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charmayne


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fences (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Brooklyn NY
Date: Dec 27, 2006
Aperture: f10.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, a few blocks from where we are building a new store (bagel/cafe). Took a walk there to investigate the new turf and found the entire beach covered with FENCES! I Love gloomy days at the beach!
PSPX: clarify, HMS, color balance to warmer, hue/sat bump, crop.

I am so excited!!! Thanks for all the wonderful and Constructive comments!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 315
Avg (all users): 7.5148
Avg (commenters): 8.4595
Avg (participants): 7.3431
Avg (non-participants): 7.6190
Views since voting: 13851
Views during voting: 561
Votes: 270
Comments: 75
Favorites: 35 (view)


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11/04/2007 04:28:20 PM
Awesome shot, great clouds, neat composition and lighting, very nice job
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01/16/2007 11:51:10 AM
Beautiful shot. Congrats on another well earned Ribbon.

Cheers!
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01/16/2007 01:54:12 AM
Wow - for once, I called it right! Congratulations on hitting the Blue! And, Good Luck with your new Cafe.
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01/15/2007 02:29:47 PM
AMAZING! Great job! Never would have thought it was from a camera taken photo and not a photoshop image.
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01/15/2007 04:43:25 AM
Simply beautiful! Congrats!
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01/14/2007 01:26:35 PM
Awesome shot - never would have thought such a good shot was from New York.
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01/13/2007 02:23:52 PM
Wonderful image, congrats on your ribbon!
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01/13/2007 07:21:44 AM
Gorgeous job, Congrats!
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01/12/2007 04:51:45 AM
So beautifully composed, exposed and processed. Congratulations.
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01/12/2007 04:42:52 AM
Incredible shot, easily a winner.
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01/11/2007 11:30:12 AM
congrats on your second blue Charmayne! this is a wonderful image...love the light rays. When I come to Brooklyn next, will have to come to your new cafe! Hope that all goes well for you
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01/11/2007 09:26:46 AM
Great textures; the sand, the fence the clouds- absolutely great.
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01/10/2007 07:34:10 PM
Great shot, Charmayne and a well deserved winner. Congrats on the blue.
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01/10/2007 08:35:12 AM
Looks like an HDR image to me. Very cool shot with terrific PP. Well done & congratulations.
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01/10/2007 05:45:49 AM
Congratulations, Charmayne. Heck, although you're doing nice things for New York and Brooklyn, you're showing us other NYers up. Darn it. ;-) Manhattan Beach is one of the nicest, is it not. I hear it is Russian Mafia these days.

Message edited by author 2007-01-10 10:47:09.
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01/10/2007 04:24:39 AM
Congrats on the blue - Beautiful image!!
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01/10/2007 04:04:38 AM
Very nice photo, congratulations on winning the blue ribbon!
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01/10/2007 03:39:18 AM
Amazing photo, congrats!
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01/10/2007 02:25:59 AM
Charmayne!! Congratulations on another ribbon! This is fabulous!

I love the whole ambience of this photo. You're awesome!

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01/10/2007 02:09:06 AM
Congratulations: my comment during the voting "and the winner is.......drum roll.....wow 10" was exactly correct! AWESOME IMAGE.
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01/10/2007 01:30:17 AM
Congratulations on a great shot and the blue, definately the best of the challenge.

