The Border of USA

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The Border of USA

Postby dooda on Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:30 pm

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The last of my series I took at the border crossing. There were some unbelievable opportunities here. I'd love to hear some thoughts, it's sort of the first time I've tried this type of photography. I dodged the foreground for the bubbles that were rushing in with the tide, and burned the shadows a tad too, and exposed the entire thing for the sky in Rawshooter. These used to support an old cannery that was burned down.
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Postby owen on Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:34 pm

Very nice image. I really like your b&w treatment of it. Were you standing in the water? It looks like you're right out in the middle of a lake or something :)
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Postby suzanneg on Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:36 pm

Very moody and almost eerie image. Great work.
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Postby dooda on Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:37 pm

The tide was coming in really fast. I took one take with the tide line in the picture, and one with it at my feet, then I had to bail.

This was one of those really long sandy shallow beaches just south of the US Canada border.
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Postby daniel_r on Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:40 pm

This is quite a powerful and balanced image you've created, I like it a lot. The B&W conversion is also spot on :)
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Postby Marty on Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:18 pm

This is a great image, I like it a lot.
Very good composition and b/w conversion.
Good work.
You could try a tighter crop on the top and bottom of the image.
It would give more impact.

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Postby avkomp on Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:05 pm

good moody feel to this, well done

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Postby moggy on Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:16 am

Great pic, maybe crop the bottom a bit more but leave the clouds as they are. Love what you've done with the toning. :wink:

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