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Douro River, Portugal
Douro River, Portugal
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Portugal
Date: Jul 16, 2005
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Landscape, Travel
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

Taken from a cruise ship moving rapidly towards the bridge.

Cloned out edge of hill just above bridge, light noise reduction, dodge/burn, unsharp mask with large and small radius, added gradient, crop, convert to sRGB, save for web. All changes were gentle; the original looks very much like this.

Statistics
Place: 238 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 6.0580
Avg (commenters): 6.6780
Avg (participants): 6.0262
Avg (non-participants): 6.2250
Views since voting: 849
Views during voting: 674
Votes: 500
Comments: 64
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 10:44:27 PM
it looks like we're looking through eyeglasses! very nicely seen
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03/17/2009 01:25:04 PM
Great reflection shot, I just wish the railing in the lower left weren't visible.
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03/17/2009 06:30:34 AM
Cool shot. Nice clarity and detail.
You should have cropped to just above the object in the left hand bottom corner. That would have balanced the entire image perfectly because then the bridge and it's reflection would have been perfectly in the middle of the frame. In other words the piece of sky at the top and the piece of reflected sky at the bottom would have been the same size.
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03/17/2009 04:44:04 AM
looks a little over PP the slant is distracting nice and sharp tho
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03/17/2009 01:06:13 AM
Just beautiful.
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03/16/2009 10:23:42 PM
Beautiful scene, awesome reflection. 8
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03/16/2009 04:14:08 PM
wow...very nice...might have cropped out the boat below...or cloned it out...
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03/16/2009 03:43:03 PM
One of the coolest reflections I've seen in a long while!
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03/16/2009 12:09:59 PM
My country! :) Interesting reflection.
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03/16/2009 11:37:06 AM
maybe you could turn it other way around - just to make it more interesting.. and the boat in down left corner could be erased too.. .and its also leaned... still I give you five ;D
brano
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03/16/2009 04:12:40 AM
beautiful reflection, and I love the city behind it pulls you into the shot!
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03/16/2009 02:59:09 AM
fantastic symmetry
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03/16/2009 12:15:10 AM
Extraordinary capture, the stillness of the water, the perfect reflections and the colors are awesome.
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03/15/2009 10:55:45 PM
Beautiful reflection!
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03/15/2009 10:50:41 PM
Really cool reflection. The photo almost has the infinity symbol shown in it. Only critique though would be the object in the lower left. Its minor though.
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03/15/2009 06:39:36 PM
Love the reflection and the color of the water.
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03/15/2009 04:10:24 PM
great shot - keep it up - 6
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03/15/2009 12:54:46 PM
nice reflection, lower corner ruins it for me though.
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03/15/2009 11:34:47 AM
Like the symmetry
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03/15/2009 07:36:53 AM
Interesting shot. Holds the viewer's attention.
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03/15/2009 06:57:46 AM
Wonderful bright and symmetric!
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03/15/2009 01:38:42 AM
Really mesmerizing this image and the reflection effect on it... Very well done!! Parabens!!!
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03/14/2009 11:05:37 PM
Simply wonderful reflections, such a clear calm day, very nice.
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03/14/2009 09:54:05 PM
What a neat pattern this makes.
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03/14/2009 08:41:00 PM
lovely reflection, the structure reflection in the lower left corner is distracting. 6
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03/14/2009 07:00:16 PM
Wonderful reflections, almost calm water, framing of RR trestle.
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03/14/2009 05:52:14 PM
Nice reflection.
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03/14/2009 04:54:23 PM
Wonderful reflection. Looks like glasses!
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03/14/2009 12:40:20 PM
Nice capture, but I wish the boat or whatever it is in the bottom left wasn't visible.
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03/14/2009 12:08:48 PM
very nice capture of the reflections, angle is great, too bad the bit in the left corner is distracting.
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03/14/2009 11:18:45 AM
I like the symmetry in this.
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03/14/2009 11:06:48 AM
Outstanding reflection and colors!
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03/14/2009 12:58:00 AM
Great reflection and symmetry.
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03/13/2009 08:59:31 PM
Like a giant pair of glasses.
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03/13/2009 08:49:38 PM
Neat composition with the reflections. I like it!
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03/13/2009 08:20:42 PM
great shapes from the reflections!
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03/13/2009 08:17:55 PM
I'm hoping to leave comments on as many photo's in this challenge as possible... out of (currently) 1124 images, I gave 31 of them a 9. Your image was one of those 31.

