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30 Seconds of Light and Waves
30 Seconds of Light and Waves
Ken


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Long Exposure II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Michigan City, IN
Date: Nov 3, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2006

 The colors when converted from RAW didn't look much different from what's here. I (hopefully) just made them better. The version automatically converted from the Canon software was a mostly orange sky.

First shoot with the new Sigma lens.

Convert from RAW
Rotate
Crop
Hue/Sat
Levels
NI
Shadow/Highlight
Dodge/Burn
Clone out a few small lights in sky & small distractions
Blue Tool <==== Edit: I don't know what I meant to type here!

Post Challenge: Thanks for the votes and comments. I had no filter on the lens for the star effect. I took shots further from the right and the effect is greatly reduced. I suspect it's mostly due to something partially blocking the light.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 239
Avg (all users): 6.9385
Avg (commenters): 7.8000
Avg (participants): 6.7614
Avg (non-participants): 7.1099
Views since voting: 4592
Views during voting: 353
Votes: 179
Comments: 20
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 02/09/2008 09:32:19 PM
Brilliant Image Great work.
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 11/15/2006 10:12:02 AM
Great star. Figured you must have used a filter. Nice shot and congrats on your finish.
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 11/15/2006 06:19:54 AM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Beautiful shot!
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 11/14/2006 10:39:08 AM
One of the best star effects I have ever seen. :) Great shot.
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 11/13/2006 05:39:08 PM
That lens flare is AWESOME, I was one of the ten's I just loved how big and exagerrated that is, great shot! Congrats on the 7th place finish.
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 11/13/2006 09:21:57 AM
You are doing so well... loving these shots!!!

Hope you are doing well! :-)
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 11/13/2006 07:30:51 AM
Wow, what a great place for a star! Congratulations on the top 10 finish!
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 11/12/2006 07:49:21 PM
That lovely beacon shines like a star out of the deep of the night. Congratulations on your 7th place.
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 11/12/2006 07:14:55 PM
Woohoo! What an excellent finish! Congratulations :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/12/2006 05:44:45 PM
That's quite the star on the lighthouse light, if only the flare wasn't there. Very pretty color and surreal looking water.
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 11/12/2006 05:37:32 PM
Awesome flare! Brilliant.
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 11/11/2006 05:07:23 AM
beautiful photo, lame title :-)
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 11/10/2006 04:53:18 AM
the splay of light from the tower is really striking.
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 11/09/2006 04:12:26 AM
All on scale of 0-2
Focus: 1
Lighting: 2
Composition: 1
Creativity: 2
Wow Factor: 2

Total: 8
Really cool shot!
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 11/07/2006 10:01:16 AM
The contrast, color, and illumination are excellent. The starburst from the lighthouse makes the photo 'shine'.
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 11/06/2006 09:40:42 AM
love the star pattern from the light
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 11/06/2006 07:33:14 AM
great shot
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 11/06/2006 03:52:51 AM
greta star effect - did you use a starburst filter, and if not, how did you do it.
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 11/06/2006 02:22:34 AM
Quite beautiful!
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 11/05/2006 09:59:05 PM
Very nice image.
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