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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Collection: Nature
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Indian Beach
Date: Apr 26, 2005
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

Photoshoot with MadHatter the newest addition to the Cannon Beach contingency. Saw a surfer coming in and saw the possibility for this challenge. It was towards sunset, so many surfers were coming in at different points, this was one of the later shots I got.

Editing: Crop, B&C, Greyscale, Size, USM, Neat Image

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Statistics
Place: 7 out of 492
Avg (all users): 6.6356
Avg (commenters): 7.8913
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.7861
Views since voting: 2645
Views during voting: 502
Votes: 365
Comments: 59
Favorites: 6 (view)


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05/08/2005 05:07:41 AM
That's will be the second for my voting. I really like the composition and grat choice of the b\n. bye
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05/04/2005 08:23:58 PM
Right on the money for this challenge. Beautiful and stunning. Congratulations with the 7th finish.
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05/04/2005 06:20:10 PM

Congratulations, Zoomdak! What an awesome photo!

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05/04/2005 04:54:29 PM
Congratulations on top ten finish..this was a wonderful picture of the immensity of nature.
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05/04/2005 07:39:25 AM
Many congratulations on your high placement with a difficult topic!
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05/04/2005 04:50:05 AM
Congrats on another good score. Did not vote but do like this one a lot. Good minimalism and B&W is the right choice for it. Man, break out that heated wetsuit, you gotta be pretty hard core to surf the northern Oregon coast. Burrrr! :)
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05/04/2005 04:16:03 AM
i need to learn to surf ... great photo
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05/04/2005 03:42:49 AM
Great image and congrats on the top ten finish. I was thinking of something similiar for this challenge but got the bird instead. well done
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05/03/2005 10:33:58 PM
Excellent lighting and photograph. It's amazing that an individual pictured as the size of an ant, can still add that much character to the photograph.
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05/03/2005 08:28:22 PM
Very nice shot zoom, serene and understated and effective. Probably would've ribboned if you'd stuck the rock in over there on the left, LOL.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/03/2005 05:02:12 PM
Very good job. The surfer is very very small but yet it was the first thing that caught my eye. 8
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05/03/2005 05:34:15 AM
What a wonderful picture!
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05/02/2005 07:56:24 PM
I love the feel that the grayscale gives to this image.
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05/02/2005 07:54:10 PM
great shadows and light and framing
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05/02/2005 05:31:49 PM
I like that this photo is visually interesting all over. I think that your choice of making this monochrome is a good one.
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05/01/2005 10:27:31 PM
I dig the minimalism, came back to bump it to a 10
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05/01/2005 07:44:17 PM
outstanding. sweet composition. I really like the feeling of this image in B&W. highlights are a bit too bright for my taste.
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05/01/2005 03:10:30 PM
Saw this elsewhere :) Good work.
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05/01/2005 12:31:21 PM
where to begin... this shot sucks so much that i not only have to give it a ten but also have to add it to my favourites. AMAZING! :-)
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05/01/2005 01:34:00 AM
Love this shot. I almost submitted on very similar to this.. :)
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04/30/2005 07:54:28 PM
ah yes, a 10. Brilliant work. Good luck in the challenge.
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04/30/2005 12:15:28 PM
Wow, thats incredible. Definatelytop five, if not a ribbon.
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04/30/2005 11:21:20 AM
A pondering BW. solid8
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04/30/2005 09:14:55 AM
Awesome b/w, very very nice, 9
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04/30/2005 08:41:55 AM
great use of space
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04/30/2005 07:26:58 AM
This one is so nice...so artistic ! Could be in a calendar or something.Excellent work and a great picture 9
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04/30/2005 06:51:25 AM
Wow, great point of view
Gives the image a sense of lonliness
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04/29/2005 07:14:26 PM
Good composition. Well exposed. I don't think b&w convertion serve the picture; looks too monochromatic. If it were the effect you wanted, it's a success. Still a good picture.
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04/29/2005 06:38:29 PM
nice image
04/29/2005 05:37:47 PM
Wonderful shot..love the lighting.
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04/29/2005 03:33:14 PM
Image seems to need alot of work to make it clearer. If you took care of the technical problem this image would be something I would like to hang on my walls because I am a surfer and can relate to what you are capturing here
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04/29/2005 01:32:33 PM
you really went full hog on the description of the challenge....i needed a magnifying glass to see the subject...but there never was a doubt what the subject was .....great job
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04/29/2005 09:32:09 AM
strong lines and b&w treatment work well together, surfer makes the shot, of course. one of my ribbon picks this challenge
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04/29/2005 08:24:47 AM
True minimalism--great!
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04/29/2005 07:35:51 AM
Wow great job,,great b&w,,love it all!! 10
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04/29/2005 06:49:47 AM
Very cool picture, love the monotone and scale. One of my favorites so far.
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04/28/2005 10:18:06 PM
Wow! wonderful view.
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04/28/2005 07:55:33 PM
Great subject contained in this great vastness. The shadow adds an acute interest to complete the image. Good work. Bumping up.
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04/28/2005 06:29:41 PM
great texture throughout the shot. 8
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04/28/2005 05:37:30 PM
very nice - i love the b&w. the curve of the wave as it lays on the beach enhances this photo in such a way to reinforce my focus on the subject. gj
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04/28/2005 04:51:09 PM
Good use of b&w; I like the way this image intensifies the immensity of the sea and sky when contrasted with the small figure in foreground..8
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04/28/2005 01:07:51 PM
Very soft image. Nice scale to the horizon. I gave it a 7.
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04/28/2005 08:54:43 AM
very nice look to this photo. fits the challenge well
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04/28/2005 05:24:00 AM
This is a really nice image. I like how you shot this in black and white. I love all the contrast seen in this image. Nice work.
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04/28/2005 05:15:15 AM
Beautiful lower part. but the upper part is very uninteresting. Perhaps a square crop from the bottom would help? -7
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04/28/2005 01:48:11 AM
There are probably many voters who think this should be in color. Not me. I am glad you converted it - I think the depth and tonal range you got from B&W pushes this image into the top 5 for this challenge. there is so much more detail than you would ordinarily see in the play of shadows and reflection. 10 for an excellently executed image. Good luck!
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04/27/2005 06:11:13 PM
great photo
04/27/2005 04:22:13 PM
WOW i LOVE this one!
04/27/2005 04:00:39 PM
This is great. Fits the challenge perfectly and what a stunning image.
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04/27/2005 01:38:20 PM
i love it
04/27/2005 06:10:23 AM
someone has been doing his/her homework - A+
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04/27/2005 06:03:28 AM
Excuse me while I think out loud:

It is a matter of some interest to me that a person in a photo, regardless of how smal, becomes the subject. I think it is always true, because whenever I see a landscape with a token person I complain that it is no longer a landscape. So it is with this photo that the thing that makes the photo an exquisite one is the landscape; the clouds, the water, the mirrored shore. But there on that mirrored shore is a tiny speck of a human being. And suddenly the photo is of a person on the shore. Soooo....this photo epitomizes the minimalism of the challenge language. It is the ideal form for the challenge and its perfect expression.
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04/27/2005 04:41:41 AM
Yep - I like, very nice indeed
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04/27/2005 03:47:45 AM
Nice. Good use of b&w. Gives me a solitude feeling.
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04/27/2005 01:56:13 AM
good composition
04/26/2005 10:59:41 PM
Love it!!
04/26/2005 09:17:44 PM
A truly amazing photograph. I can feel the sand and water in my shorts...
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04/26/2005 08:38:00 PM
Very beautiful shot.


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