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Swan Lake
Swan Lake
Stagolee


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Beauty (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Location: NSW Australia
Date: May 25, 2005
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: May 25, 2005

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Statistics
Place: 30 out of 255
Avg (all users): 6.1804
Avg (commenters): 7.1667
Avg (participants): 6.0769
Avg (non-participants): 6.2880
Views since voting: 1029
Views during voting: 360
Votes: 255
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/05/2005 09:38:25 PM
Interesting colours, but shot composition doesn't feel right for me and I can't figure out why.
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06/04/2005 09:25:16 AM
Simple, tranquil, beautiful. Good luck!
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06/04/2005 02:07:57 AM
The horizon running downhill to the right and the strange lack of luminosity in what should, by rights, be a hauntingly luminous scene detract from this very well seen and basically very beautiful image. 6 from me.
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06/03/2005 09:10:33 PM
This isn't beautiful, it's gorgeous, so you didn't really meet the challenge. Despite that obvious mistake, you should finish right around the top. ;-P
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06/02/2005 11:24:02 PM
Very symbolic...I love the color...and the sharpness of the photo..Good Job...
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06/01/2005 05:20:53 AM
Composition a little to centered for my taste but the colours and tones in this image are superb, good job!
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06/01/2005 03:50:33 AM
Really pretty. The simplicity of composition, the reflections, the silhouettes, really great. I predict top 10. But it's hard to say how others will vote on this one, because I almost voted low, but after studying it, I'm voting much higher.

The thing I'd change is I wish the mountains in the distance were in sharper focus. My first impulse was that the image was out of focus. The mountains looked out of focus and they caught my eye first and held it. Only once I intentionally focused on the swans and the close part of the lake did it become really beautiful.

Actually, I might prefer a much closer composition, including only the swans, their wake, and the bottom half of the image or so, excluding the distant parts.
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05/31/2005 06:18:21 PM
This IS a beautiful picture! Very nice balance - it works.
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05/31/2005 01:43:24 PM
I like this for it's simplicity
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05/31/2005 12:51:36 PM
That is so beautiful! I love the pink & blue tones!!!
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05/30/2005 01:40:46 PM
Lovely :)
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05/30/2005 10:15:20 AM
Excellent colors and silouette... congrats on the clean focus in low light.
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