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A Day at the Beach
A Day at the Beach
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Challenge: Missed Focus (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Location: Hayling Island
Date: Sep 20, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Blur
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2009

Some beach huts and sea gulls on Hayling Island.

No idea what people are expecting from this, maybe something in focus ... but then surely that would become the main subject?! I toyed with the idea of this but decided to throw everything out of focus ... I kinda like this as the colours of the huts stand out and you know what they are.

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Statistics
Place: 86 out of 122
Avg (all users): 5.0500
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 5.0909
Avg (non-participants): 5.0154
Views since voting: 524
Views during voting: 303
Votes: 120
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2009 06:54:56 AM
No beach. I like the shapes and the colors but the image is cut in half horizontally. Inclusion of the flying bird adds nothing but boring sky. This could be two images - cut the top and the left and the bird and cabanas really control the image. Or, cut the bottom and the landscape opens up. Now the image doesn't seem to do either very well. 6
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09/25/2009 02:56:28 PM
Cool shot. I love the fact that you didn't include what was actually focused on like some of the others...it makes it look more interesting (at least to me anyway). Good job.
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09/22/2009 05:56:12 PM
I like how the ground birds are lined up and in the same position - they serve as a good echo to the lines of buildings in the background. The bird in flight adds a nice element in the top third to balance things out. Overall, a very relaxing image, well done.
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09/21/2009 06:54:21 PM
Nice picture! I also like the border, too.
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09/21/2009 04:51:47 PM
I think you had too much sun...your focus is off..lol!
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09/20/2009 09:07:06 PM
Great shapes and colors, just need something to be in focus.
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