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The shape of water, the sound of stone
The shape of water, the sound of stone
BrennanOB


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Shapes II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0-6.3 EX APO RF HSM for Canon
Location: below mono lake, ca
Date: Dec 29, 2005
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Abstract, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2006

 Shot on the south fork of the American River, the reason the rocks look weird, is that they are. Pink Sierra Granite looks almost orange and every shot you take looks both oversharpened (lots of little inclusions of flecks of mica and feldspar) and slightly blurry (the non quartzite rock is soft and in a tumbler almost gets the vague translucence of marble) . It is funny how we find analogues in nature, sort of like that feeling of your cell phone buzzing in your pocket, when you realize that your phone is in a different pocket; Has my body always done that twitchy buzzing thing?

Statistics
Place: 60 out of 366
Avg (all users): 5.8840
Avg (commenters): 6.9231
Avg (participants): 5.6395
Avg (non-participants): 6.1301
Views since voting: 918
Views during voting: 377
Votes: 293
Comments: 13
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/10/2006 03:44:51 AM
beautiful composition and color
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 01/08/2006 02:12:51 PM
I'm not sure what it is, but the coloring of the rocks looks...odd to me. I like the concept, but I think technically it could use some sharper focus and less color, at least to my untrained eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/08/2006 11:49:14 AM
very nice
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2006 07:46:33 AM
Great title, sounds like Simon and Garfunkle! Beautiful natural shape. Good compostion.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2006 10:50:29 PM
Unbeleaveable shapes here, it could be in the winning circle.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2006 01:12:41 PM
My favorite photo in the challenge,
I really enjoy the quick sharp angles and cold colors of the ice in contrast to the warm colors of the stones with there time worn rounded shapes. To me a beautiful study of contrasts. The only reason I didn't rate it higher is because I find myself wishing there was just a little more light playing among the prizms and stones. Good job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 03:47:06 PM
great shot...only could have been a bit sharper, maybe it's the resolution on the computer, but a bit more sharpness would reall make this a winner 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2006 05:50:53 AM
Beautiful ice crystals!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2006 01:47:45 PM
very cool shapes in the ice but the stones dont add much. it seems they are a little pixelated..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2006 09:57:34 AM
I find this shape interesting for the water.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/04/2006 06:09:02 AM
Interesting ice and rock.
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 01/04/2006 02:08:18 AM
something about that middle rock seems off to me, almost like it's too sharp or not focused or something.
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 01/03/2006 09:25:20 PM
...The awesomeness of photo ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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