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Winter Idyll
Winter Idyll
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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Cowichan, BC
Date: Jan 23, 2008
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

Went up to the Butter Church in Cowichan to shoot for "Architecture", ended up with an entry for "Birds" and this peaceful scene.

After the regular tweaks, and working to make the power pole in the background look more like a dead tree, I added a gothic glow filter.

It's suffered some in the shrinkage for DPC, but I don't know how to avoid that.

You know, I was really torn when editing, because of the colour difference between the two water sections. It really was a major contrast, partly because of the bluer sky and partly because of the shadows, and I couldn't decide whether to work with how it looked or to change it to how most would think it should look.
From the comments, viewers couldn't decide either! :)

Oh, and there's no HDR, just one lone jpeg. I didn't have enough memory with me and had to delete some and switch to jpeg a few minutes before this shot.

I knew I probably shouldn't enter this but I ran out of time to dig and grabbed one. It does look good in a big print, though. The snow just doesn't look like that in the print version... Sigh, I have GOT to get this new monitor tweaked if it kills me!


Statistics
Place: 402 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.7980
Avg (commenters): 6.2037
Avg (participants): 5.7633
Avg (non-participants): 5.9868
Views since voting: 822
Views during voting: 657
Votes: 490
Comments: 59
Favorites: 1 (view)


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03/18/2009 11:21:12 AM
Beautiful photo Shelia :) possibly a tough too much blue cast in the mid tones but looks great!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 05:16:35 PM
This a beautiful scene throughout. Very nicely processed. I can just imagine some deer grazing near the water.
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03/17/2009 11:20:32 AM
Amazing vivid colours, nice reflections
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03/17/2009 11:13:33 AM
like a painting
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03/17/2009 08:15:15 AM
nice concept and textures, but feels somewhat false to me
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03/17/2009 07:47:38 AM
(Voting completed - commenting on random images)

OK, the top half of the photo is great, nice soft colours, crisp reflection. However, then we reach the bottom half and it kind of becomes an oversaturated mess. If I had edited this, I would of cropped off just at the base of the lowest post, then maybe desaturated the blue a wee bit.. readjusting vote from 6 to 5.
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03/16/2009 03:12:06 PM
Love the composition and the subject but the PP looks a little strange with too much of the vibrant blue in the bottom half of the image. You could have cropped this in half and the top part would still have made a great image! Still, a nice scene and I gave it a 7 but would have voted higher with more subtle PP. :-)
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03/16/2009 02:57:12 PM
Great colours but the mix of the vivid blue with the subdued tones in the upper half doesn't go so well
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03/16/2009 02:12:52 PM
Beautiful image - the warm colored background vs. cool foreground makes for an interesting comp.
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03/16/2009 11:59:14 AM
I dont know about the composition I found it a bit chaotic for myself .. just five from me ;D

take care , brano
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03/16/2009 08:08:31 AM
Good reflection, and the colours are OK, but there doesnt seem to be a defined subject.
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03/16/2009 03:56:12 AM
cool capture
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03/16/2009 12:07:37 AM
Excellent color and detail.
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03/15/2009 08:58:18 PM
beauty in the mundane....
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03/15/2009 05:59:17 PM
no central point of "interest", not sure about the blue colors for the snow
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03/15/2009 03:41:26 PM
Beautiful scene. Lovely colors and textures. 7
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03/15/2009 03:30:45 PM
Oh wow, I love the softness of the landscape and the color of the water. Very beautiful and peaceful.
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03/15/2009 10:07:00 AM
A nice scene with lots of detail. Is it tilted to the left or is it just me?
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03/15/2009 02:18:41 AM
the blue hue does not blend to well with the rest of the image, 6
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03/15/2009 02:10:10 AM
Nice view with beautiful blues.
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03/14/2009 10:40:27 PM
looks like a place by me, great reflection
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03/14/2009 08:20:53 PM
I think the processing has gone just a bit too far.
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03/14/2009 07:31:29 PM
Nice reflections and colors.
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03/14/2009 07:02:37 PM
Great PP job - love the tone - keep up the good work
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03/14/2009 06:29:20 PM
Painting quality.
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03/14/2009 05:52:04 PM
Good shot. The colors are nice. Could be a better spring time shot.
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03/14/2009 03:25:59 PM
Love the colors.
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03/14/2009 02:29:17 PM
very pretty
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03/14/2009 11:26:56 AM
HDR...very nice indeed...like the colors and tones...
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03/14/2009 11:06:10 AM
lacks a real interest point nice scene tho
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03/13/2009 11:36:47 PM
To my eyes, the editing is what I notice first (the HDR or similar), and it doesn't work that well for me personally because it looks too unreal. I like the composition though, it's a strange combination of active/passive, and it works for me.
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03/13/2009 06:21:27 PM
The colors seem really odd to me. The blues are too blue and the other is too muted. But, perhaps that's what was there. Who am I to question God? :)

