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Melethia


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Challenge: Free Study 2011-01 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2011
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: San Clemente
Date: Jan 31, 2011
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2011

 It was this or a nifty blurred sunset. Hard to choose. I can shoot more sunsets, I suppose.

Shot while on a walk in San Clemente. Gotta love a swingset on the beach where the view is the Pacific Ocean, don't you? What a great way to spend an afternoon.

Overprocessed with Lightroom preset (and I'll have to work to figure out which one if anyone wants to know.) Cropped, took some blue out of her hair, perhaps sharpened a touch. And there you have it.

The nifty blurred sunset options:


Statistics
Place: 25 out of 307
Avg (all users): 6.3699
Avg (commenters): 8.2222
Avg (participants): 6.3774
Avg (non-participants): 6.3500
Views since voting: 1239
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 146
Comments: 28
Favorites: 9 (view)

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 02/23/2013 07:01:31 AM
This captures a mood, a feeling, a freedom so well. Such a beautiful image.
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 07/01/2011 02:51:09 AM
My entering is dying down again and I havent really voted in a while. I do a quick surf through the challenges looking to see if something grabs my eye. I add a fave here and there to acknowledge the image but I haven't had much time for commenting - even on the images that strike me. This morning I decided to look through my faves. It is funny how I can fave an image in challenge and then I don;t go back to my fave folder for a while. And when I do it;s like seeing a challenge full of images that I love. Not a dud in the bunch. This morning though as I checked my two scores (which I am stunned are as high as they are) and then hit my fave folder and this one stuck out. Well two stuck out actually for very different reasons. This one gave me a refreshing sigh. It made me think that this is what I want today and that today I will actually get it. Not that I am down or that I long for an uplifting moment. Far from it. But that I am so looking forward to today. And this image exemplifies what I expect and not just what I wish. I love this image.

And the other image, which struck me as much as yours for very similar but very different reasons, depicts what I expect at the end of the day. Not with a sense of dread but looking forward to it as well as my day of swinging comes to an end. ;)
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 02/14/2011 07:49:59 AM
I just love this picture!
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 02/08/2011 07:59:44 AM
cute man, i wanna go for a swing. fresh, unpredictably yours :)
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 02/08/2011 05:13:03 AM
Yup. Good stuff! I love this, Deb!
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 02/08/2011 04:24:02 AM
you go girl!!! love this...has such a fun/free feel
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 02/08/2011 04:22:31 AM
I looked at the sunsets option. You chose very well the flying, almost transparent girl with an entire life ahead waiting for her.
As magnificent as they are, the sunsets become personal bests most of the time. We cannot stop marveling at them but it's like playing Vivaldi on the radio too many times. Well done!
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 02/08/2011 04:05:09 AM
Awesome! I am so happy for you that this was well received. It really is a magical moment. Congrats on a good finish in the FS!
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 02/07/2011 09:31:12 PM
the wild blue yonder
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 02/07/2011 08:47:28 PM
Well done Deb, great finish. She is so relaxed. Perfect.
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 02/07/2011 08:31:43 PM
God, I wish life could be that carefree again! Love your title. :) By the way, it's the Ventura Pier. Congrats on your finish.
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 02/07/2011 08:28:32 PM
I like this one much more than your alternates. It conveys more. The sunsets are pretty, no doubt, but I love this one more. To me, it captures much of the childhood happiness... feeling like you're flying, with the ocean out below you. And it looks so much like summer! It's great to have shots like this in the depths of winter. :)
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 02/07/2011 08:13:22 PM
Hey, look at you! Great finish. I adore this shot.
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 02/07/2011 07:40:59 PM
Hey well done on your placing, one of my faves.
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 02/07/2011 07:32:38 PM
nice going Deb, congratulations! Lovely, uplifting image.
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 02/07/2011 07:11:10 PM
Well done Deb. Nice score, nice placement and faves too. Very successful FS I say. And as you say, you can always shoot another sunset!
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 02/07/2011 07:08:57 PM
superb! got an 8 from me
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/07/2011 06:16:00 PM
If only she knew. 8
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 02/07/2011 10:43:53 AM
Well done!
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 02/04/2011 11:55:14 AM
Great shot!
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 02/04/2011 09:52:16 AM
This is just so peaceful, clean and innocent.
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 02/03/2011 01:00:25 AM
A very nice suspended feel about this and it works. I like this. Something Im uncertain of is what the image would have looked like with longer focal length and more compressed feel..and even without the bar running accross the top. The comp does work with it there but it's just an alternate I was wondering about
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 02/02/2011 11:21:26 AM
Great shot
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 02/02/2011 12:53:24 AM
You know I never would have guessed this was yours, yet when I went to look at the images I faved in this challenge this was the first image I came to to check. Go figure. Lovely image. If it were of either of my kids I would be printing it out HUGE and hanging it in an instant. Now - go figure out which is mine. ;)
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 02/01/2011 12:40:00 PM
This is a cool perspective. Nice job.
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 02/01/2011 04:53:20 AM
Delightful image. Timeless.
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 01/31/2011 08:16:45 PM
...a rebel without a clue.
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 01/31/2011 07:12:32 PM
This is so wonderful, I know the swing isn't on the sea but it sure looks like it. 9
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