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Challenge: Free Study 2009-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2009 Challenge Entires
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Location: Tresure Island
Date: May 31, 2009
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Urban, Landscape
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2009

 Three exposures from the single raw image, tone mapped and merge using Photomatics.

PP:
Levels and curve adjustment
NI
Healing brush
Hue and Saturation adjustment
Sharpening
USM
Image resize
Canvase resize to add border
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 137 out of 434
Avg (all users): 5.9248
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8958
Avg (non-participants): 6.0000
Views since voting: 800
Views during voting: 226
Votes: 133
Comments: 6
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 06/10/2009 01:59:52 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club

Very surprised to find this score below 6. I like this image very much, the subject is interesting. The tones and colours are excellent.

The only thing I may consider changing a little bit is the crop. I personally find the foreground rocks to be a bit redundant. I think the image would be stronger if you cropped those out.

Judging by the comments you have received, I think the border possibly hurt the score a bit.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 06/07/2009 02:10:02 AM
stunning light and tones...
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Fujifilm X-Pro3
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 06/03/2009 10:39:03 PM
border detracts from a great capture - nice tonality.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/03/2009 09:15:31 PM
really like the long exposure of this...the city seems to just "glow"
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 06/02/2009 03:32:31 PM
Hmm - nice shot but it seems like it would lend itself to more of a panorama crop - appreciate the foreground interest but it might have been better to shoot from lower with the same crop at the bottom which would decrease the water area, and then crop the sky to match.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 06/02/2009 08:54:17 AM
Nice shot !! The foreground rocks distract IMO. 8 , The tones are excellent
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