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Challenge: Lighting (Classic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Date: Oct 15, 2003
Aperture: F2.4
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Oct 19, 2003

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Place: 1 out of 132
Avg (all users): 7.5125
Avg (commenters): 8.5455
Avg (participants): 7.4767
Avg (non-participants): 7.5541
Views since voting: 6311
Votes: 160
Comments: 57
Favorites: 38 (view)


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11/01/2003 11:59:31 AM
There are a lot of deer in pacific grove. I think they are even on the menu at the Fishwife. Nice shot.
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10/28/2003 12:56:51 PM
What a perfect silhouette! Just perfect...Congratulations...well deserved.
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10/27/2003 11:00:15 PM
Congrats on your ribbon, you captured a beautiful moment here.
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10/27/2003 05:12:15 PM
Da Bomb!
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10/27/2003 08:22:19 AM
Absolutely WONDERFUL! Congratulations on being at the right place at the right time and the ability to take advantage of it! Well deserved win.
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10/27/2003 05:55:29 AM
a standout frmo the first moment i saw it. put this one in your portfolio. congrats!
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10/27/2003 05:39:46 AM
Congrats, very nice shot.
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10/27/2003 05:31:10 AM
This photo pops out at me everytime I get on to dpc. Wonderful image. The deers head is angled just right. The trees are perfect. Congrats!
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10/27/2003 04:30:41 AM
Congrats -- definitely my favorite of the bunch!
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10/27/2003 04:07:40 AM
Lovely.
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10/27/2003 03:51:12 AM
Congratulations!! Wonderful, lovely shot.
Ursula
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10/27/2003 03:34:29 AM
congratulations! I knew this would win! what a shot!
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10/27/2003 03:32:06 AM
Thanks all. And for those of you that haven't got a ribbon yet, keep on trying, took me a year to get my first.
10/26/2003 07:47:35 PM
beautiful! congrats on the blue ribbon!
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10/26/2003 07:38:28 PM
Awesome shot. Grats on the ribbon
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10/26/2003 07:27:58 PM
Good work Congrats on being a winner
Sue
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10/26/2003 07:24:27 PM
Good Job Richard And congrats on your first ribbon! and blue at that!
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10/26/2003 07:10:37 PM
Really fine work! Congrats on the ribbon!
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10/26/2003 07:07:32 PM
Congratulations! Very nice shot.
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10/26/2003 07:04:33 PM
Beautifully shot. Congratulations.
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10/26/2003 07:01:26 PM
Excellent capture! Congrats on the blue! Let's get out shooting again!

