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Reflections in the Reeds
Reflections in the Reeds
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Challenge: Best of 2004 (Advanced Editing III*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Denali National Park, Alaska
Date: Aug 8, 2004
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2005

 This was taken during my photography workshop in Denali National Park, Alaska last August. We had just finished a lesson and were given 30 minutes to go shoot. I had spotted this pond from atop our hill, and loaded my gear and hiked down for some shots.

I used a ND4 and Circular Polarizer for this shot. I spent a fair amount of time positioning my tripod so I could achieve the best reflection in the pond. Short of some ripples in the water, this image turned out exactly as I had seen it in my minds eye.

Post processing consisted of converting to b/w, cropping, and dodging and burning to give it more depth.

Nikon D70
2004/08/03 17:15:34
Lens: 28-70mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 28mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/30 sec - F/22
Exposure Comp.: -0.3 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 400
AF Mode: Manual

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 530
Avg (all users): 6.7817
Avg (commenters): 7.9630
Avg (participants): 6.7186
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 1793
Views during voting: 531
Votes: 339
Comments: 29
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 01/07/2006 02:39:30 AM
Nice, dynamic composition. The foreground elements add great depth and serve as great natural frames. Beautiful sky as well. I would love to see this one in color.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/31/2005 11:53:21 PM
One of my top 10 picks. Good luck! :o)
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 01/31/2005 11:19:02 PM
Hey Danny I know this is yours because it was in the gallery, looks great here and it looked great framed...good luck ;)
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 01/31/2005 10:41:03 PM
You forgot to burn the sky in the water. This gives the shot a rather unballanced feeling to it. Like the overall tonality, but getting a little tired of the burnt sky treatment.
TC
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 01/31/2005 08:44:57 PM
Beautiful
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 01/30/2005 05:11:29 PM
Lovely scene - great composition.

There's a problem here for me which is one of excessive burning, resulting in an artificial and overpowering sky. As you can see how the sky really looked in the reflection, I would have been inclined to exercise restraint since your scene was lovely anyway.
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 01/29/2005 07:22:33 PM
Superb treatment on this. The black-as-night clouds are a bit heavy, but the rest of the photo makes up for that . Stunning.
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 01/27/2005 07:10:29 PM
Wow. This takes on a great deal of drama and detail with this processing. Great choice. 9.
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 01/26/2005 08:01:57 PM
Ansel Adams eat your heart out. Yet another powerful black and white landscape. I like the almost metalic feel to the image. Storm is coming in. 10
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 01/26/2005 01:08:49 PM
Nicely timed and composed photograph, with good detail. Nice choice of tone chosen to add to the cold feel in it. ((8))
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 01/25/2005 05:36:49 AM
This one should end up on your wall - 10
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 01/22/2005 03:29:53 PM
on one hand, this is a stirring image, on the other, the more i look at it, the more it loses its initial impact. i think the problem i'm having is that all the detail in the mid-ground is running together, creating a visual miasma. i think this would have been much better in color. good luck!
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 01/22/2005 09:49:57 AM
beautiful landscape, strange colours, is this IR?
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 01/22/2005 09:37:25 AM
Brilliant... I get this fantasy feeling in that photo.. Nice tone!! 9
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 01/21/2005 07:12:19 PM
Wow this looks Ansel Adams like, except it's Danny Shaw (I saw your "Come see my photos in a gallery" thread, looked at the image, thought of this, then compared the two, and knew this was yours). Awsome tones, lovely dramitic scene.

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 01/21/2005 02:09:15 PM
Nice photo. The B&W toning is very good.
Unfortunately there is a lot of clutter in the centre. I mean, many high detailed objects like the rocks, bushes and trees. The unfortunate part is that the 640 wide limit of DPC doesn't do it justice. I expect it looks much better at 800 wide.
I like the soft mood of the mountain. The last 10 to 15% of the right side doesn'tt add much to the composition except to keep a balance between the reeds on the left and right. 7
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 01/21/2005 12:12:13 PM
It´s a great shot and one I would have been proud of myself. However, in my personal opinion it´s a bit too dramatic, the clouds kind of steal the attention here from this lovely landscape and it´s a bit too monotone but otherwise great, I gave it an 8.
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 01/20/2005 04:13:47 PM
if you burn the sky you should also burn the reflection in the water. It feels unbalanced now with the strong contrast in the sky.
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 01/20/2005 02:14:49 PM
interesting landscape shot, high contrast shows well.
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 01/20/2005 01:10:37 PM
Breathtaking.
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 01/20/2005 01:01:12 PM
I think this could be a cracking image and b/w works well, there just seems like you have packed in maximum detail. I would like to see more of the mountain and that moody sky.
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 01/18/2005 10:38:34 PM
Beautiful serene vista, but such harsh contrast. Interesting approach, but doesn't quite come together for me. Maybe because the frame so full of high contrast details?
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 01/18/2005 05:29:47 PM
Much to feast the eyes on here. Gorgeous shade of blue. 10
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 01/17/2005 07:51:50 PM
Wow!!! Nicely done
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 01/17/2005 07:07:51 PM
I like this one a lot, especially the monochrome effect. quite the powerful image.
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 01/17/2005 02:53:00 AM
Stunning X 10 - love the colour cast here - it's almost blueish. Terrific and one of my favourites so far. The reeds in the foreground take this from a solid 6+ landscape shot to one that should wind up above 7. Minor nitpicking time - the burning on the left above the mountain is a bit over the top.
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 01/16/2005 08:26:51 PM
lots of haloing around the finer details, which is usually an indication of oversharpening, either in-camera or after the fact in post processing.

That aside, i like that you left the reeds in the shot. nice and deep DOF, and the burning of the clouds adds to the drama.

well done.

P
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 01/16/2005 07:13:18 PM
stunning, absolutely stunning. your going to pick up a lot of favorites for this photo. great work.
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 01/16/2005 02:47:41 AM
Cool photo.... I would like to see this in color.
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