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Triple Assault on the Grand Strand
Triple Assault on the Grand Strand
karmat


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pigeons (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: South Myrtle Beach, SC
Date: Jul 16, 2009
Aperture: unk
ISO: 100
Shutter: unk
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 20, 2009

Cold hotel room + hot, humid seaside = condensation out the wahoo. First, the polarizer and the lcd. that cleared up, then the lens and the viewfinder. finally i thought it had all cleared up when apparently, the mirror condensed over. lovely soft focus, pinhole feel to a bunch of shots.

This one was slightly foggy, but a huge contrast boost and a bunch of other stuff made it at least viewable. I don't expect to score over 5, and if it hadn't been advanced editing, I wouldn't have scored over 4. :)

Statistics
Place: 55 out of 61
Avg (all users): 4.5498
Avg (commenters): 4.8000
Avg (participants): 4.1176
Avg (non-participants): 4.6328
Views since voting: 921
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 211
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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08/01/2009 02:59:14 PM
I didn't vote in this challenge, but I also can't believe that it scored so low. Nice one. Oh and 'grats on the Golden Bear award.
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07/29/2009 10:03:44 AM
Geeze, I can't believe this image got so utterly hammered, holy smokes! I'm the one that gave you your lone 10, and I can't understand how this image failed to move at least a few more viewers. The sense of stark, surreal immediacy, the inarticulate *foreboding* of the image, are just remarkable. But evidently I'm way out of tune with the rest of the voters on this one, and you know, I don't care! I'm making you the second-ever winner of the Golden Bear award :-)



R.
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07/29/2009 12:39:34 AM
extremely underrated. i didn't vote in this challenge, but i would've given you an 8 or 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/28/2009 05:25:55 PM
beautiful waves, but it seems blurry
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07/24/2009 04:22:04 PM
I forget that pigeons are around the beach as well as seagulls... Nice spatial theme!
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07/23/2009 10:07:01 PM
While an intersting beach shot the pigeons are out of focus and underexposed with no detail. It's also pretty dark and the border doesn't help.
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07/23/2009 10:52:21 AM
Image quality needs some attention, was this a very tight crop?
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07/22/2009 04:00:43 AM
Ha!! Great catch!!
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