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Death & Life (in the algae-covered marsh)
Death & Life (in the algae-covered marsh)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: D&L (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Shoulda been better
Camera: Sony DSC-V1
Location: Rocky River Ohio Metroparks
Date: Aug 24, 2005
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2005

This is in the metro-parks in Rocky River Ohio. The water is covered in algae and I was essentially shooting into the sun which makes the algae and water look white. I got lucky that the duck was flying by and grabbed the sunlight very well. The Sony shoots a little noisy even at 200 iso but oh-well. I skewed the image since my crop wasn't exactly as I liked, cloned out some debris around the leaf in the background, used Shadow/Highlight, Hue/Saturation, curves …save for Web. Couldn't decide on 1 title!

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Place: 181 out of 200
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Votes: 252
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/03/2005 09:02:16 AM
I generally like something in the foreground of photos like this, but the leaves in the upper-right corner are a bit overpowering.
09/01/2005 02:12:03 PM
not visually appealing
08/31/2005 11:58:45 PM
harshing lighting will get ya every time, assuming this wasn't the effect you were going for in the camera. I thiink if the colors were good, the slugg green on the lake was green it would had a better effect for me.........4
08/30/2005 08:15:31 PM
This seems overprocessed to me. The large leaves in the corner seem out of place and I would have liked the shot more had they not been there.
08/30/2005 09:56:21 AM
wo wo wo....way way blown out. the leaves in the front give the image a snapshot kind of feel and the lack of detail due to the blown out highlights make this shot an overall one imho
08/29/2005 07:03:04 PM
Nice leafs, a bit greenish on the beach
08/29/2005 04:53:27 PM
the algea looks a little washed out
08/29/2005 02:04:04 PM
Getting a lower angle would raise the leaves up into the sky and framethe photo better. Like the setting, hope its close by lots of good photos waiting to be taken there.
08/29/2005 12:12:55 AM
I'm not sure of this photo. The leaf at the top is what draws you in, but is it the basis for your photo? Good try.


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