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Colors of Night
Colors of Night
Ken


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Michigan City, IN
Date: Mar 7, 2009
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 25, 6, 1.6 sec
Galleries: Landscape, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

Taken in July 08 for the Slice of Life side challenge. I took original edit and tweaked it a bit.

Original:
HDR (+2,0, +2)
Nik Efex Tonal Contrast
Nik Efex Glamour Glow
Nik Efex Remove Color Cast (only on lighthouse)
paint white on rocks/pier in soft light
clone out a small trail due to a plane
clone out lens flair

Additional editing:
color dodge rocks
clone out a couple hot pixels
curves
blur water

resize
sharpen
save for web

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.6322
Avg (commenters): 7.5692
Avg (participants): 6.5957
Avg (non-participants): 6.8250
Views since voting: 1353
Views during voting: 687
Votes: 503
Comments: 69
Favorites: 3 (view)


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03/17/2009 11:12:40 PM
signature shot:) Beautiful, as always. You really should gather all of these and make a coffee table book.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 03:18:26 PM
Wonderful timing. The sun looks so golden. Nice work.
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03/17/2009 01:47:14 PM
nice shot....great work.
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03/17/2009 12:58:54 PM
Excellent capture and DOF! Lovely colors. 8
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03/17/2009 10:50:26 AM
Beautiful, love the colors.
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03/17/2009 10:10:42 AM
A classical scene on DPC. Good colours.
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03/17/2009 08:34:46 AM
love love love this shot!
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03/17/2009 06:22:58 AM
Very nice lighting going on here, great colors.
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03/16/2009 09:42:07 PM
Beautiful shot.
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03/16/2009 06:21:35 PM
Oh where oh where?
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03/16/2009 02:14:11 PM
I got little bit sick of all those sunset photos where just the sunset is the main subject but this one is diffrent! You captured a beautyfull scene with the sunset as a bonus.. The light reflection and the color of the ocean is also great... good luck. 8
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03/16/2009 02:13:09 PM
Beautiful lines of colors and a great composition. Like something you see on the front of a photographic book.
Congrats.
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03/16/2009 12:49:59 PM
always wonder if this is St. Joseph or Michigan City...very pleasing colors and tones...I say it is Michigan City as St. Joseph does not have rocks on the right side of it (harbor opening)...St. Joseph's just opens into Lake Michigan...(I grew up in St. Joseph, MI)
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03/16/2009 12:30:45 PM
well composted.... er....composed
like the subtle tones....
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03/16/2009 10:34:15 AM
Nice shot, love the colors
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03/16/2009 08:06:06 AM
very nice

seven

brano ;D
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03/15/2009 11:49:17 PM
nice warmth
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03/15/2009 11:47:02 PM
nice colors
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03/15/2009 06:20:41 PM
I don't think I ever tire of good lighthouse photographs. And, this is a good lighthouse photograph. Throw in the sunset and the reflection... Perfect.

Not voting yet.
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03/15/2009 03:19:35 PM
nice tones and clarity
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03/15/2009 02:57:34 PM
Nicely done
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03/15/2009 01:57:22 PM
I'm wondering if that's the lighthouse at Michigan City, IN?

