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Gently to the Sea.
Gently to the Sea.
jomari


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Horizontal vs Vertical (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 Challenges
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Location: Anglesea, Vic. Australia
Date: Aug 7, 2011
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Water
Date Uploaded: Aug 11, 2011

 This is where the Anglesea River enters the sea. It's always a bit of a puzzle to me how a river can almost fizzle out just before it enters the ocean. Sometimes there is virtually no water for the last few meters and you can just walk past it along the beach, but at the moment if you are on one side you can't get to the other without getting substantially wet.
Cropped out of a horizontal shot. I did take some vertically, but liked this one better. It's a pity because the resolution isn't as high as if it had been the whole shot.
Open PSCS3
Crop
Duplicate layer
Topaz denoise
Cut pixels and erase all but sky
Select background layer
Topaz Detail
Select duplicate layer
Brightness/contrast
Select background layer
Sharpen
Crop and rotate tiny, bit to straighten
Crop tiny bit to eliminate white bits around the rotation
Image size
Clone and blur tools used a little bit to de halo
Burn tool to define bird a bit more
SFW.

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 93
Avg (all users): 5.6117
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7105
Avg (non-participants): 5.5538
Views since voting: 414
Views during voting: 221
Votes: 103
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/19/2011 08:53:07 PM
lovely. the vertical orientation situates this very nicely - I don't feel that I am looking at some standard scene, but something freshly seen. (Sorry for the rhyme).
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 08/19/2011 07:18:45 AM
I am confused. I love this shot. 45th with only three comments? It was one of my favorites of the challenge. Thanks for entering it.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/18/2011 05:05:35 PM
Love the bottom half but the upper portion is dead space
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/12/2011 08:18:53 AM
Simply beautiful colors and composition.
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 08/12/2011 03:56:55 AM
Lovely light and color and one would normally take this scene in a horizontal position, nice capture.
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