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Childhood swept away
Childhood swept away
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Challenge: In The Style Of: bspurgeon (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Highway 1 - CA
Date: Jul 8, 2011
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/5
Galleries: Black and White, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2011

 This is my humble and fun filled attempt to try and emulate the style of Ben. I don't expect much in the way of a score .. the softness is on purpose as is the slight blur, given that I was using a tripod - I like Ben's shots that appear to use that style. This shot is special to me as it was taken a few days before my son left to go back to Canada. Of course he is well past childhood but for the while he was here I got to cook and do things for him reminiscent of our times together years ago, hence the title.
Not a lot of editing ... exposure adj in cs5 - cloning out a zillion sensor spots .. added a slight vignette .. some cloning and burning, cropped for composition .. reduced noise in CS5 - sharpened - a million prayers a rogue wave wouldn't take my son out to sea. That's about it.

[Jul. 21st, 2011 01:39:13 PM]

It's the last day of voting and I am surprised and pleased with the score and especially the comments. Thanks so much!

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 156
Avg (all users): 6.1638
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 6.0875
Avg (non-participants): 6.3333
Views since voting: 547
Views during voting: 233
Votes: 116
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/03/2011 10:44:43 PM
I loved this one.
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 08/02/2011 07:18:04 PM
Hey, I just noticed we finished next to each other! Congrats on this doing well for you, especially when it was something that meant something to you!
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 07/22/2011 04:34:11 AM
The placement of the figures and the contrast is superb; I like how you use the water wave mist flow long exposure to emulate the style of B rather than go for campy exaggerated blur. It works well, its a poignant inspired shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2011 05:43:34 PM
I think you made the right choice. Honestly, I didn't see the children when you first showed this to me, and I wonder how many of our rapidfire voters
missed them. The title invites us to look harder. Nice work.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/21/2011 12:35:18 PM
I love the exposure of this image. It's very clear and very well done.
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 07/21/2011 09:08:27 AM
the two background figures detract from the sombre isolation conveyed in the rest of the shot. Overall pretty good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/20/2011 07:29:52 AM
Contains many Bennish qualities, but I find a harsher, stricter quality to this than in his images. This seems more factual, less allegorical. More journalistic, less poetic.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 07/19/2011 06:33:36 PM
Smooth and silky, nice frame.
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 07/19/2011 12:26:38 PM
The water is beautiful, lovely composition
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 07/16/2011 03:58:15 AM
Nice emotion in this one, but for me it would be even better if the two people in the background were not there.
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 07/14/2011 08:23:04 PM
Lovely motion in the water.
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