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Out of the Surf
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Challenge: Natural Light Portrait (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Location: Island Beach State Park, NJ
Date: Jul 14, 2007
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: fast
Date Uploaded: Jul 17, 2007

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Statistics
Place: 32 out of 366
Avg (all users): 6.3875
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 6.1828
Avg (non-participants): 6.5170
Views since voting: 1317
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 240
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/24/2007 08:19:22 PM
Congrats, Adam - this is a great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/24/2007 07:31:02 AM
Great image. I love the tones of his face, and the crispness of the water droplets. Not so fond of the darker areas - a more even background would have been more pleasing to me.
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 07/23/2007 02:32:59 PM
I am not particularly keen on the vignetting; it might suit a more formal portrait, but to me, not this particular shot. You clearly have skill with the camera - your focus is sharp, and importantly, the exposure is good, but this photograph doesn't really work for me. A head and shoulders formal portrait works, but in this candid I feel there needs to be more in order to set the context.
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 07/23/2007 10:35:00 AM
This is a pretty good shot, it shows action and emotion, however for the feel of surfing or just getting out of the water I think the picture needs to be brighter. I think the hazey vignette effect ruins the lighting.
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 07/22/2007 04:42:47 PM
Great shot! Love the vignetting around the surfer and the B&W conversion. One of my fav's of the challenge and one of the best I think in the challenge. Nice work.
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 07/22/2007 12:46:45 PM
Nice shadow work here. Crisp. Nice job.
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 07/22/2007 05:04:19 AM
perfect bw toning
just a bit too much haloing going on in the background...
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 07/21/2007 09:50:07 PM
very good 9
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 07/21/2007 09:10:08 AM
excellent lighting, and good conversion to black and white.
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 07/20/2007 09:46:43 AM
Cool stuff!
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 07/19/2007 12:12:47 PM
*cheers!
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 07/19/2007 09:09:09 AM
Nice use of curves layer. Darkening the edges really brought your subject in more focus. Great capture.
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 07/18/2007 08:09:44 PM
I love this! The use of B&W and water drops just adds to the appeal. I think it will do very well. 10
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 07/18/2007 05:44:12 PM
Nice capture! I think I may like it more in color to see the darkness of the wetsuit and hair/whiskers against the sunlight.
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 07/18/2007 12:41:13 PM
Very impressive photo.
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 07/18/2007 10:27:06 AM
Great bw. Love the expression.
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 07/17/2007 10:45:58 PM
Great Bokeh!
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