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Louis


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Challenge: Free Study XIII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Location: Burlington, Ontario
Date: Sep 30, 2006
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Seascapes, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Sep 30, 2006

 At the edge of Lake Ontario. I've taken this picture before, and I'm sure it'll get lost in the sea of the Free Study... but I love the place where this was taken, so here goes.

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Statistics
Place: 47 out of 615
Avg (all users): 6.4660
Avg (commenters): 7.9333
Avg (participants): 6.4122
Avg (non-participants): 6.6512
Views since voting: 2249
Views during voting: 362
Votes: 191
Comments: 26
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 10/08/2006 05:11:40 AM
OK - So you had somethign a bit better than the one I thought you should have entered. Again - very nice work Louis. Great composition, lighting and detail. The fisheye lens effect works very well here. Great work and congrats on a great finish.
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 10/07/2006 09:07:07 PM
Congrats on the score and placement, Louis! Glad to see one of my favorites from your self-portraits doing so well in a free study. :)
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 10/07/2006 09:01:19 PM
Wow - looks like you're standing in front of one of those glass globe things, only one of a very large size. Very neat effect and nice change from the usual landscape shot! I didn't make it all the way through the voting in this one or I'm pretty sure I'd have known this was yours. :-) Nice work, as always!
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 10/07/2006 08:44:30 PM
What a rip. You should have gotten to 10 with this one. Superb job, Louis.
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 10/07/2006 08:28:52 PM
i was right! beautiful job! should have placed higher.

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 10/07/2006 08:10:49 PM
Congrats top 50 Sweet! Nice SP #31 :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2006 04:34:45 PM
Wow, that is a cool photo!
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 10/07/2006 02:12:48 PM
I like your use of muted color tones as they compliment the silhouette nicely. The fisheye lens does make the sky more interesting, but not sure if this actually improves the image overall.
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 10/06/2006 08:28:21 AM
Isn't it great when the fisheye really adds to the picture? Nice use of silhouettes in this
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 10/06/2006 03:12:14 AM
Stunning, and familiar. unless i'm wrong I know who's this is. I'll be interested to see after voting. 9
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 10/05/2006 09:23:43 AM
Neat shot! Was this done with a fish eye lens or pp? Colors work really well together & I like the siloette. Nice job!
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 10/05/2006 01:55:03 AM
Very creative and dramatic. Not sure about the title, but I'm not one to fuss about titles. Good job!
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 10/04/2006 10:07:30 PM
nice
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 10/04/2006 08:51:49 PM
hmm, interesting use of the fisheye...wonderful sky
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 10/04/2006 02:10:46 PM
The more I see of fisheyes, the more I like them! Nice job :)
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 10/03/2006 12:26:35 PM
One of those "how did they do that?" images.
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 10/02/2006 06:14:45 PM
fantastic sky!!!!
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 10/02/2006 03:28:38 PM
Love the fish-eye effect, tones, but not his body language 6
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 10/02/2006 08:49:42 AM
this is excellent...the foreground reminds me of 2001 Space Odyssey...and so the surreal effect of the fishbowl sky feels right..the person gives it a point of view, as though we are sharing his experience/disorientation..
kudos to you for a great concept beautifully delivered...
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 10/02/2006 04:29:44 AM
awesome fisheye...well done
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 10/01/2006 03:33:27 PM
Creative. Like the effect. 10
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 10/01/2006 12:05:53 PM
I like it. I think that my next lens will be a fish eye :) 8
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 10/01/2006 09:15:22 AM
This couldn't possibly be Louis now could it? ;~D WOW - love the fisheye effect and the sky/clouds are killer. Bravo and contrats on a superb image.
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 10/01/2006 06:39:09 AM
gorgeous. very nice. hope this one ribbons. 8
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 10/01/2006 02:59:03 AM
Not sure the wide angle added anything to this shot.
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 09/30/2006 10:36:17 PM
fisheyefisheyfisheyefisheyefisheye!
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