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Anything Bleak
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Challenge: Stock Photography II (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Great Salt Lake
Camera: Sony DSC-F828
Location: Great Salt Lake, Utah USA
Date: Mar 17, 2005
Aperture: f 8.0
ISO: 64
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 20, 2005

 The Great Salt Lake. This post is an old telephone pole that ran parallel to the old Lucin Cutoff railroad trellis. After seven years of drought, one has to go quite a distance across the salt /mud flats to actually see the lake. This is near the northeast edge of the lake, east of the geographical Promontory Point. That is a natural rain storm in the distance.

Not much post processing here, just some contrast and color adjustments, each done separately for sky and earth.

Statistics
Place: 34 out of 258
Avg (all users): 6.2931
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 6.2158
Avg (non-participants): 6.4086
Views since voting: 993
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 232
Comments: 11
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 03/28/2005 03:34:45 AM
Beautiful composition. An isolated telephone pole leaning towards life on the horizon. Could find many deep meaning in this shot.
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 03/27/2005 07:18:47 PM
I knew this one was yours!
Beautiful work as usual.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/27/2005 06:53:53 PM
Wow. great shot
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 03/27/2005 09:00:31 AM
This is a beautiful landscape!
Clean and clear with amazing DOF. excellent detail and placment of elements. Great stock photo to fit a plethora of themes. 10
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 03/27/2005 05:27:48 AM
Terrific capture! The colors, composition and dof are just about as perfect as a mortal can get them! 9
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 03/26/2005 10:17:23 PM
Wow! Simply amazing! Brilliant composition. I love the tones. Again, Wow!
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 03/23/2005 03:47:39 PM
Beautiful! Simple and clean.
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 03/22/2005 07:19:23 PM
I really like this. Everything about it says "bleak" - the color, the subject, the dried mud in the foreground. Is that a dust storm on the horizon, or is it clouds or fog?
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 03/22/2005 05:55:24 PM
I love the simplicity of this photo, as well as the colors. Great choice and texturing in the editing stages. That glimmer on the horizon is tantalizing enough to give this photo that added allure. Cool shot.
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 03/21/2005 06:54:27 AM
Perfect illustration for bleak. . .and yet. . you said it with a gorgeous photo!
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 03/21/2005 12:00:48 AM
I love the solitude portrayed in this image.
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