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Nature's Balancing Act
Nature's Balancing Act
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Challenge: Balance (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Tree Tops Park - Davie, Florida
Date: Jul 14, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 640
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jul 16, 2004

Early morning sun causing reflection of surrounding trees on lake.

There is virtually no editing done to this picture except cropping and a small light adjustment.

Statistics
Place: 93 out of 139
Avg (all users): 4.9943
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.9405
Avg (non-participants): 5.0435
Views since voting: 1118
Views during voting: 280
Votes: 176
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0


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07/30/2004 04:02:43 AM
Hello Larry from the Critique Club

First of all, I like your image although the actual light in the middle makes it a bit harsh, also I do understand why you would choose this for a Balance Challenge
I myself chose to enter a harmony with nature image with 'My Weta' but it did badly. I think with this challenge D P C voters have gone more for the actual 'Balance' theme if you look at the top 10 apart from one they are all objects balancing.

The greens in your image are very nice and it has a very natural feel to it and all I can really suggest is maybe just tone down the brightness in the image possibly shooting an image like this on a duller day, sunlight is not always the best to produce nice colour in an image ( I find that with my own digital camera )
I am not very technical but I can see that my own camera definately works better on a cloudy day. Sunlight gives the harsh light.
D P C is a great site for learning and it is very difficult to achieve a high standard but it's always good to try and concentrate on improving our own technique and learning from others I know I have improved ( not that my score always show that)
But we are all very different and just because the top images get all the votes there is still room for lovely images like yours after all we cannot all be winners can we. I myself would prefer to look at your image to a bunch of objects on top of each other.
But you will also see a very professional approach to an image on this site something I myself find very hard to achieve So keep up the good work and enjoy your photography
I love to go out with my camera and create I think I drive my family nuts! But its a great way to pass the time.
Good luck in the future Challenges I hope my comments help a little and if you have any questions please feel free to P M me
Regards
Sally
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/22/2004 07:55:08 AM
Great idea and beautiful image. All I could suggest is that perhaps a simple border might work well to help "contain" the subject matter.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/21/2004 10:12:02 PM
Nice landscape picture but lacks showing balance as its dominate feature.
07/20/2004 12:22:44 AM
Nice capture. The mixture of darkness and light works very well to create and almost "storybook" appearance.


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