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d u s k at the marina

Postby flipfrog on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:16 pm

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Postby flipfrog on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:17 pm

15 second exposure X 2, manually stitched.
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Postby firsty on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:19 pm

What a great image, I love the light
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Postby Technik on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:29 pm

absolutely beautiful! I love it :lol:
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Postby colin_12 on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:38 pm

I agree with Firsty. This has a lovely soft light to it. Nice still water too.
Very nice Flipfrog.
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Postby fishafotos on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:46 pm

Exquisite. There is something about the northern hemisphere that is just magical, especially in a semi-alpine environment.
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Postby ozczecho on Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:58 pm

Great shots Dee..great colours throughout...and also 15s exp with boats and the boats are sharp...awesome....
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Postby flipfrog on Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:01 pm

yeah, pretty calm water tonight so little to no boat movement during the exposures.
the remaining light from the sunset gave just enough light on the river to bounce up and expose the boats.
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Postby Alex on Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:33 pm

Absolutely love this image. Beautiful dusk colours and nice atmosphere you created.

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Postby Yi-P on Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:15 pm

Simply well balanced and nicely stitched, amazing job :D
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:17 pm

Dee

What can I say - yet another fantastic image from you. And still using a D70 - which proves the old adage about it being the photographer and not their equipment.
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Postby big pix on Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:24 pm

just perfect........
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Postby Oscar on Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:50 pm

Gorgeous shot Dee. So still. Lovely colours in a beautiful setting.

Wish I was there.

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Postby thelastname on Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:53 pm

Beautiful shot, well done need I say more. )
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Postby pippin88 on Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:55 pm

Dee, another great shot.

Yet to see you post a less than impressive shot.
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Postby firsty on Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:39 pm

after coming back to look at this again 2 things come to mind

1: the jet trail on the right is distracting, cloning it out may improve the end result
2: the 3 red lights next to the left hand edge are also distracting either cropping or cloning them would be the go

both minor points :)
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Postby flipfrog on Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:20 am

keith for the CC

i totally agree about the three red lights, and i was planning to clone 'em out... and actually i just did in my orig version

you dont have me convinced about the jet streak though....
talk to me more
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Postby flipfrog on Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:46 am

What can I say - yet another fantastic image from you. And still using a D70 - which proves the old adage about it being the photographer and not their equipment.
-stubbsy

u make it sound like the d70 was released in the dark ages...
its only a couple years old really LOL
thanks for the kind remarks tho :)
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Postby dodge on Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:12 am

Amazing capture. :D
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Postby firsty on Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:11 pm

flipfrog wrote:keith you don't have me convinced about the jet streak though....
talk to me more


it's no so much that the jet trail is there as it is the brightness of it and that side of the image
maybe set the burn tool to highlights and burn some of the brightness out of it
every time I look at the image my focus is pulled over to the right and I find it hard to look at the detail in the rest of the image for more than a few seconds before I'm drawn away again
you could use the sponge tool to see what saturation you can get out of the bright part of the sky so color is the reason you are drawn there not brightness then you would be free to move around the image at will

as I say this it is still a maybe, you will have to try and see how far out I am :)
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Postby firsty on Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:49 pm

Ok I couldn't help myself :)
if you want it taken down just let me know
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my very quick edit top and your original at the bottom
looking at it now I think I have gone to far with the saturation I would swap out a little saturation for a little more burn to keep the apparent level the same
I burnt the jet trail, the sky below it, the bright water around the boats and under the piers etc. to the right and darkened up the building at the end of the jetty
the only real saturation boost was to to the light part of the sky above the orange to add color there
also I think on my edit the blue between the orange and the jet trail should be a little darker

look what you have started, I'll be thinking about the shot for days now :)

edit: also note that the original you posted is still in adobe RGB and has not been converted to sRGB for web viewing that is why the original of yours that I posted is a little more vibrant (I always convert to sRGB before I upload web photos)
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:19 pm

Another cracker from you Dee. Well done- lovely vista and light!
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Postby ozimax on Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:53 am

You've done it again Flippie, wonderful shot.
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Postby dawesy on Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:47 am

Breathtaking colour, and so sharp for a long exposure. Well done indeed!
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Postby Grev on Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:52 am

I'm surprised the water is so still! Makes perfect long exposures though.
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Postby kazuhiro on Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:32 pm

excellent shot!!
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Postby flipfrog on Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:05 am

firsty:
i like what u did. the highlights are definately less distractive now.

:) good job
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:10 am

Wow.....what an image....keeper for sure!!
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Postby firsty on Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:32 pm

flipfrog
just so you know... as you seem to have been away for a few weeks
this photo won photo of the week see http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=24110
congratulations :)
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