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Prelude to an Immersion
Prelude to an Immersion
Brent_S


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Challenge: Close Your Eyes (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Olympic Coast, WA, USA
Date: Mar 24, 2012
Aperture: f10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50 sec
Date Uploaded: Mar 29, 2012

 The title comes from the fact that seconds after shooting this frame I got hit really hard by a wave coming in from the left :-/
So I was in a pretty place when I shot this no doubt. My idea was to walk blindly toward the water (looking like a total idiot) with the autofocus set to auto point selection and snap whenever I could here waves splashing against the rocks. I got some nice splashes and sense of peril in some frames. But in the end, this frame with that tongue of water reaching out was the most interesting to me.
I had 74 images on my card when I left this beach. I finished off the additional captures to 100 in a rain forest where I got lots of nice green. Still, this image was the most interesting to me.
The selection of advanced editing instead of minimal seemed a little odd to me for this topic (not that I'm a fan of minimal without some latitude for cropping the aspect ratio at least). But given that it was allowed I processed this image as I would any other advanced topic image.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 94
Avg (all users): 5.9375
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 5.7091
Avg (non-participants): 6.1579
Views since voting: 332
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 112
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/05/2012 06:16:25 PM
Marvelous shot under any circumstances. You must have been thrilled to get it with eyes closed. Did you get wet? Did your camera get wet? 9
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 04/05/2012 10:15:05 AM
I couldn't have composed it better with my eyes open.
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 04/05/2012 08:30:17 AM
Incredible, the right place at the right time. Beautifully processed!
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 04/04/2012 05:14:06 PM
Whoa! Verry niiiiiiice ! With eyes closed! I so love that scenery!
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 04/04/2012 07:58:14 AM
Certainly beautiful. While this may have been taken with the eyes closed, I'm not sure this was taken in the spirit of the challenge, as it would appear you knew where you were going, and where you were pointing the image before closing your eyes and snapping. Seems very intentional. Anyhow, for this reason I'm not voting, even though I really enjoy the image.
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 04/02/2012 08:21:14 AM
Beautiful shot. Love the location, the detail, the colors. Well done
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 04/02/2012 07:55:06 AM
"Looks staged", but i also had the idea of "go somewhere cool, walk around and just take random pictures, hopefully something cool comes out of it" which i think is what you did here.
Apparent that it's not a long exposure given the distinction of the water near the rocks. Definitely an interesting image :)
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 04/01/2012 07:09:55 PM
This is too good for closed eyes. i guess the still life worked in your favor.
 03/31/2012 03:49:34 PM
Great Job!
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 03/31/2012 01:50:37 AM
Lovely but does look like a carefully planned shot though. 8
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 03/30/2012 12:19:02 AM
That's certainly dangerous territory! nice shot with good timing
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