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Challenge: Warm Colors II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Sutro Baths, San Francisco, CA
Date: Apr 12, 2011
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 30 seconds
Galleries: Water, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2011

 Thanks for all the comments and votes. It is always nice to get some front page time. :)

As Brennan stated, this location is the Sutro Baths in San Francisco. It is located right next to the Cliff House near Ocean Beach.

I used my B+W 10 stop ND filter for this exposure. I was a little late for the sunset but was very lucky that there was not a fog bank out on the coast, so the color stuck around even after the sun had gone below the horizon. I didn't have time to set up my timer so this exposure was set to 30 seconds. A longer exposure would have required a remote and bulb mode. This is a single exposure. To balance out the exposure, I used a "hand" filter across the top of the image. I ballparked how long to use said "hand" filter and left the sky exposed for about a quarter of the exposure then covered the top of the frame with the "hand" filter. This is why the clouds have relatively little blur while the water is smooth.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 127
Avg (all users): 6.9847
Avg (commenters): 8.1053
Avg (participants): 6.7833
Avg (non-participants): 7.0735
Views since voting: 4594
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 196
Comments: 46
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 04/26/2011 08:13:16 AM
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 04/25/2011 10:07:07 PM
Beautiful colour! Congratulations.
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 04/25/2011 11:26:22 AM
Nice. I never thought to use a "hand" filter before!
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 04/23/2011 07:34:44 AM
Love the warm muted tones in this, Joe! Many congrats on your warm red!
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 04/22/2011 01:43:30 PM
Congrats, You got rob this should take first place
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 04/22/2011 08:35:56 AM
Lovely,congrats.
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 04/22/2011 08:17:13 AM
Dang...way to go, Joe!!! Love this - congrats!
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 04/21/2011 04:04:04 PM
Back on top!! Congrats Joe!
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 04/21/2011 03:59:10 PM
great work, my friend
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 04/21/2011 02:50:17 PM
Thanks for the "how to" remarks! What a great shot, just extraordinary. Congrats.
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 04/20/2011 06:04:09 PM
Nice job, great tones...always a pleasure to see your landscapes/seascapes, interesting title too. I assume that's a building.
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 04/20/2011 05:56:42 PM
There's the Joe Dannels photography I have grown to love so much over the years! CONGRATULATIONS!! You remain a rock star in my rock star book of heroes :)

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 04/20/2011 03:51:09 PM
Knew this had to be in the ribbons somewhere, congratulations..
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 04/20/2011 01:48:30 PM
beautiful - has your hallmark
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 04/20/2011 07:50:17 AM
Hey, Joe. Nice to see your work up here again. And that's an expressive view of Sutro Baths.
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 04/20/2011 07:22:58 AM
Congrats on the ribbon!
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 04/20/2011 06:02:30 AM
Beautiful image. I like the hand held filter trick.
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 04/20/2011 05:52:24 AM
Beautiful...congratulations Joe!
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 04/20/2011 05:23:09 AM
One of my top picks. Congrats on the yellow!
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 04/20/2011 12:51:21 AM
Silky smooth. Beautiful light and composition. Congrats!
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 04/19/2011 10:36:22 PM
Excellent, congratulations.
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 04/19/2011 09:54:30 PM
Sweet Joe. congrats!
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 04/19/2011 08:31:04 PM
Ah a nice warm bath at Sutro baths. Perfect amount of micro tweakage.
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 04/19/2011 08:25:45 PM
Congrats Joe....a beautiful creamy image, that is just stunning to view!!
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 04/19/2011 08:25:02 PM
I knew this would ribbon. I thought it had a strong chance to even win the blue. Gorgeous shot!
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 04/19/2011 08:15:37 PM
Where was this taken?
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 04/19/2011 08:07:45 PM
Nice job, Joe! Congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2011 01:49:57 PM
Beautifully rendered. One might wish the island were less centered...
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 04/18/2011 05:37:16 PM
Sheer elegance. Top 10
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 04/18/2011 05:00:13 PM
7... makes me want to sleep... sleep... sleep... (voted earlier)
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 04/18/2011 02:29:57 PM
Fantastic. 10.
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 04/17/2011 10:59:35 PM
Jackpot. 10
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 04/17/2011 08:27:16 PM
Meant to be slightly futuristic, but other-worldly as well. Two or three shots in every challenge stop me in my tracks as thumbnails. This was one of them.
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 04/17/2011 05:49:20 PM
DNMC taken after the given week 9
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 04/16/2011 03:05:17 PM
Very nice!
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 04/16/2011 12:11:21 PM
Beautiful
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 04/16/2011 07:06:54 AM
Smooth stuff,real lovely shot.
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 04/15/2011 11:16:09 PM
Nice textures and lighting.
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 04/15/2011 06:54:05 PM
very warm and soft
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 04/14/2011 10:58:36 AM
Love the tones in this image.... your title and the stillness of the image goes very well... good luck!
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 04/13/2011 06:47:46 PM
So Simple and so beautiful. Nicely done
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 04/13/2011 06:03:56 PM
Nice job on the color. Good to see a warm color that is NOT bright yellow !
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 04/13/2011 04:54:44 PM
Outstanding work!
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 04/13/2011 03:46:58 PM
Lovely taken...did you put any filter?
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 04/13/2011 01:53:06 PM
Gorgeous long-exposure! The tones are fantastic!
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 04/12/2011 08:49:13 PM
a real beauty
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