Lovely clarity and colours. I've never been to Portugal, hopefully one day I will visit.

I just wish the horizon was level on this one (unless it's an optical illusion the horizon appears to slope down left to right), and that the bottom left corner was cropped/cloned out. I'd have probably given it a 10 then.

Good luck for a strong finish in this challenge.
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03/13/2009 07:37:32 PM
fantastic reflections and great looking bridge
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03/13/2009 06:15:01 PM
Wonderful reflection. Very cool . I would have cloned out the bit of boat on the bottom left.
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03/13/2009 02:46:59 PM
Excellent symmetrical design. Nice view of the landscape beyond.
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03/13/2009 02:02:56 PM
This is SO gorgeous.. my only complaint is the area on the lower left.. should be chop chopped off.
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03/13/2009 12:47:22 PM
A beautiful bridge
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03/12/2009 09:29:01 PM
great reflection
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03/12/2009 08:55:12 PM
Such a beautiful reflection...looks like a pair of eyeglasses.
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03/12/2009 08:49:15 PM
Hey! Got one of same bridge at night! Home or on tour? BOL
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03/12/2009 05:28:00 PM
Love the symmetry in the bridge, and also in the reflections. You picked the perfect day for this shot, everything is so calm and still.
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03/12/2009 04:06:19 PM
Very cool reflection. Nice shot.
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03/12/2009 03:20:51 PM
Perfect reflection, beautiful pattern.
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03/12/2009 01:37:54 PM
Nice symmetry and framing.
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03/12/2009 12:03:58 PM
Nice reflection!! I might've tried to clone the edge of the boat (I'm guessing) in the lower left corner. Really nice shot though, nice composition & great colors.
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03/12/2009 10:01:23 AM
great composition, very nice colors, awesome reflections, but in the bottom left corner, there is a boat railing.... ouch. crop that off and you got a winner on your hands. great shot.
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03/12/2009 09:59:40 AM
Great viewpoint and reflections but the boat in the bottom left corner lets it down
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03/12/2009 06:40:57 AM
Nie job, wish the horizon were straightened though.
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03/12/2009 12:23:24 AM
whoo, nice reflection. Very clear, crisp photo.
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03/11/2009 10:29:23 PM
Well framed. Looks great but definitely worth a trip back in early morning to try and get the water more glassy. Still, a very good shot.
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03/11/2009 10:08:24 PM
Reminds me of eye glasses. I love the composition. And I really like the small detail in the bottom left corner. I think the uneven space on the top and the bottom is perfect. Gives the image a little bit of spunk. :)
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03/11/2009 05:40:45 PM
With the reflections, it looks like a giant pair of sunglasses.
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03/11/2009 05:30:08 PM
upper half looks great, however lowerhalf needs less processing and a higher crop. other than that looks great
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03/11/2009 03:10:05 PM
Great location!
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03/11/2009 02:01:31 PM
Great reflections. I would have cloned out the portion of your boat in the lower left.
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03/11/2009 01:47:52 PM
Cool reflection, very nice timing.
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03/11/2009 09:42:29 AM
I like the symmetry of the bridge and reflection. I gave this a 6, but would have gone 7 or 8 if the lower left boat part had been addressed. Did you consider cropping this (bringing the bottom up)? The symmetry could have been perfected by balancing the blue above and below the bridge. Just some observations. Good luck in the challenge.
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03/11/2009 09:34:59 AM
Great reflection here. Pretty colors to. I dont know what that thing is in the bottom left but I would have cloned it out.
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03/11/2009 08:20:04 AM
I like this apart form the shape in the bottom left corner
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