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Quabbin Resevoir
Quabbin Resevoir
amsmyth


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Challenge: Water (Advanced Editing I*)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Ware, MA
Date: Dec 8, 2003
Aperture: 1:8.0
Shutter: 1/600
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2003

 In the early part of the 1900s five Massachusetts towns were flooded and the residents moved to other places in order to create a water supply for the City of Boston. The Quabbin is only fringed with snow at this time and the water is natural color.

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Place: 74 out of 139
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Votes: 151
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AuthorThread
 12/22/2003 09:28:01 PM
Hi,
From a compositional stand point I see several problems. First off the right side of the photo leaves the viewer with a feeling of emptyness. There is nothing there. We have know way of knowing what is there. Are there trees, rocks, snow or does the world come to and end ?.
A piece of land jutting out, a building or a damn would have helped tremendously here. The sky is absolutly usless here there is nothing that has any benefit to the photo at all. I would have cropped it down to about 1/2 to 1" of the mountain tops giving it a more panoramic look. The expanse of water is missing something also, maybe a boat or water fowl giving the photo a sense of depth would have been a great help. The lower third of the photo needs something to give the entire photo some sort of scale the weeds do little here a tree in the lower left hand corner would have been nice. Over all it looks like the photographer here tried to do to much with the equipment he or she had on hand. My advice, Learn the limitations of your equipment and stay within them.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2003 09:37:17 PM
I like this. Perhaps next time, a little less sky to add to the impact of the blue water. A panoramic view would be awesome.
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 12/20/2003 12:52:33 PM
It looks very plesant. I like how you were able to get the color of the sky and the color of the water with out either being overexpoused.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2003 09:52:14 AM
Nice shot but the blue seems a little too primary. I like the inclusion of the weeds, and perhaps that mountain in the back needs a bit more definition/ needs to be darker.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2003 06:10:05 PM
I like this photo very much but it seems a bit over sharpened to me (at least on my monitor).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/19/2003 01:51:01 PM
I like this.
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 12/18/2003 02:25:21 PM
i think i might have cropped out the bushes at the bottom

quite nice though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/15/2003 11:42:33 AM
A little too much sky
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 12/15/2003 12:24:39 AM
Seems tilted to me
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