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"The calm cool face of the river asked me for a kiss"
"The calm cool face of the river asked me for a kiss"
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Kodak Z740
Location: Nay Aug Park - Scranton, PA
Date: Jul 29, 2006
Aperture: f3.20
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/750
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Jul 29, 2006

Putting this in right now as a "place-holder", not sure how it will do if I don't get a chance to enter something else or remove it, but it was worth a shot.

Edit:
levels-dodge/burn-color balance-brightness/contrast-hue/saturation-save for web

Statistics
Place: 294 out of 329
Avg (all users): 4.7407
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 4.6735
Avg (non-participants): 4.8132
Views since voting: 619
Views during voting: 268
Votes: 189
Comments: 3
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 11:44:50 AM
I think this is a nice image but I don't feel the connection to zen in a personal sense nor as described in the challenge. The rushing waters don't speak to me in a whisper of serenity or harmony at all. Its much more of an excited and action-filled image to me. I also find the branches in the foreground to be rather distracting. Your whites are a bit blownout in some areas but with bright natural light that can be tough to control. I like the play between the rock and the water and I like the way the shadows add some depth to the rocky part of the landscape. I wish the shadows were a bit more defined so that depth was more pronounced. To be completely candid, I'd find much more zen if the only thing showing was the lovely organic shapes of the rock, perhaps with the cracked one in the center and no branches showing at all. Still zen is a very personal perception and everyone is likely to see something different. I gave a 4
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08/04/2006 02:41:50 AM
The contrast of the light/white shades of color are very similar, and feel a little lost and washed out, against the darker shades...
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08/01/2006 06:54:44 PM
the rocks smile at me
first by smiling
then by throwing a stream
at my feet. 7
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