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Sunrise, Santa Cruz
Sunrise, Santa Cruz
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Challenge: The Four Elements (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: Feb 14, 2004
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 14, 2004

 Sunrise on the beach near Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Overexposure of +1/3 EV and careful levels adjustment give the soft feel that I was looking for, yet the shot retains a reasonable amount of tone. This shot contains earth (beach), air, fire (sun), and water (sea). Bet I score about 2.34...

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Place: 78 out of 139
Avg (all users): 5.3187
Avg (commenters): 5.4444
Avg (participants): 5.1512
Avg (non-participants): 5.5135
Views since voting: 907
Votes: 160
Comments: 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/22/2004 06:05:01 PM
Almost all DPC voters expect a sunrise to be bursting with colors. Your photo would probably have placed much higher with some great California colors. Santa Cruz is a great area...do continue submitting local photographs.
 02/21/2004 12:31:59 PM
I like that you used black and white for this. The sky is great, being dark at the very top, and scattering as it gets closer to the horizon. You should have done something to get rid of that bright sunlight in the center of the frame.
 02/21/2004 05:14:27 AM
My monitor shows it a bit washed out in the center. If the exposure showed a little more detail it would have much more impact on me. Panoramic shape is nice.
 02/20/2004 08:04:43 AM
Nice composition. The middle part seems a bit overexposed?
 02/20/2004 05:55:17 AM
Many subjects work better in black and white, but IMHO sunrises and sunsets are not among them. I can imagine beautiful colors in the sky, and their reflections on the water, but I'd like to see them.
 02/18/2004 11:10:14 AM
such a beautiful panarama! I only wish it was larger!
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 02/17/2004 10:23:57 AM
I love this shot. The wide perspective and the black and white are very effective. The general visual clarity suffers slightly, but very nice work.
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 02/16/2004 02:28:43 PM
Beautiful-- the black and w hite is a great idea
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 02/16/2004 10:31:31 AM
It's a bit small to see what's going on here. I really want to see a larger version because the potential is hugh.
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 02/16/2004 05:37:34 AM
I love the wide format
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