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"Eternity compressed into a moment"
"Eternity compressed into a moment"
Ivo


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2008-10 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
Location: Puntledge River, BC
Date: Oct 18, 2008
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Sports, Water
Date Uploaded: Oct 22, 2008

 "Poets talk about "spots of time," but it is really fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone. I shall remember that son of a bitch forever." Norman MacLean

I took this photo while sitting alongside the Puntledge River on a fallen cedar. The banks were dotted with fishermen, fishing lines crossed and tangled, Chum Salmon determined to ensure their continuity. This is one fish that will be remembered. Enjoy.

Statistics
Place: 151 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.8029
Avg (commenters): 6.8333
Avg (participants): 5.6383
Avg (non-participants): 6.1628
Views since voting: 817
Views during voting: 239
Votes: 137
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/08/2008 07:40:28 PM
ROFL @ the people who thought that was his eye!! I guess too many people don't fish with flies/lures. Nice capture of a nice catch!
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 11/08/2008 03:20:01 PM
I gave this a 6 and remember studying it for a while - including 'because of' your title. An excellent capture, that I had as an '8' at first, then I started nit-picking it ...

Of course I didn't have the benefit of your notes then, which now reading gives another facet to this image. Good quote too.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/07/2008 01:44:53 PM
It looks like the fish is bitting back, ha!
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 11/07/2008 12:06:37 AM
It was Jake's first time fishing, and when he hooked a monster fish, he didn't know just how much of a monster it really was, and when that red-eyed demon took his leg off at the knee, well...

That was a fish story to end all fish stories.
 11/06/2008 01:53:13 PM
Very sharp environmental portrait! I like how the water action gives the picture a sense of life
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 11/02/2008 01:00:31 PM
nice catch! the fish is great too.
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 11/01/2008 06:46:14 PM
the fish's eye ruins it
this is otherwise so excellent
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 11/01/2008 10:15:25 AM
Is the fish biting back? The bright red (presumed blood) on the eye looks almost out of place with the muted colors in the rest of the scene.
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 11/01/2008 08:07:16 AM
Very cool shot. Great processing. Technically and artisticly top notch
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 11/01/2008 03:43:32 AM
Is that real? That's a huge fish! What's up with the red eye? Good framing.
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