Great timing to get the light, sunset and warm side lighting all balanced in the same exposure.
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03/15/2009 01:23:26 PM
beautiful scene, the lighthouse and the evening sun. beautiful
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03/15/2009 11:36:46 AM
Stunning colors and details in this lovely composition. 7
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03/15/2009 08:22:42 AM
Impeccable composition and tonal gradients. Great choice of colors too. Very VERY nice!
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03/15/2009 08:11:04 AM
excellent exposure control
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03/15/2009 06:17:17 AM
Very nice image. It's good to see a few "great" images. This is a perfect reflection of your abilities as a photographer.
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03/15/2009 05:16:09 AM
Great shot. Beautiful colors.
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03/15/2009 04:42:07 AM
Simply beautiful and composed perfectly good work
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03/14/2009 07:36:15 PM
Beautiful, absolutely stunning colours. I hope this is scoring well for you.
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03/14/2009 06:46:32 PM
Stunning colors and excellent composition!!!!
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03/14/2009 06:06:10 PM
Calming shot. I like the colors and crop.
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03/14/2009 02:37:20 PM
Colors of dusk? This is nice. The light is an add.
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03/14/2009 01:13:56 PM
The lighting and reflection on the water make this a gem of a shot.
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03/14/2009 11:53:45 AM
Pretty colors. Great clarity. Little too much dead space over the light house for my taste. I think it would have been perfect if you were in tighter on the lighthouse... cut out the deadspace to the right and above it. still a 7 though.
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03/14/2009 07:45:09 AM
Voted earlier coming back to leave comments now. What is so stand-out beautiful about this photo is the lovely sunset colors. There is the softswept violet blues of the reflecting ocean water. There is the gold, orange and lighter violet hues of the sky. The lighthouse with the sunstar light shining as a beacon in this scene draws the eye in and further holds our attention as we watch the beacon and hear the sound of the surf.
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03/14/2009 06:02:14 AM
Love the colors here, nice and even and warm.
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03/14/2009 04:31:02 AM
Well done! It might have been tempting to boost the saturation even more, but to me this has just the right balance - eye catching but still real.
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03/14/2009 02:25:06 AM
excellent composition, like the star light!
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03/14/2009 12:33:53 AM
beautiful colors 6
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03/13/2009 11:18:46 PM
I recognize this location from previous challenges... I would venture a guess and say that this is Michigan?
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03/13/2009 08:00:18 PM
The sharpness and clarity of this just blows me away!
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03/13/2009 06:13:39 PM
I love simple shots like this. It's elegant and understated. The single light; the nice calm water with reflection; the simply layered clouds. This is a great shot that deserves to be on somebody's wall.
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03/13/2009 04:42:29 PM
A very nice lighthouse. I like the streaks in the sky- complementing nicely the water. A longer exposure to capture the light itself too? Or was that luck?
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03/13/2009 11:16:53 AM
Beautiful lighthouse great colors the composition is wonderful
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03/13/2009 11:07:40 AM
Wonderful colors and composition.
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03/13/2009 07:27:49 AM
Excellent sharp image with a nice simple composition. The colors and reflection of the light on the water is very nice.
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03/13/2009 05:34:05 AM
Perfect exposure and gorgeous color.
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03/12/2009 07:02:15 PM
Gorgeous!
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03/12/2009 06:54:09 PM
Wonderful colors, just if they were special made for this construction.
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03/12/2009 05:07:54 PM
Beautiful!
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03/12/2009 04:44:20 PM
Nice detail and lighting. Love the star of the lighthouse light.
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03/12/2009 03:06:28 PM
How simple yet beautiful. It looks like daylight, though, so maybe deepening the shadows would bring the colors out even more, and lend more of a nighttime look to it? Really like this a lot.
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03/12/2009 01:32:38 PM
This is strange... Image and processing are in general first-rate, but there's a distinct sense of "lean" to it. I'm aware the light itself is essentially squared up, but the walkway pylons seem skewed. Not only that, the jetty seems artificially horizontal, if you catch my drift?

I'd be tempted to try skewing left to square the pylons then skewing down to make the jetty just a bit of a diagonal; I think that would feel more natural to me...

Something like this, maybe, though the actual horizon seems a tad off now, but that's fixable..

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03/12/2009 11:52:38 AM
Great colors, very nice picture!
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03/12/2009 11:46:16 AM
Great photo ... composition, lighting, colors, focus ... Nice work.
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03/12/2009 11:35:02 AM
beautiful color
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03/12/2009 11:07:32 AM
gorgeous...10
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03/12/2009 10:02:19 AM
Very nice silhouette and reflection.
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03/12/2009 08:14:28 AM
I never tire of looking at this lighthouse. Great colors in the sky and love how the light is reflecting on the water here.
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03/12/2009 06:07:25 AM
Very beautiful.
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03/11/2009 04:57:25 PM
Beautiful tones, I almost feel warm looking at this shot. Perfect clarity.
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03/11/2009 04:43:03 PM
A warm summer evening. Love the colors. I've never known anyone else to capture the same subject in so many distinctive, interesting and pleasant ways.
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03/11/2009 03:17:33 PM
A popular subject. A gorgeous sunset. The star burst really adds a focal point.
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03/11/2009 02:05:48 PM
very pretty colors. good timing, good composition.
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03/11/2009 01:42:50 PM
nice shot
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03/11/2009 07:51:03 AM
Interesting colors
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03/11/2009 05:50:28 AM
Nice light and colors
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03/11/2009 05:12:03 AM
lovely colours from the sky
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