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Challenge: Free Study 2012-05 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: May 14, 2012
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2012

 Thanks everyone for the generous votes and very kind comments.

This area is called magic island and is a man-made peninsula in the waikiki area. It has appeared in a few other shots before, here, here, and here, but all of these were facing east while this entry was facing west. It's always crowded here with families picnicking, people exercising, etc. so it can be difficult getting a shot with no one in the water. This evening there was a little girl who kept jumping on the rocks in front of my camera but kicking her into the water cured that. (OK, I of course didn't do that but it did cross my mind.) Fortunately, she eventually left so I was able to get this shot.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 273
Avg (all users): 7.0000
Avg (commenters): 8.4444
Avg (participants): 6.9167
Avg (non-participants): 7.2353
Views since voting: 1774
Views during voting: 249
Votes: 130
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 06/10/2012 09:53:14 AM
nice.
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 06/07/2012 11:40:54 PM
Congrats on 5th. I love the silky soft pastels.
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 06/07/2012 10:33:37 PM
One day I'll get the water to look like that, one day I say ;)

Congrats on the TT.
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 06/07/2012 08:32:37 PM
Grats on the honorable mention Mark.
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 06/07/2012 08:17:49 PM
Hey man, congrats on your HM... very nice shot :)
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 06/07/2012 08:15:15 PM
Love when the water looks like that. Congrats on the HM!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2012 04:23:44 PM
The city adds a lot to this and I like it much more than the usual "dramatic wideangle shorescape" shot.
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 06/07/2012 03:48:26 PM
The mix of the modern buildings with the potentially primordial foreground is cool and the colors mix really well. The long exposure and the cottony water adds to the feel.
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 06/07/2012 02:34:50 PM
I got this in my top 3. It's makes me almost wish I lived on O'ahu just so I can attempt a shot like this, but then I remember all that traffic :p
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 06/07/2012 03:40:03 AM
Feels like stopping for a moment to center myself before heading in to the city to work.
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 06/06/2012 09:43:47 AM
When an image pops up and makes me say "wow" you know it's something special.
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 06/06/2012 12:24:37 AM
Excellent! Hope to see it in top 3! (10)
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 06/03/2012 12:31:09 PM
Dreamy...
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 06/02/2012 01:31:10 PM
This is very good! It naturally draws the eye to where it should be and is sharp without adding noise, and is vibrant without clipping. Very well done! 8 from me
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 06/02/2012 02:56:43 AM
Love the feeling of calm and pureness in this scene.
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