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Challenge: Live Music (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3000
Location: Kahena Beach
Date: Aug 15, 2005
Aperture: auto
ISO: auto
Shutter: auto
Galleries: Candid, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Aug 15, 2005

 Treked down to Kahena Beach to get this shot. Every Sunday a bunch of locals come here to beat on drums, blow on flutes, trumpets and all sorts of cool stuff. They really do make beautiful music.
Oh, and did I mention that Kahena was a nudist beach? Yeah, so I had to be a little wierd with the cropping to make sure I didn't get a wayward boob or sausage in my pic :-P
And what seems like a big distracting pile of roots is a large tree stump, which was unavoidable from my angle (let's just say people don't really appreciate you moving around and snapping pics while they're naked).

editing: crop,contrast,sepia toning (for the selective desat look),saturation,sharpen,border,save for web.


Statistics
Place: 19 out of 210
Avg (all users): 6.3266
Avg (commenters): 7.2593
Avg (participants): 6.0130
Avg (non-participants): 6.4164
Views since voting: 1934
Views during voting: 572
Votes: 346
Comments: 44
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 10/22/2006 09:36:18 AM
This shot tells an interesting story. Well done kiddo!
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 08/29/2005 11:37:42 PM
wow, thank you jtf6agent, and everyone else who commented!
 08/29/2005 08:03:35 PM
Wow I am very impressed. The composition is wonderful. Very well balanced and I especially like the way it flows from one side of the picture to the other. I tried to find a distraction and the closest thing would be the headless guy on the left. The colors are absolutely amazing. VERY nice and smooth. You did especially well here. Lighting was nicely done here also. The focus and DOF are perfect. It flows through the entire picture. I am very impressed with this shot. Now I must tell you after writing the critique I find out you are 14. I now hand you the WOW factor. I can't seem to find the right words to tell you how doubley impressed I am. You are on your way to a very impressive career in photography. I wish you the best of luck in your future and I thank you for the opportunity to see such an impressive shot.
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 08/24/2005 05:38:58 PM
Anna: what a lovely entry! Congratulations on your top twenty finish. You certainly are a young lady to observe.
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 08/24/2005 08:00:29 AM
Knowing the story makes this even more impressive! You absolutely blow me away with your talent and consistency. . . at 14!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!
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 08/23/2005 09:45:30 PM
Anna, Anna, Anna! Congrats on a top 20 - you rock! You really do.
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 08/23/2005 09:19:21 PM
you are on a roll! congrats on the top 20!
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 08/23/2005 08:53:15 PM
This was one of my top picks. I love the castaway feeling you caught. The mixture of people are quite strange looking.
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 08/23/2005 08:35:18 PM
Nice finish Annah, great pic. Love that huge drum!
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 08/23/2005 08:20:45 PM
Congrats on the top 20, great shot. Looks like they're really having a good time. I love the setting.
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 08/23/2005 08:17:44 PM
Congrats, on another 6+ image... nicely done.

And talk about brave.... taking a camera down to a nudist beach! Your cropping and angles worked out great.

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 08/23/2005 08:11:56 PM
WTG Annah! Beautiful shot & congrats on another top 20 finish!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/23/2005 05:15:41 PM
I like this a lot..the selective desaturation works well, the band is an interesting group and the composition draws you into the picture.
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 08/23/2005 12:44:41 PM
Great use of desat. Like the leading line composition to the trumpet player. Good luck on this!
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 08/23/2005 08:15:20 AM
Wow, what a great group of players!! Coloring is awesome, perfect for the subject matter. 8
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 08/23/2005 01:30:42 AM
this is a pretty cool shot - nice capture of the moment. I am not too sure about the selective desat.... but still pretty nice. 7+
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 08/22/2005 08:47:28 PM
Colors are the best. Great photo.
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 08/22/2005 05:37:50 PM
I like the selective desat.. adds to the mood. Good luck!
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 08/22/2005 03:07:22 PM
Just dosen't hit me on an emotional level. 5.
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 08/21/2005 11:05:43 AM
A night of fun, laughter and good food and drink. Bumping up.
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 08/21/2005 07:32:17 AM
great colors, composition and texture
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 08/21/2005 12:36:59 AM
Sorry, can't stand that selective D-sat look anymore. And, I'm sorry to say, I don't feel like you make terribly original use of the technique. And just using a technique won't give you high scores on here. I know from my own experience.

Try to focus on getting a well composed, nicely lit, sharp picture that makes good use of perspective and DOF and that is a little more ORIGINAL.

No offense, please, I'm just trying to help.

Cheers,
Bruce

PS: gave you a 6 for on topic, technically sound but not very exciting
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 08/20/2005 12:10:30 PM
Selective desaturation works wonders (again). :-)
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 08/20/2005 06:38:24 AM
The post processing on this one doesn't work for me. I don't understand why you want me to look at the orange dress and the lighter skin tones just don't work. A true b/w treatment would have been more appropriate or a tri- or quad-tone maybe. I would really like to see it in color...
TC
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 08/19/2005 07:33:58 PM
Where did everyone go when jerry died??? I think you answered this. Great work!
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 08/19/2005 01:24:57 PM
Excellent pic =)
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 08/19/2005 01:16:27 AM
your selective desat dont work well here.
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 08/18/2005 04:28:21 PM
Excellent; love this photo.
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 08/18/2005 09:01:42 AM
amazing frame, one of the best, i really like it
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 08/18/2005 07:05:17 AM
Interesting.
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 08/17/2005 09:01:10 PM
Great composition. I'm really seeing the music.
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 08/17/2005 07:58:37 PM
Interesting toning. Not sure I like it. But I like the composition, and it sure made me stop and look for a while.
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 08/17/2005 03:53:51 PM
I really like the musicians in this. The lady in the foreground is really into it. But as the eye progresses the colors seems to get off the further to the right you go. The dude on the far right seems out of place and sticks out. Something just doesn't seem right. I think that it is the baclground. It seems...fake.. the result of overprocessing to hide undesirables?
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 08/17/2005 11:53:13 AM
I like the selective color desaturation, although it makes the bearded guy at the end look a bit funny. 7.
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 08/17/2005 09:18:11 AM
The color in this is amazing!
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 08/17/2005 08:58:22 AM
This is great! SUCH a cool photo. The mood it conveys. It looks so candid and photojournalistic. The vibrancy of the colors and the crisp, sharpness are amazing. Great job! 10
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 08/17/2005 08:47:34 AM
Great shot, fun, interest use of desaturation
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 08/17/2005 08:06:42 AM
the coloring is magnificent.
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 08/17/2005 02:58:31 AM
Very strange selective desat which has completely spoilt this promising shot for me. (Shouted to the heavens...) WHY?!?
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 08/17/2005 01:21:56 AM
Talk about laid back. I really like what you did with the color.
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 08/17/2005 12:15:38 AM
I really love this :D one of my top 3, hope you win a ribbon :D
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 08/16/2005 10:33:45 PM
awewsome!
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 08/16/2005 08:57:57 PM
I like the desat alot. This has movement yet it isn't blurred. Nice one.
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 08/16/2005 08:42:51 PM
cool........9
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