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Land of the Rising Sun
Land of the Rising Sun
bobonacus


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Asia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Hampshire Coast
Date: Dec 27, 2008
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Dec 28, 2008

 Land of the Rising Sun

Convert from RAW, slight increase of exposure, blacks and reds and yellow saturation

Curves layer with mask to exclude curves from water

lab colour applied 50% channel a @ 50%

Taken @ 400mm on the south coast of Hampshire so not quite Asia but there you go :)

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 106
Avg (all users): 5.0886
Avg (commenters): 5.6000
Avg (participants): 4.7727
Avg (non-participants): 5.2105
Views since voting: 737
Views during voting: 290
Votes: 158
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/09/2009 08:15:18 PM
See below, sorry for the double post.

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 01/09/2009 08:14:34 PM
Critique Club

Nice, simple composition. The center composition works for the sun, but the horizon is in odd position for me. I would like more sky from a personal perspective. From a technical perspective the placement of the horizon is limiting, and often works better on the upper or lower third. The color of the sky is smooth and warm, the sun is difficult because of the blown highlights. It appears that some of the voters found the image soft, but I suspect that is from the haze and the nature of the sun. Overall, I find the image pleasantly simple and warm, but was probably deemed a shoehorn by the majority of voters.

Cheers,

Ben
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/04/2009 03:14:17 PM
Beautiful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/02/2009 05:46:05 PM
A bit soft, though I like the striped look of the sun.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/31/2008 10:49:05 AM
seems like you could have cloned out the little towers in the background...but good colors, nice "haze"
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/30/2008 09:33:40 PM
so that is what the sun looks like it has been months
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/29/2008 04:31:47 PM
Seems like this is lacking focus however it is still a nice shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/28/2008 10:02:39 PM
I really like your border in this photo. The centered composition works as well. I just wish there was something more, though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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