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The Art Auction

© Deri C. Dority

The Art Auction

Uploaded: July 05, 2009

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An art auction aboard the Serenade of the Seas on a recent cruise to Alaska. The auction took place in the Centrium, which is a 11 story central area of the ship. On lookers gathered on all floors.

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/15 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 800, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 16.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict July 05, 2009

Great image here, Deri.


Dominick #1149852

Michelle Alton July 05, 2009

An incredible capture, Deri. Love the subtle effects too. #7706041

Carolyn J. Connolly July 05, 2009

What a superb capture of this expansive onboard scene, Deri!! An art auction - WOW!! How did you enjoy your cruise? My hubby, Phil, and I have been aboard the 'Rhapsody of the Seas', and it was just an amazing experience!! :o) #7706618

Deri C. Dority July 05, 2009

Hi Dominick, Michelle and Carolyn,
Thanks so much for the feedback.
There were 6 of us on the cruise and we all had a great time. We passed Rhapsody of the Seas in the Icy Straights area. I am curious if it has the Centrum area that the Serenade of the Seas has. I think that many of these ships are very similar to each other.
Deri
#7706667

Carolyn J. Connolly July 05, 2009

Deri, the 'Rhapsody' certainly does have the Centrum, too!! If you take a look through my hubby's gallery you will see some of the images that were taken whilst we were aboard the 'Rhapsody'!! :o)

It comes down to the South Pacific during your northern winter, which is, of course, our summer here Downunder, and does a number of cruises around Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands!! ;o)


http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do?shipCode=RH

http://www.bestcruises.com.au/cruise/ships/62 #7706724

Carolyn J. Connolly July 05, 2009

PS, Deri - I meant to include the url for my husband Phil's gallery!! ;o/ Here it is:


http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/gallery.php?memberID=37424 #7706783

Deri C. Dority July 05, 2009

Hi Carolyn,
I love your husbands photos of the Rhapsody of the Sea. It is quite different from the Serenade of the Seas. It seems to have the same basic structure, but from there varies quite a bit. Royal Caribbean just launched a super ship called the Oasis. It is twice the size of other ships and is supposed to be quite amazing.
Deri #7706826

Carolyn J. Connolly July 05, 2009

G'day again, Deri!!

I'm glad that you enjoyed viewing Phil's images aboard the 'Rhapsody of the Seas'!! Yes, like you said in your first comment above, the Toyal Caribbean ships are all similar...but also all very different, too!! ;o)

Whilst on board the 'Rhapsody' back in April one of the crew members told us of the new super ship that was about to be launched!! It certainly sounds like it will be a floating island and city all rolled into one - lol!! Amazing!! ;o) #7706877

Carolyn J. Connolly July 05, 2009

Sorry, Deri - of course, Toyal = Royal!! ;o/ #7706878

Sharon C. Hinze August 09, 2009

Deri, the many layers in this image are wonderful and one could spend a huge amount of time looking at each of them. I love the color and clarity...but would like to know how you post processed this image if you could please. I love it. sharon #7833318

Deri C. Dority August 09, 2009

Hi Sharon,
Thanks so much for the feedback. For this image, I shot it in RAW, and converted it in Aperture. I then post processed it in CS4 with Nik Color Efex Pro. I used two contrast filters: color contrast and tonal contrast. I didn't do any sharpening. When I add tonal contrast, I normally mask part of the image in Nik, but for this image I applied tonal contrast to the whole image (Nik has two ways of masking, the brush or control points that go over colors).
Deri #7833331

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