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    Morning shoot for seaweed and penguins. The little guys would come up this channel to get out of the water and go up to their nests.

    Camera: 5D2
    Capture date/time: 01/05/11; 6:36am
    Light condition: overcast sunrise
    Lens: 24-105
    Focal length: 24mm
    Distance:
    Extender: none
    Tube: none
    Flash/Comp: no
    ISO: 100
    Exp Prog: Av
    Speed: .06 sec
    Aperture: f/16
    Exp Comp:
    Metering: Evaluative
    WB: Auto
    AF Drive: One shot
    Tripod: yes
    Filter: SR RNDs and GND
    Crop: minimal
    Images Changes: stuff I didn't like removed!

    Processed in LR3, CS5, Tony Kuyper Actions, NIK CEP and Sharpener

    All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!
    Cheers, Jay

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    Hi Jay, first off nicely framed! Your foreground is the star of the image since nothing equals it's interest due to it's dominance,color and texture. The crop is tight which accentuates the foreground and minimalizes
    the blah sky. I like the water flow to the right of the kelp but honestly haven't made up my mind about the look it generates inside the kelp area. I like the way your approaching these compositions...

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    Hey Jay,
    Very good comp! I like the diagonal of the water flow.....and the colors and FG look good too! Only suggestion I have is to possibly tone down the brightest area of wave action near the center at 10 o'clock...and lighten/whiten the wave splash above the kelp.....but a bit stronger on the area that runs from the brightest area......making the diagonal comp even stronger. These are minor tweaks ....overall a very nice comp and a nice job in PP'ing too.....tweaks will make it shine!

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    Hi Jay,

    Beautiful image. I really like the effect of the waves on the kelp, and I agree with Roman above: tone down the white wave that looks saturated (on my uncalibrated laptop).

    I also like your quote about life. Is this yours? (I'm putting it in my list of quotes.)

    What did you remove from the image?

    Roger

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    Roger, I cannot claim the quote. I have seen it many times, and it is on one of my favorite T-shirts.

    I am on the Hertz bus writing on my iPad enroute to LAX enroute to Australia. Will RP in a week or so. Cheers

    Goodbye USA for another six months.
    Cheers, Jay

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    Jay,
    Have a great trip (boy is that long).

    Roger

    PS Don't eat the cold chicken if they serve that. I got food poisoning from that on a LA - Sydney trip many years ago. Boy was that bad.

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    Six months? Nah! We are going home to The Beast (our new F450) and The Box (our new 24' caravan/trailer). I will post some more images of our home when we are settled Images of our rig on the Travepod now.
    Cheers, Jay

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    Safe travels my friend......and from the calm musical preferences I favor......for the f450 and the rest.......let it rolll.....let it roll.......I'm unstoppable!!! As the capt for clarification!

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    Nice photo, looks a bit OOTB processing, but different and the kelp looks like a painting of kelp.
    Nice job.
    Dan Kearl

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    Hi Jay, another wonderful image!!! Have a great and safe trip

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    I agree with the above comments Jay and understand you chose to crop down from the top to (a) accentuate the kelp bed, and (b) minimize a uninteresting sky, but the image feels a bit cramped to me. I feel I would have liked just a bit more room on top.

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