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15 Mar 2010 - 6:01 PM

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saeidNL (e2 Member)

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15 Mar 2010 - 6:01 PM

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beautiful image,well taken.
saeid

crookymonsta (e2 Member)

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16 Mar 2010 - 11:31 AM

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All the elements are there to produce a very thought provoking image, Malcolm, what would primitive man make of our modern world? Would suggest that it may have been enhanced here with an EPZ black background. Hope you were successful with your assessment.
Sandra

malc_c

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17 Mar 2010 - 10:38 AM

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Thank you all for your clicks and comments.

Xiao-li- I agree that the movement in the waves (and wind turbine blades) is important in adding a dynamic to the picture. I deliberately chose an ISO-200 and F22 to keep the exposure long at 1/8 sec (I can't remember if I used an ND as well, but probably not). Because of the long exposure the boat also moved within the frame, so to keep it sufficiently sharp I used a re-focusing tool (Focus Magic) to recover the details (which doesn't show in a tiny EPZ image).

Sandra- the assessment went well, the two judges (including our own Paul Keene) chose 16 of my images that they would have both scored as 4 (on the day six judges score each of 15 images between 2 and 5 and you have to get 300 points, or an average of 20 points per image) so that sounds very positive. As there's now a years waiting list for adjudications though, I should have some more images by then too. The problem is that the standard is really quite high now and they're rejecting far more applicants than they're accepting. As a guide, for DPAGB they expect you to be having significant success in having images accepted into international salons such as Southampton that we had at the club on Monday, and in which I had two out of four images accepted.

Barry- As you probably know I frequently advocate keeping narrative images simple to ensure the message is clear, but here, for me, the turbines are part of the message. I have tried removing them, in fact I'll post it for you, but I find it a little barren by comparison. Of course that's a personal choice but in the assessment both judges say they would have given it 5 points, which given I had rejected it for a club comp myself obviously comes as a shock.

malcolm

jammbulator

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28 Dec 2010 - 4:22 PM

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artistic original great works
Jamm