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a gneiss spot for reflecting
a gneiss spot for reflecting
krnodil


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Challenge: Rocks, Stones, Pebbles (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Great Falls, VA
Date: Jun 6, 2009
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 50
Shutter: 2.5s
Galleries: Landscape, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jun 9, 2009

 Apparently I am a glutton for punishment.

Long exposure, with slight movement to make the painted look, taken at a still pool of water along the rocky trail at Great Falls Park.


taken during my 2009 SoFoBoMo project

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Statistics
Place: 147 out of 147
Avg (all users): 2.9330
Avg (commenters): 2.8182
Avg (participants): 2.7869
Avg (non-participants): 2.9932
Views since voting: 970
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 209
Comments: 19
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 06/17/2009 09:31:08 PM
How did I know you were going to get blasted for this? You even gave them a HINT in the title - not for looking; for reflecting. To me, this is a dreamy, calming picture. I "see" someone lying on their back, enjoying the sunshine, eyes half-closed, relaxed, in no hurry to do or be anything. Take a deep breath and let the calm overwhelm you. Thanks for the stress break.
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 06/17/2009 08:23:16 AM
You're my hero this week! Three "it hurts my eyes" comments is a new record I think, and there are a couple more that could have been thus. Could be worse of course; you might have taken that abomination that won the blue ribbon (speaking of "hurts my eyes"). But look on the bright side ... at least now you know that your photograph is out of focus! You sure won't make that rookie mistake again.
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 06/17/2009 03:57:04 AM
Excellent title! And kudos to Paul for the other play on words. Geology was one of my favorite classes in college. As a somewhat unrelated aside, "Can Ollie See Down My Pants Pocket? Tom Jones Can. Tom's Queer." Geologic ages. :-)

Speaking of geology and past ages, there's a giant beastie here sipping water from the pool.
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 06/17/2009 01:15:30 AM
Oddly reassuring to have the brown score so low and at the same time garner such fun comments. In fact, if I take off my glasses, or look from 5 feet away, this can almost be seen: gives me something to think about.
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 06/17/2009 12:12:29 AM
lol @ skewsme. You ARE a glutton for punishment. But it looks like it was fun :D
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 06/17/2009 12:07:59 AM
gneiss score ;-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/16/2009 10:00:46 PM
This photo hurt my eyes. I'm not trying to be mean, but it is very hard to look at due to the way it is out of focus.
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 06/15/2009 11:44:48 PM
love the impressionist approach here
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 06/15/2009 08:55:29 PM
what on earth happened to this image? if the "effect" was intentional, it's overdone
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 06/15/2009 02:35:09 PM
lol so I had to go look up "gneiss" and i can see where you are squeaking it into the photo. I guess I like natural water reflections so I would like to have seen a clearer view of the rocks in water.
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 06/15/2009 06:03:56 AM
This hurts my eyes. sorry.
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 06/11/2009 03:47:01 AM
Nice play on words, not a fan of the photo though - I don't think the blur adds to the image.
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 06/11/2009 12:34:52 AM
was there a problem with the upload or is this actually the shot being entered in a contest?
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 06/10/2009 06:42:12 PM
What is this schist?
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 06/10/2009 02:11:15 PM
hurts the eyes to look at this one!
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 06/10/2009 12:21:05 PM
haha :)
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 06/10/2009 11:02:53 AM
I sat waiting for this photo to load fully, then realized it was completely out of focus ?
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 06/10/2009 08:16:48 AM
blur;/
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 06/10/2009 03:26:08 AM
The poor focus makes this hard to appreciate, I like your subject and composition however.
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