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Sunset at 11,000 feet
Sunset at 11,000 feet
meyers


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Date: May 8, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 9, 2007

 From my vacation to Maui in May of 2006. I braved some very cold winds to catch the sunset from the visitor area of Mt Haleakala, about 11,000 feet above sea level. The sea of clouds was at about 6000 feet.

I actually only did basic processing; auto levels and curves, using the people for the dark point, and the middle of the sun for white, and resized to submit. I like the burst around the sun, though there's some random color in the upper left.

Statistics
Place: 204 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.1462
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.0820
Avg (non-participants): 6.3372
Views since voting: 989
Views during voting: 476
Votes: 342
Comments: 26
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 04/20/2007 02:44:34 PM
Wow, stunning! I'm very jealous of the location.

Composition-wise, I would've preferred to see the sun and the people to the right rather than in the centre, but then, I've no idea what the rest of the surroundings looked like, so it might not have worked. I'm also surprised you didn't edit some of the strange pink sunspots in the top left corner. Otherwise - god that's gorgeous. I wish I was in Hawaii!
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 01/28/2007 06:25:30 PM
A terrific silhoutte, man on top of the world capture. I like the gently slope of the mountain which I think adds a tremendous amount and helps move your eye left to right. The person walking also helps with the same eye movement. The rounded clouds then moves you back the other way. Finally, the centered sun lining up with the bottom folks brings you up and down. As you can tell, eye movement is terrific here. A wonderful photograph.
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 01/26/2007 11:59:40 AM
awesome, how much I wish I could be there NOW! the sun is excellent
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 01/26/2007 03:40:50 AM
I think this is underrated, actually. Wonderful composition, would make a spectacular print.
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 01/25/2007 08:43:28 PM
Spec-frickin-TACULAR! Congrats on your score.

I just had to laugh at the person who complained that the sun was blown out. :)
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 01/25/2007 07:52:42 PM
Woo! After a string of pictures landing in the bottom 15%, it's nice to be on the plus side of 50!

Yes, the altitude in the title is accurate; I took this from the top of Mt Haleakala in Maui, and instead of ocean there were clouds at 6000 feet.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 02:21:49 PM
I need oxygen just looking at this.
Superb view from the top of your world.
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 01/24/2007 05:13:37 PM
this is absolutely stunning.
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 01/23/2007 03:25:33 PM
very striking image.
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 01/21/2007 09:00:11 PM
Interesting perspective, borders on surreal. Nice image!
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 01/21/2007 06:24:14 PM
what a vast feeling, looking at this. great photo - especially love the altitude (is it real???)
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 01/21/2007 01:39:35 AM
Mininialism at it best...
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 01/19/2007 10:35:01 AM
Very nice sky, love the sun star.
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 01/19/2007 08:22:10 AM
Great shot! Love how this is composed!
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 01/19/2007 06:27:20 AM
Other than the sun being blown out, it's a nice capture.
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 01/18/2007 02:15:50 PM
Lovely! I would have cropped the top some more and show more of the bottom.
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 01/17/2007 09:39:41 AM
Fantastic shot.
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 01/17/2007 06:44:20 AM
Wonderful silhouettes. I love the dimished sense of them amidst the vast sky. 8
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 01/16/2007 01:57:46 AM
how COOL! where is it?
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 01/14/2007 10:03:37 AM
Impressive.
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 01/13/2007 07:21:36 AM
That is gorgeous. The only negative comment I could make is that I think it would be stronger compositionally if the sun and people were either on the left or right, but not so much in the middle. The eyes tend to go up and down between the two, but there is nothing to attract the eyes to look at the rest of the picture.
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 01/13/2007 12:06:40 AM
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 01/12/2007 10:09:56 PM
that is pretty cool! 7
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 01/12/2007 08:28:41 PM
Oh how I adore perspective shots like this. And this one with its ethereal sky and beautiful blue tones. Wow! I can almost see the inspirational verse tastefully displayed on this -- matted and framed hanging on a wall! Beautiful work!
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 01/12/2007 03:36:37 AM
fantastic, i don't care about strange composition (meaning on not defined non-centered objects) ... 10 from me !
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 01/12/2007 03:10:50 AM
Wow that looks awesome 7
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