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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Lake
Date: Nov 3, 2006
Aperture: 1.4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 250
Date Uploaded: Nov 3, 2006

 Got to the lake just after sunset. Ducks were very active swimming around, fighting each other, and mostly cleaning themselves. This area is where water from one lake flows into another over a small step. This is the only calm area on the lake, idea for the mirror effect. This duck just cleaned itself and is fanning itself dry. I cropped the head of duck to focus attention on the reflection instead.

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11/14/2006 04:02:36 PM
Oh, you cut the birds head...
 11/14/2006 11:22:12 AM
Postmodern flamingo of the Queen of Hearts. 8
 11/14/2006 10:27:28 AM
I like the idea, but it would have been lovely to see the whole of the bird at the top of the image.
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 11/14/2006 07:57:35 AM
Niceidea but I wouldn`t have cropped the head
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 11/10/2006 07:49:17 PM
I miss the head... :) nice photo.
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 11/09/2006 11:56:24 PM
The reflection is very well done... crisply focussed. For me, I would have liked to see the head of the duck on land - but that is just a personal preference,... good job
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 11/08/2006 07:02:03 PM
Not much here I'm afraid. Try getting the ducks head next time. ;-)
 11/08/2006 03:46:59 PM
great shot and great refections well taken, shame the ducks head is missing
 11/08/2006 01:17:24 PM
I feel this would have been stronger if it had been cropped just below the ducks wings.
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 11/08/2006 12:47:26 PM
Nice shot. Too bad you beheaded your subject.
 11/08/2006 08:43:28 AM
thats right, chop its head off, crazy avian flu creature..:))
 11/08/2006 05:22:36 AM
OMG a headless duck!!!
The reflection is not strong enough to carry this composition. The reflected duck is too dark because you exposed for the real duck, but then you cropped it out. If you are intending the reflection to be the major element then expose for that and lose the original totally.
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