/2008 06:11:09 PM
nice pastels here. i wish the graffiti wasn't there, not sure if it would've been a rules violation to clone it
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 11/24/2008 06:01:38 PM
Lovely shot. Beautiful colours.
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/24/2008 05:29:03 PM
Such soft tone compared to most of the others, I really like
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/24/2008 02:10:36 PM
the soft pastels are really pretty. Commenting only.
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 11/24/2008 01:33:29 PM
beautiful pallett
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Nikon D2Xs
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/24/2008 08:11:20 AM
This is such a beautiful picture, I wish the bench didn't have writing on the back. 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/24/2008 01:03:42 AM
Be careful with the tone mapping! It can go too far. Still, nice composition and overall color scheme.
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