Jack
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01/09/2007 10:09:40 PM
Great shot, has a lot of mood. Never expected this to be in Brooklyn, though. Congrats on your blue!
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01/09/2007 07:48:02 PM
Congrats! Much more original than moi. The shadows are particularly captivating.
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01/09/2007 07:44:52 PM
The minute I saw that fence I knew it was a New yorker , way to go ! the lighting here is so natural and rays are seen throughout!
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01/09/2007 07:23:24 PM
Look at you!!! Congratulations.
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01/09/2007 07:19:30 PM
gorgeous! VERY VERY much deserved! looks a lot like the fence at the beach down the street from my house!
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01/09/2007 07:19:23 PM
I had this one pegged as Bear and his tone mapping.
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01/09/2007 07:18:13 PM
Great light and shadows, Charmayne! SUper shot! Big congrats on your Blue!
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01/09/2007 07:09:21 PM
Congratulations on your blue ribbon! This is a beautiful shot and I love the rays :)
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01/09/2007 07:09:21 PM
ooh. i thought this would win.
its great ^_^
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 06:17:47 PM
I like the sunrays and the shadows
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01/09/2007 06:17:32 PM
Beautiful shot, love the shadows and the sky. The compostion is sweet, the contrast is right on, the water in the background and clarity. Everything is right on. Awesome work. 10!!!
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01/09/2007 06:12:09 PM
With all the lighting effects and textures going on. Beautiful in every way. 10.
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01/09/2007 05:02:40 PM
I had given this an 8 but just came back for a second look and thought, "What was I thinking? This is definitely a 10!" What incredible light!...and your post-processing enhances the light so beautifully. What a wonderfully evocative image. I'm adding this to my favorites because I know I'll want to pull it out to look at it again from time to time.
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01/09/2007 03:30:46 PM
Good idea and nice light. I wonder if it could be improved if the image were taken from a higher vantage.
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01/09/2007 03:07:19 PM
I do not normally like fences and other things in the foreground, however, I think you have done a wonderful job of incorporating the fences into this image. They are an integral part of and make the subject that mutch more interesting. Very good job!
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01/09/2007 10:25:05 AM
Really great shot, love the sky! :)
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01/09/2007 08:40:11 AM
One of my favorites. Sure to ribbon I think. Great shadows, nicely composed and beautiful light.
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01/09/2007 06:28:39 AM
love the sky
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01/09/2007 06:20:09 AM
Very nice image. Lots of drama everywhere.
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01/09/2007 01:57:08 AM
The light and the sky in this shot is beautiful.
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01/08/2007 08:07:18 PM
really nice light streaming in on this...lovely mood captured...well done
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01/08/2007 09:01:22 AM
wow, this is awesome!!!! Good job on PP!!!
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01/08/2007 02:40:49 AM
Good Lighting.-7
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01/07/2007 02:56:25 PM
excellent light and shadows - 10
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01/07/2007 01:58:46 PM
Nice color. 7
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01/06/2007 08:14:41 AM
wow this is one of my favorites until now in this challenge - 7
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01/06/2007 07:29:25 AM
Wonderfully seen and I do very much like the processing - it has an almost watercolor/drawing quality to it. Quite a fine piece.
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01/05/2007 02:45:34 PM
One of my top picks. Beautiful!
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01/05/2007 11:42:12 AM
I really like this photograph. You've got a good combination of color and gloomy grey clouds. and light just seems to be coming from EVERYWHERE and going in every direction. There is light coming out of every facet of the clouds, reflected off the water and the sand and in all directions through the fence. Nicely done!
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01/05/2007 06:40:25 AM
One of the best beach fences I've seen. Love the sky too. 9
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01/04/2007 02:16:42 PM
This picture makes me want to be there... Great colors and mood :o)
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01/04/2007 02:01:18 PM
very beautiful great colors
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01/04/2007 09:25:07 AM
Very beautiful light..great capture
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01/04/2007 08:54:38 AM
If this isn't in the top 10 (at least!)....
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01/04/2007 08:14:49 AM
ooooh! I like this one!
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01/03/2007 04:01:23 PM
amazing
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01/03/2007 02:06:06 PM
Beautiful lighting.
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01/03/2007 02:02:43 PM
Fantastic shot, I love the drama
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01/03/2007 01:33:48 PM
Great wow factor - Very nice
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01/03/2007 01:24:31 PM
Good
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01/03/2007 01:03:15 PM
what beautiful rays of light!
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01/03/2007 12:43:07 PM
Very nice image. I love the colour and the dramatic sky here. My only gripe really is the composition. I find the layers of fences a little confusing to look at, perhaps you could have raised the point of view a little. Overall though, I think this is a fine image and really nice to look at. 7/10
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01/03/2007 11:44:48 AM
I like this picture very much. Great clouds and light.
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01/03/2007 11:31:56 AM
Nice. I love it. (10)
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01/03/2007 10:19:27 AM
Wow! Colors, shadows, a fence... GREAT shot!
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01/03/2007 10:13:22 AM
A little over porcessed for my tastes but a good composition, 8
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01/03/2007 08:57:10 AM
and the winner is.......drum roll.....wow 10
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01/03/2007 08:26:05 AM
this is beautiful, great colors, nice shadows
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01/03/2007 06:55:10 AM
Beautiful capture.
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01/03/2007 05:23:32 AM
awesome
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01/03/2007 04:26:55 AM
i like this, i like this
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01/03/2007 12:33:23 AM
Wow- great hues and wonderful shadows 8 indeed
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01/02/2007 11:35:18 PM
very nice color.. done a tone mapping? 7
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01/02/2007 09:12:47 PM
awesome...love the shadows! great photograph and a perfect fit for the challenge...the fence really separates you completely from the water. It's like you are so close yet so far from getting to the edge of land!
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