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Thai Boat Silhouette
Thai Boat Silhouette
michael_p


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Bang Bao, Koh Chang, Thailand
Date: Mar 8, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Candid, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2007

 Raw Shooter Premium
cropped - straightened - colour cast added

Adobe Photoshop CS2
Digital Velvia Plugin
patch tool on rough sky area
Smoothed sky
resized
Sharpen
save for web at 78

Statistics
Place: 281 out of 712
Avg (all users): 5.8908
Avg (commenters): 7.0625
Avg (participants): 5.8333
Avg (non-participants): 6.0714
Views since voting: 790
Views during voting: 463
Votes: 348
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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 01/28/2007 06:54:01 PM
I terrific composition. I think there a just a few things I would challenge to make this a perfect picture. I might trim off a bit of the top, maybe 8x10 format. I like the colors here, though maybe a bit too much saturation was added to the orange channel. I do like the mood you are conveying here. It is one of those special photos though, and makes me wish I could visit Thailand again. A real winner in my eyes.
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 01/26/2007 05:19:37 PM
Love the colors (especially the sunset reflected into the water) and the silhouettes. Beautiful.
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 01/26/2007 11:51:08 AM
excellent silhouettes!! so beautiful, and quiet, I can hear the water splashes around the boat. beautiful colors!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 07:03:35 AM
cool image, nice colors
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 01/24/2007 05:20:37 PM
nice image. i think it would be even stronger with some aggressive cropping. you could probably take out everything from where the post hit the water to the top, leaving just the warmed silhouette.
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 01/21/2007 03:59:47 PM
A calming effect on me.....
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 01/20/2007 07:22:07 PM
Only thing being overly critic. I would have tighten the crop. Wonderful
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 01/18/2007 02:48:49 PM
Beautiful colors through the photograph.
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 01/17/2007 03:44:11 AM
Thats wonderful 8
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 01/16/2007 03:00:05 PM
Stunning colors and interesting composition. Very nice. Back to bump you up to 9.
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 01/16/2007 08:55:16 AM
I like that the boat is silhoetted, yet there is still some details in the background. Also, nice colors on the water.
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 01/16/2007 04:03:49 AM
very good photo, pity that sky is not standing out more
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 01/15/2007 05:14:04 AM
National Geographic worthy! 10!
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 01/14/2007 05:49:58 PM
Beautiful
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 01/12/2007 04:57:47 PM
Nice peaceful photo.
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 01/12/2007 03:09:29 PM
Wow, Bang Boa at Koh Chang, I was there this sommer too. (//www.pbase.com/orvaratli/2006_june) Love the place. Amazing scenery and photo operturninties. Excellent composition and processing. -8-
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 01/12/2007 12:15:22 PM
I love the hint of color (reds) on the people in the boat. I like the way the foreground is reds and oragnes and the midsection is greens. I like the way the colors are sharp in the front and muted towards the back. Makes me want to be there, I wish I could go to Thailand!
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 01/12/2007 11:27:46 AM
The composition is perfect, but the colors are not. I realize that there's little you could do about that, and it looks like the post processing has attempted to mitigate this with some success, but I remain unpersuaded by the tints. 7 from me.
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 01/12/2007 09:33:55 AM
cool huts :) 7
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 01/12/2007 06:19:47 AM
Beautiful. Too bad about the banding in the sky... I wonder if perhaps that was a gradient you might have forgotten to dither...?
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 01/12/2007 03:02:30 AM
A nice shot, which imo, could be made stronger by taking most of the sky out.
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