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Unreachable Dock
Unreachable Dock
dsidwell


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Challenge: June Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Architecture
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: Dry Canyon, near Logan, Utah USA
Date: Jun 11, 2004
Aperture: f 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2004

 Dock on Bear Lake in northern Utah/southern Idaho.

Taken in the morning, shooting into the sun. Desaturated using the lightness channel and converting from it to grayscale. I added a gradient on the bottom to accentuate the gradient that was already present. I cloned out some small bouys and ropes at left. I increased contrast by 12%, then used the dodge tool at 5% to brighten the whites even further.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 384
Avg (all users): 6.4038
Avg (commenters): 8.2857
Avg (participants): 6.3165
Avg (non-participants): 6.6800
Views since voting: 1360
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 208
Comments: 10
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 07/10/2004 03:25:20 PM
Beautiful photo, I like the depth and the star like patterns on the water.
 07/08/2004 06:12:44 AM
Beautiful man!
How did you get theese stars in the water?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/06/2004 03:34:50 PM
I think cropping the bottom off would have made this look better. Just my opinion
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 07/04/2004 01:49:38 PM
The sparkles of light in the water add interest, especially with the forlorn looking sky in the background. I like the subject, exposure and composiiton and really can't think of anything I would change for improvement. Excellent picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/04/2004 11:48:10 AM
Goodness, I used to have a recurring nightmare in my childhood and there was this delapitated dock in the middle of a lake - this is it. For most viewers I doubt it will hold the sinister air it does for me but... this one certainly has a meaning to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/03/2004 06:58:31 AM
This one works really well in B&W. The dark foreground concentrates the eye on the dock, but still has these sparkles to break the monotony. great composition, great tones.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/02/2004 10:33:42 PM
Nice contrasts and nice composition.
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 07/01/2004 03:07:57 PM
A really wonderful shot. Only one score I can give it, & thats 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 09:42:36 AM
Great tonal range and composition. Love the sparkles. Very evocative. Fave so far this challenge. Congrats.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/01/2004 03:39:54 AM
lovely clean image
good luck
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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