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WOW . . . (Wilderness of Wonder)
WOW . . . (Wilderness of Wonder)
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Challenge: Acronyms (Advanced Editing V)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Location: Logan, Utah USA
Date: Feb 21, 2007
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Feb 25, 2007

The Little Bear River, near my home on a lovely, warm winter morning. Wow.

PP: This began quite dark, but Autocolor helped to fix it. I selected the sky and cleaned it up with a slight blur, then did the same with the water. My sensor is SUPER dirty, so I had to clone out a bunch of yuckies. I applied Unsharp Mask at a large pixel radius of 90 and a small percentage of about 40%, this really woke it up. I then selected the tree with a large feather and lifted the mid-tones so we could see it better. Resized, sharpened, added border, and saved for web.

Thanks to Larus for recommending this lens to my wife when she got it for my birthday! Wow!

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 201
Avg (all users): 6.0248
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.4342
Avg (non-participants): 6.5529
Views since voting: 1023
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 161
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0


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03/04/2007 05:18:27 PM
Really nice landscape & reflections - 10
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03/02/2007 12:25:27 PM
New acronym for me, but WOW is used a lot. Very nice landscape, good composition, interesting sky. The pixel size allowed here doesn't do it justice, I'm sure.
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03/02/2007 07:30:34 AM
This is beautiful.
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03/01/2007 10:03:10 AM
Wonderful Open Wetland - 8

I love the gentle colors in the sky and water reflection and that lonely bush.
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03/01/2007 03:25:17 AM
lovely photo
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02/28/2007 03:58:57 PM
That's a tough one. Without the descriptive title it would be quite difficult to figure out what your acronym means (except to subliminally think WOW, as in great, good, etc.) It's a very nice photo, well processed and composed. Too bad you didn't leave the acronym guessing up to the viewer.
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02/28/2007 11:28:51 AM
Beautiful! The clouds, mountains the water, the balance is great!
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02/27/2007 11:00:31 PM
I love the clouds and their reflections.
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02/27/2007 07:02:10 PM
From the challenge: Title your image with your chosen acronym, and let your image explain what the letters represent!

As such you shouldn't put in your title what the letters mean. Thats what the picture was supposed to do.
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02/27/2007 01:12:36 PM
nice 8
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02/26/2007 08:33:16 PM
indeed
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02/26/2007 04:29:13 PM
Sorry, WOW in my book means "Wandering Over Words". DNMC I'm afraid. It is a nice pic otherwise.
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02/26/2007 01:39:40 PM
Definitely says it for me! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is spectacular!
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02/26/2007 11:09:28 AM
Well, I like the image but is it an acronym or the opposite of it? Don't worry, for me the image itself is more important than how close it meets the challenge.
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02/26/2007 08:40:34 AM
Beautiful...
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02/26/2007 07:17:29 AM
Beautiful landscape, I really like the soft movement of the clouds. The very bright area on the L tends to attract too much attention and might have been better cropped out. Nice job though

Jack
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02/26/2007 01:18:46 AM
Incredibly pretty photo! Incredibly "creative" use of acronym, too.
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