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Misty Morning Maestro
Misty Morning Maestro
dunces


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Wildlife (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Lincoln, NE
Date: Oct 2, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/4000
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2004

 Color cast, levels, smudged fog at top, but biggest change was cloning out a pelican head on left. Hope that's not too drastic of a change. Also slightly dodged and burned, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 160
Avg (all users): 6.9385
Avg (commenters): 8.1818
Avg (participants): 6.8144
Avg (non-participants): 7.0612
Views since voting: 2467
Views during voting: 435
Votes: 195
Comments: 35
Favorites: 8 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/28/2006 05:24:39 AM
I love this shot!
 08/15/2005 03:50:18 PM
this is a really cool shot
 10/11/2004 09:48:15 AM
Thanks everyone for their nice comments. I spent some serious time in the cold to get this one. :)
 10/11/2004 06:08:14 AM
This is beautiful! I love the composition and well, everything about it.
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 10/11/2004 01:06:32 AM
This, along with "Fawn in Fog", were tied for my favorites of the challenge. Wonderful work, and what an eye (or just simple luck) in catching an absolutely priceless, hilarious moment.

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 10/10/2004 09:12:03 PM
awesome shot. the least typical in the top 10.
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 10/10/2004 08:11:34 PM
Congratulations on your 9th placing with this ethereal scene. Good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/10/2004 07:07:08 PM
Very nice. I love the fog, and the composition and the bird showing off really makes it great.
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 10/10/2004 06:29:29 PM
Nice shot. I like the negative space at the botttom and the misty look. I would have ran it through Neat Image to clean up the color noise.
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 10/10/2004 09:30:55 AM
wow. Really nice posture. Not so sure about crop
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 10/08/2004 09:32:53 PM
This is a definate WOW. He certainly looks like a maestro. Love the colors and the negative space.
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 10/08/2004 06:58:45 PM
The colors, texture and subject are wonderful. This is a great picture. It does need to have less negative space on the bottom cropped, or, an equal amount of skyline above to add balance. Cropped just a few inches below the last bird would have made this a 10 in my opinion.
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 10/08/2004 02:59:42 PM
I'm clicking through here, voting on photos, and this totally stops me in my tracks. An absolutely stunning image, I can't take my eyes off it. It's like a gathering of angels or something. I'd give you a 12 if I could.
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 10/06/2004 07:46:36 PM
exquisite. one of my top picks for the challenge. really captures a mood. great use of negative space. hope this does well.
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 10/06/2004 07:03:35 PM
Love it. Great crop with the forward fog
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 10/06/2004 05:33:20 PM
Very original. If it had not been of all the water at the bottom I would have rated it even higer. Nothing wrong, just a bit too much to my taste.
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 10/06/2004 09:30:31 AM
A surrealistic dream. Beautiful.
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 10/06/2004 06:40:07 AM
Wow, didn't see this one till now. This is awesome. Going in my favorites. 10
I really like your crop and choice of leaving the misty empytness in the foreground, it's a gutsy move on this site and shows you have your own vision. I would be interested in seeing more photos from this shoot.
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 10/06/2004 03:54:04 AM
Ahhh :)) very interesting catch...could be bit more sharper but still its nice. Good luck.
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 10/05/2004 10:05:07 PM
Nice use of negative space and great title.
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 10/05/2004 05:50:34 PM
Good capture. I'd be interested in seeing some of your other misty morning shots from that morning. Shooting in mist always adds a nice dynamic to photography. May have worked a little stronger in an 8x10 crop, the added space at the bottom doesn't add to the composition in my opinion. Thanks for sharing. -danny
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 10/05/2004 03:20:54 PM
Very nice...
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 10/05/2004 09:49:19 AM
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Message edited by author 2005-07-12 08:23:58.
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 10/05/2004 08:30:51 AM
Very cool picture! I really love the misty ocean feel of this picture. I can just see some inspirational writing at the bottom of this, matted and framed on a wall.
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 10/05/2004 03:11:45 AM
Love that crop. 8 - floyd
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 10/04/2004 04:14:57 PM
Wonderful mood photograph. I like the tone of it. Nice cropping. Very catchy title. I really like by placing the Pelicans and Gulls in the top third of the photo, the fog, mist, is reflected in the smooth water below. Very well done! If I could vote you would get a 10 from me!
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 10/04/2004 01:57:16 PM
Wow! It makes me feel dusty. Actually it is very mystical. It's like he is conjuring the mist.
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 10/04/2004 01:41:46 PM
I might have cropped a little more off the bottom, but this is really good. Nice work!
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 10/04/2004 11:28:41 AM
A lovely feeling of time, place and mood. Lovely muted colour palette. Nice composition.
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 10/04/2004 07:37:29 AM
Very interesting composition. I like it very much. What a wonderful capture. =)
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 10/04/2004 06:07:27 AM
A different crop of this shot in a little better focus would have been perfect imo. As it is, it is still a great shot with a well thought out title.
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 10/04/2004 01:49:49 AM
Beethoven's Sixth. 10
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 10/03/2004 11:57:35 PM
My favorite for this challenge, nice find, well done 10
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 10/03/2004 08:53:54 PM
beautiful work :) I love the fog...
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 10/03/2004 08:16:47 PM
Awesome Awesome Awesome. Love the rule of thirds. Love the drama - movement - expression. You have amazing talent.


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