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River Deep
River Deep
nixter


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Date: Nov 28, 2006
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Black and White, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2006

 Well, It's not actually a River, it's a lake.
...and it's not all that deep either. About 3 feet at the deepest point I think.
But calling it "lake shallow" sounded pretty lame : )

Not a whole lot of editing done
Changed to B/W with channel mixer
Hue/sat and selective colour layers under the channel mixer layer to tweek the tones.
levels
curves
a little dodge and burn
a little USM
oh, originally it was portrait but I cropped the bottom 1/3 to make it a square crop when I decided to enter in the Free Study.

Statistics
Place: 139 out of 501
Avg (all users): 6.0397
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0392
Avg (non-participants): 6.0408
Views since voting: 1006
Views during voting: 207
Votes: 151
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/08/2006 02:45:33 AM
Again, this is so underrated, but yet, there were some excellent images in this challenge. I love this strong black and white image, so very much. I wonder if it would have done better as a landscape format, re cropping, to take away some of the darkness of the bottom. It doesn't bother me as I love square crops and love this image just the way it is.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2006 11:20:59 PM
VERY well seen and captured. A stunning photo! I really enjoy the perspective on this as you made a great choice to show as much water/reflection as you have. B/W suits this quite well also. Have I mentioned yet that I like this? :D Take care.
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 12/07/2006 07:20:15 PM
Nice one...
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 12/07/2006 07:13:48 PM
I really like the balck and white, but I think there is too much emphasis on the water, and it needs more of the sky.
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 12/06/2006 09:29:57 PM
why B&W here? it's not a bad shot, but color might have been interesting. What's the white bldg in the distance? A dock?
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 12/05/2006 09:42:18 AM
Wow - love it!!! Excellent~!!!
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 12/03/2006 09:15:38 PM
I think there is a bit too much negative space for such a lovely capture. Above average vote.
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 12/02/2006 08:42:37 AM
lovely b&w tones. good composition and great timing for clouds.
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 12/01/2006 09:41:35 AM
Beautiful...
I really like the composition with the horizon in the top of the picture - and your B&W sork is perfect.
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 12/01/2006 12:44:22 AM
Very nice - Maybe a splash in that black foreground to the left may have just added a little more interest? Very calming though as is.
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