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THE PHOTO:
Competitors in the 2007 NZ Ironman entering gathering for the start of the swim.

POST PROCESSING:
Crop & Rotate, Velvia Vision, Levels, Curves, Unsharp Mask, Noise Reduction, Color Balance.

OTHER:
Obviously too busy to notice, but I missed the fact that seriocomic.com turned 4 years old last month. According to dnscoop.com, this site is worth US$47,427.00 and it looks as though I should be doing some advertising. Last month also saw traffic exceed 7,000 unique visits (out of 16,400 visitors not including search-engines) for the first time - not that you would know that from the number of comments I get. This equated to 84,000 pages being served during that month and 3.93Gb of traffic.

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Taken:
3rd March, 2007 at 6:51am
Published:
4th March, 2007
Category:
landscapes,people,photos,sunrises,taupo
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EXIF data:
  • Camera: NIKON D2X
  • Exposure: 1/40s
  • Aperture: f/3.5
  • ISO Equiv: 200
  • Exp Bias: 0.00
  • Flash Used: No
  • Focal Length: 18mm
  • Exp Mode: Auto Exposure
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  1. gravatar Lila 3 years, 6 months ago

    Is this the same group of folks that are in ‘starting frenzy’? The images evoke such different moods that it is hard to believe they are the same event, but how many NZ Ironman competitions are there?

    The last image was definitely a competetive event. This one makes me think of religious festivals in Thailand and India.

    Congratulations on your 4 years.

  2. gravatar seriocomic 3 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks Lila. One competition, held every year. The stark difference between the two shot comes primarily from the fact that the awesome colors of the sunrise dissipated considerably by the time the evet actually started, turning the light into a very grey scene.

  3. gravatar Phototainable 3 years, 6 months ago

    Great shot, I have a weak spot for sunrises but the mass of swimmers on the banks of the lake really does it. We have just come back from our first visit in NZ and we passed through Taupo on the way to Napier for the Art Deco festival. You really our lucky to have such a wonderfully photographic country to live in. We enjoyed our time in NZ tremendously and can’t wait to go back. Amongst other things we actually got to meet Craig Potton your home grown incredibly talented and friendly landscape photographer. Perhaps next time we are in NZ we could meet up, I really came to recognize who local knowledge helps in finding the best locales.

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