I like the composition.

Not voting yet.
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03/13/2009 06:17:14 PM
An interesting composition with interesting color changes. I like the weird sense of depth I get from this.
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03/13/2009 06:05:21 PM
Glorious reflections. Just terrific!
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03/13/2009 04:56:59 PM
Nice silky water effect especially the foreground.
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03/13/2009 02:36:50 PM
Cool colors
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03/13/2009 01:38:35 PM
post processing adds a surreal sense to this image
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03/13/2009 01:25:37 PM
Don't know if you can quite call this 'winter' anymore; The snow's almost completely gone. :P
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03/13/2009 11:57:21 AM
wow, this is beautiful
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03/13/2009 01:20:47 AM
The water looks so serene. Nice lighting.
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03/13/2009 12:54:21 AM
Wonderful picture although I think the foreground makes a little too busy
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03/13/2009 12:30:24 AM
Very nice locale, tonal range great on this HDR, not too fond of that blinding bright blue on the bottom half. Its looks like it doesn't fit in with the background.
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03/12/2009 04:50:13 PM
Nice shot. I like the reflections.
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03/12/2009 02:30:25 PM
This reminds me of a creek near where I grew up. It was always so calm there, a great place to go and think or just listen to the natural world.
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03/12/2009 01:00:49 PM
The first thing that came to mind was a well done oil painting, nicely presented..
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03/12/2009 08:20:43 AM
Nice location.

A bit overly processed for me.
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03/12/2009 08:19:36 AM
Pretty scene with a lot of interest. Nice editing.
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03/12/2009 12:37:13 AM
colors got a better of you.... i somehow don't believe that the snow is so blue :) nice shot still
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03/12/2009 12:13:13 AM
Beautiful! The reflections.
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03/11/2009 07:42:22 PM
A very painterly looking photo.
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03/11/2009 05:13:20 PM
lovely serene scene, nice pp
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03/11/2009 04:31:29 PM
I like how the textures and colors work together in this.
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03/11/2009 03:27:32 PM
Wonderful woodscape! Very nicely executed. Love the cyan-blue reflection and the great detail! 9
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03/11/2009 12:40:18 PM
gorgeous reflections and a really nice photo.
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03/11/2009 12:21:36 PM
Thank you for sharing this. This is a beautiful piece of work...with one minor exception...tone down those blues, they're a bit oversaturated IMO. Love the processing overall.
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03/11/2009 10:23:23 AM
I'm having a difficult time deciding where to focus. The editing reminds me of a painting.
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03/11/2009 09:23:48 AM
Oooh, a wetlands! Looks very much like a place I'd love to explore. Detail in the trees and reflections is lovely. The blue in the water is a bit intense compared to the rest of the scene; I'd either tone it down or consider cropping tighter on the bottom. Still a pretty image overall.
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03/11/2009 07:22:56 AM
Just a great image. I love the soft glow applied during processing and the colours are really captivating. Good luck: 9
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03/11/2009 12:57:28 AM
Beautiful. It looks very much like a painting. You should make prints!
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