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Owl's Head
Owl's Head
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Owl's Head, Maine
Date: Jun 23, 2004
Aperture: f14
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

 One of my favorite lighthouses, the Owl's Head, Maine light is just 30' tall, but sits on top of a hill, placing 100' above the water.

I applied the "Ansel Adams" effect that can be found in Scott Kelby's "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers." It doesn't work for everything, but I hope it works for this.

resize, levels, shadow/highlight, noise ninja, smart sharpen, channel mixer, canvas size, resize, save for web

Statistics
Place: 519 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.6526
Avg (commenters): 6.1458
Avg (participants): 5.6531
Avg (non-participants): 5.6500
Views since voting: 630
Views during voting: 670
Votes: 498
Comments: 54
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 06:55:33 PM
Black and white was a good choice for this.
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 03/17/2009 05:27:47 PM
Nice perspective in this capture!
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 03/17/2009 11:06:07 AM
Dramatic. Nice pov. Like the b&w.
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 03/17/2009 08:14:16 AM
Very nice use of IR. The sky might be too black though to present a jet black lighthouse against (the top anyway). The tree and grass work very well -- I'd have liked to see a bit more on the left, maybe using more of the stairs for leading lines/perspective. (Not voting, just commenting.)
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 03/17/2009 07:34:56 AM
I think this would be stunning color, the sky looks perfect.
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 03/17/2009 06:06:46 AM
Maine? Cool place!
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 03/16/2009 09:48:22 PM
Nice low prespective to create the vision of how long the walk up the stairs is.
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 03/16/2009 09:20:03 AM
Nice shot. The stairs add to the pic.
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 03/16/2009 12:49:26 AM
I usually like very dark skies in bw, but here the contrast is a bit high, the top of the lighthouse blends with the sky
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 03/15/2009 05:29:55 PM
Great shot, I like the low perspective.
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 03/15/2009 01:55:56 PM
Great POV and detail.
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 03/15/2009 12:35:52 PM
Dramatic lighthouse and sky shot. Lovely contrasts, nice composition. 7
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 03/15/2009 12:14:03 PM
love the dramastic tone of this
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 03/15/2009 11:28:37 AM
I like the darkness of the sky but the top of the lighthouse is a bit lost in it.
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 03/15/2009 08:01:53 AM
good use of perspective
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 03/15/2009 06:16:52 AM
I like the perspective and the sky. A neat looking lighthouse.
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 03/15/2009 01:36:13 AM
pretty nice
despite quality
6
brano
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 03/15/2009 12:52:43 AM
excellent contrast , well composed. 7
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 03/14/2009 10:03:38 PM
Nice view to the top with strong contrasts
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 03/14/2009 08:25:52 PM
Dramatic but maybe a bit too much contrast
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 03/14/2009 07:46:20 PM
Good leading line up to the lighthouse; like the dark sky.
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 03/14/2009 05:18:14 PM
Great Shot...It makes you want to walk up the stairs!
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 03/14/2009 04:27:41 PM
I love lighthouses. This looks like a tough shot with the lighting you were working with. The right hand rail is too hot, as is the bottom of the lighthouse. The top of the lighthouse blends into the sky. I like the tree alongside the stairs a lot.
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 03/14/2009 03:47:57 PM
Nice composition and use of infrared (?)
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 03/14/2009 02:36:01 PM
Lost detail in some of the white.
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 03/14/2009 01:16:52 PM
Sharp detail and powerful lighting
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 03/14/2009 07:39:10 AM
Great shot.
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 03/13/2009 02:45:34 PM
Nice shot. I find that the sky has a little too much contrast, but that is a minor thing.
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 03/13/2009 01:37:48 PM
Very imposing sky. I like the wide range of tones.
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 03/13/2009 08:45:13 AM
cool looking lighthouse, awesome sky in B&W
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 03/13/2009 07:37:52 AM
wow, this is beautiful
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 03/13/2009 05:21:31 AM
Nice perspective..
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 03/13/2009 04:58:58 AM
fantastic pov, love the deep b&w conversion
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 03/13/2009 04:38:12 AM
love the sky, amazing what polarizer can do for a simple subject.
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 03/12/2009 09:02:27 PM
Good tones and contrast. Like the angle too.
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 03/12/2009 08:37:44 PM
Feels like something Ansel Adams would have shot. good work.
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 03/12/2009 03:22:19 PM
I think this is a really good shot. I love the angle and the varying textures - the gnarled tree, the weathered steps, the clean lines of the lighthouse, the soft vegetation, the puffy clouds, etc. It's so much to look at and enjoy, but it's also a bit hard to figure out what the main subject is.

It's really drawn me in, though, and I really couldn't say which element could be left out. The more I look, the more it's drawn me in.
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 03/12/2009 02:53:14 PM
nice perspective, and the strong contrast work well here.
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 03/12/2009 09:56:58 AM
The lighthouse gets lost in the very dark sky.
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 03/12/2009 09:32:27 AM
good use of black and white
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 03/12/2009 09:14:12 AM
nice perspective.
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 03/12/2009 08:24:02 AM
I love the tones. Great in black and white. Good detail and textures.
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 03/12/2009 08:16:44 AM
the sky is a little too dark loosing the light house in it , well composed image and interesting angle
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 03/12/2009 07:46:26 AM
Awesome, I love it! Great angle and composition!
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 03/12/2009 02:43:01 AM
nicely framed, but there is too much contrast in this picture, the sky is way too black
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 03/12/2009 01:43:45 AM
Love the composition and tones.
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 03/11/2009 04:41:40 PM
Very interesting with that black sky. Cool.

Not voting yet.
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 03/11/2009 03:11:44 PM
Nice to include the tree but it kind of feels that too much is missing on the other side of the frame. It is sort of squished to the left. Nice black and white.
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 03/11/2009 12:48:03 PM
nice shot...infrared???? good work.
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 03/11/2009 04:11:22 AM
Love the starkness. Great leading lines.
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 03/11/2009 03:59:23 AM
nice comp
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 03/10/2009 09:59:39 PM
great perspective
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 03/10/2009 09:58:19 PM
good bw conversion.tree looks oversharpened near the sky
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 03/10/2009 08:11:29 PM
seems a bit bright, but I like the pathway that leads you to the lighthouse...the top of the photo has "richer tones"...I like that better
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