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Challenge: Backlighting II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA
Date: Jan 7, 2006
Aperture: 4
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006

 Taken with a point-and-shoot (Canon S50, is this cheating?). Cropped to give a 2:3 ratio.

Didn't bring my camera, and naturally, didn't intend to take a shot for dpchallenge submission. Had to borrow a friend's point-and-shoot, but I wouldn't have achieved the right exposure with a dSLR anyways.

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 324
Avg (all users): 5.5615
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.1282
Avg (non-participants): 5.8370
Views since voting: 933
Views during voting: 420
Votes: 301
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 09:18:26 AM
Great beach shot, flare well controlled.
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 01/14/2006 07:58:42 AM
Sweet shot love everything about it.
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 01/14/2006 06:59:14 AM
excellent shot and title
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 01/13/2006 05:49:34 PM
lovely shadows/reflections
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 01/13/2006 02:40:07 PM
OOOHHHH! Nice!
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 01/13/2006 10:28:07 AM
Very moody photograph. The surfer makes the picture. Also the lines of water coming up the beach are great. They lead the eye out to sea.
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 01/13/2006 04:04:37 AM
nice picture!
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 01/12/2006 09:03:27 PM
Lovely shadows, and a very pleasing image.....
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 01/11/2006 08:33:47 AM
I like this. The description specifically said no silhouettes though, so although it's a beautiful image, it sort of doesn't really follow the rules. The sun seems awfully blown out and almost hurts the eyes. What if you cropped out the sun and just had the beautiful glow on the shore?

Now, I do like the texture of the water on the sand - making striations of light and shadow. I like the placement of the figure.
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 01/11/2006 02:47:43 AM
very nice shot...is it true to the topic? hmmm? not sure it's in the spirit of a backlight shot, but wonderful composition and great colours...God makes nice things!
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 01/10/2006 08:07:05 PM
DNMC
the subject must not become a silhouette because of the backlighting.
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