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Challenge: Abstract In Green (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges: Abstracts /Patterns
Camera: Sony Alpha a7
Lens: Sony FE 70-200mm f/4.0 G OSS Lens
Location: Cape Cod
Date: May 14, 2015
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Abstract, Water
Date Uploaded: May 19, 2015

 Many, many alewife, our local herring, are still working their way up stream to their spawning grounds ... while others are already returning to sea.

The water below the steps of the herring run, pictured here, gets pretty turbulent, for an otherwise smooth stream. Some areas by the steps, loved by the gulls who catch the herring and seem to eat them whole, have no protective vegetation overhead, while others, like this, are better protected.

This has been a great year with the number returning locally to spawn expected to reach a 20 year high. This comes after years of a steady decline.

The context for P-A-U-L's comment is that my image was corrupted for 36 hours and the bottom half was just was a solid, mainly lime green, pilexated, block of color.

Thanks for the votes and comments.

ETA: Finally completed the set with a red ribbon!!

ETA: Well that (the red) didn't last long but I won't object to getting a second blue.

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Statistics
Place: 1 out of 95
Avg (all users): 6.3562
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 5.9024
Avg (non-participants): 6.9375
Views since voting: 1648
Views during voting: 137
Votes: 73
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 06/02/2015 07:50:14 PM
beautiful congrats on the blue!!
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 06/02/2015 06:51:04 PM
A beautiful sketch of the pen of nature. I'd love this to be wallpaper or something huge to explore on a wall :)
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 05/31/2015 10:56:46 PM
Wow, quite an improvement over what I saw during voting. It is a bit nicer without the Sega Genesis green graphic along the lower half.
Lovely tones and complex reflections. The DQs are the fates bringing your score back into balance for the bad scores you got for the corruption of that day and a half. If you only knew someone on the site council who could make sure such things did not happen to your entries.

Message edited by author 2015-06-01 02:57:55.
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 05/29/2015 05:31:32 PM
Woo Hooo kicked upstream indeed. Congrats on the blue for the green from the red.
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 05/29/2015 03:25:01 PM
Well, sad as dqs are, the end result is that this finished up where it belonged all the time! Congratulations on you new - and well deserved - blue, Penny.
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 05/28/2015 04:09:33 AM
I like the bottom half best - looks like an old computer game:) Congrats on the HM
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 05/27/2015 04:26:28 PM
Congrats on the HM, Penny. I still think this was the best in show.
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 05/27/2015 04:37:11 AM
Very cool!!!!!
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 05/26/2015 09:13:16 PM
This is really nice Penny, should of re-visited to bump it up, gave you a 6 originally, congrats on the HM though!
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 05/26/2015 08:10:54 PM
Yee Haw, sweetie! Well done!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/26/2015 07:21:15 PM
I love this vibrant flow of greens. Top shot. 10
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 05/26/2015 03:17:31 PM
Lots of greens in sharp detail. Nice abstract.
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 05/26/2015 04:18:38 AM
Beautiful. One of my favourites.
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 05/23/2015 07:15:38 PM
I find myself drawn to this.
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 05/20/2015 03:26:55 PM
Fabulous! 8 from me.
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