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Bisected Seascape; Bournemouth not Bondi!
Bisected Seascape; Bournemouth not Bondi!
hughletheren


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Negative Space II (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Location: Bournemouth Beach, Dorset, England
Date: Aug 16, 2003
Aperture: 7.4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Performance, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Aug 17, 2003

We rarely see surf off the southern UK coast and then only when there is no sun, so difficult conditions to photograph. Taken at maximum zoom (x8), leading to a lack of clarity, cropped at an angle to give the diagonal bisection, increased saturation overall and lightness on red, levels to improve contrast and lightness, unsharp mask, and NeatImage to remove some of the noise.
Negative space? An empty ocean! Not enough "wow!" but you can only use what is there.

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Place: 109 out of 141
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Views since voting: 960
Votes: 139
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/24/2003 05:30:28 PM
Good idea and I like the angle you shoot this. That doesn't make up for the lack of contrast in the reflective surface or the lack of definition in the surfer. I think you might have played with the brightness and contrast and gotten a slightly better image out of this one.
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08/22/2003 05:11:29 PM
Surfer is a bit dark...nice action shot though.
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08/18/2003 04:15:40 PM
This is a wonderful picture! It seems a bit blurry, but it's still a great shot of negative space!
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08/18/2003 10:49:30 AM
cool angle and tilt... - I would have liked it closer and maybe with a bit more details, the guy is completely black... - guess that gives us the Neg. space, but surely it flattens the picture pretty much...
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08/18/2003 06:40:46 AM
The tilt of the shot adds to the movement of the surfboarder. Nice.
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08/18/2003 01:59:07 AM
great neg space. Nice composition. I like how the surf forms a nice diagonal line that cuts across it. Would have been great to get him focused.
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