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The Roar of a Fast Flowing River
The Roar of a Fast Flowing River
CLarson557


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Challenge: Sound (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A40
Location: Colson Park - Billings, MT
Date: Jun 1, 2003
Date Uploaded: Jun 1, 2003

This is a shot of the Yellowstone River. Due to a couple of days of almost record high temperatures in Montana, spring thaw has caused the rivers to flow at almost flood stage. This was taken at Colson Park in Billings under the I90 bridge. The water is very swift and the sound is awesome.

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Place: 80 out of 96
Avg (all users): 4.6667
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.6765
Avg (non-participants): 4.6545
Views since voting: 751
Votes: 123
Comments: 4
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06/08/2003 10:23:38 PM
*Critique Club*
While it's not the FIRST thing I think about when I see this, it does definately reflect noise. Even under little bridges, with little streams, the waves and ruslting bounces off the underside of the bridge, and the roaring of the cars above definately doesn't help for a peaceful environment.
Your focus and clarity seem to be good. We get nice detail in both the bridge and the waves in the water. I especially like the wet spot on the pillar where the waves have beaten on it. I think that enhances the movement of the water a bit.
The angle and framing/cropping are ok. I'm not really sure I like that dead stick coming out of the left side of the photo, but not really much you can do about that cause it's right in the middle of things.
While I think it's technically well done, I'm not really sure it appeals much to me. The muddy water, lack of much color, and dirty looking background, aren't really visually appealing to me.
The lighting kind of makes things look dulled. Even though the green is bright, it, and the bridge and water still look muted, like the conditions weren't exactly great for the shot. Maybe a different time of day could put some exciting lighting on this, and bump it up a notch on the appeal scale.
As I said though, overall I don't think you made any huge technical errors.
~Heather~
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/07/2003 05:21:52 PM
Yes and no. Nice sharpness. Water looks nasty. Not something I would want to swim in.
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06/03/2003 05:56:00 AM
People like to "read" a photo from left to right. This feels backwards, even though i isn't. Try flipping it to see if it looks better.
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06/02/2003 03:58:46 PM
Heh, after so many duotone images rated last week with non-coloured landscape scenes, it was actually a little strange to see a colour one. (Not bad, just a quick double-take.) Very nice, the capturing of the wake or wave against the pylon, which is definitely something that evokes sound for me -- I grew up near a large body of water. The background being such a bright green on the left is a little distracting but I'm not sure what all you could have done about that and still caught the water motion well.
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