-danny
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/26/2003 06:48:37 PM
beautiful work.. = 10
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10/26/2003 03:42:09 PM
8. Very good color. Excellant scene selection.
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10/26/2003 02:40:42 PM
great shot - catching a deer like this who knows your there is hard. The lighting and mood are excellent - good idea to go for the silhouette as opposed to trying to "light" the foreground. Nice work.
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10/26/2003 01:50:52 PM
Enjoy your blue ribbon - you deserve it! Cracking shot in every way. My only criticism is that there are some little RGB jaggies around the silhouettes - but who cares with a sumptouous capture like this? [10]
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10/26/2003 12:38:57 PM
fantastic shot! Wow! the use of light to create the silouette, and the deer! amazing! I love this!
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10/26/2003 08:35:04 AM
Excellent picture! Nice candid moment you got from the deer.
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10/25/2003 10:52:32 PM
This is really nice. I think I would have liked to see some post editing to enhance the sunset colors. You captured a beautiful nature-filled shot, though, and I hope it scores well.
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10/25/2003 01:28:55 PM
Very nice silhouette...would it improve a little to offset the deer more to the right?
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10/25/2003 08:42:52 AM
This is quite a wonderfully peaceful shot, and the colors also make it interesting. The gradient sky is wonderful, meeting the ocean with a sort of misty feel. I'm also a sucker for silhouettes, and the woodland foreground is nicely sharp and detailed even though it is a silhouette. The contrast between foreground and background almost looks unreal.
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10/24/2003 11:01:42 AM
Very nice capture! Such a wonderful use of sillhouette! 9
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10/23/2003 07:23:59 AM
great shot.....
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10/22/2003 03:08:24 PM
10/22/2003 12:14:02 PM
maybe compose it a bit differently to use the deer to get the Rule of Thirds effect, overall a very good picture
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10/22/2003 11:52:23 AM
Wow, you really lucked out with the deer, she makes this shot a cut above. Can\'t tell where she\'s looking, it\'s probably at you, but I\'ll pretend she\'s enjoying the beautiful sunset :) I wish there was less room behind her and more in front, so she would be stepping into the frame instead of out of it.
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10/21/2003 08:56:19 PM
terrific silhouettes!! Wonderful color tones....very serene mood.
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10/21/2003 01:28:21 PM
great capture
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10/21/2003 12:20:26 PM
this was one of my top 3 in the challenge. a wonderful photo which should do very well. - 8 from me
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10/21/2003 05:52:56 AM
Great capture. Great colors. Beautiful gradation of color. The shadowing is perfect!! 8
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10/21/2003 04:28:38 AM
You caught the mood perfectly. Back light is great.
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10/21/2003 02:46:44 AM
Nice capture. The light is very soft in the background and that helps set off the foeground much better.
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10/20/2003 07:33:01 PM
I love the shadowed effect of your shot. The composition is wonderful, as is the fog over the horizon. Very pleasing shot, well done.
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10/20/2003 03:03:01 PM
Wow -- a super shot! You were certainly in the right place at the right time (either that or you happen to own a very convincing cut-out of a deer :)
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10/20/2003 02:48:25 PM
Beautiful! Excellent contrast between hard and soft colors. I love the silhouette look - light usage is marvelous. The trees against the sky alone would have been dramatic, but the deer addition makes it superb. Nice shot! 10
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10/20/2003 09:01:57 AM
Wow! My favorite shot so far. The sky is awesome, but the deer really makes this shot special. Good luck. 10
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10/20/2003 07:53:52 AM
Beautiful shot. Nice colors. Great lighting and shadow effect. Good composition. 10.
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10/20/2003 07:41:28 AM
Wow - still another ten!
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10/20/2003 07:00:43 AM
VERY cool! One of the best shots of the lot. Great timing to have the deer present with this kind of light. Excellent crop. I love how all the vegetation and the deer are black. A ribbon winner in my book.
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10/20/2003 06:10:26 AM
What a wonderful capture. Colors on the horizon are great. Silhouettes are awesome. Must have been hard to carry that deer statue and place it there (just kidding). Good luck!
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10/20/2003 06:02:32 AM
AWESOME!! I love the sillouette of the trees against the soft gradient sky. The deer is a perfect addition. Good luck. 10
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10/20/2003 05:41:27 AM
Patience must be a virtue you have in abundance, either that or luck :). I feel that the silhouette of the deer and trees are emphasized by the muted use of color. They aren't the normal "in your face" sunset colors, they're very subtle...beautiful. This is a fantastic shot and I hope it wins!
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10/20/2003 05:20:11 AM
I'm predicting a winner here! 10
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10/19/2003 10:43:57 PM
Excellent picture. I wish a deer would pose for me long enough as to take a picture of it.
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10/19/2003 09:52:45 PM
Nice
Did you get a chance to try this shot vertcial?
I think it would have had a stronger impact.
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10/19/2003 09:24:30 PM
there is no doubt that this pic is the winner, it has everything dpc loves: sunsets, animals, and oceans.
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10/19/2003 08:26:15 PM
very good!! such a poser that deer was! 10+
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10/19/2003 08:12:37 PM
Truly magnificent...you've captured this scene perfectly! 10
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