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all is calm
all is calm
owen


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Challenge: Zen Photography (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC for Canon
Location: Budgewoi Lake, NSW Australia
Date: Jul 28, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006

 Went to a new lake and there was no wind and smooth water.
Adjusted contrast, saturation and exposure in RawSooter.
In PS I adjusted levels on the Pelican to give it more contrast and darker. Adjusted the rest with levels and selective colour. Cloned out some weeds and a pole in the water with the patch tool. Used Noise median filter set to 3 on all but the pelican and the trees. Cropped.

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 329
Avg (all users): 6.1393
Avg (commenters): 6.5385
Avg (participants): 6.0286
Avg (non-participants): 6.2604
Views since voting: 1057
Views during voting: 293
Votes: 201
Comments: 16
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 08/07/2006 03:14:24 AM
I gave this an 8. Very serene and 'reflective' (no pun intended). Nice simplicity. Toning may have added something extra for this Challenge, who knows - but the color works well, 'naturally'.
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 08/06/2006 08:26:15 PM
Originally posted by keegbow:
Very serene, well captured and great composition, Must be Owen

I think I better put my Pelican into retirement ;~]
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/06/2006 05:34:57 PM
love the mirror reflection off the water!
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 08/06/2006 09:25:11 AM
Very nice capture. I think your handling of the natural light is good and the focus looks great to me. Colors look a little flat, not sure if a bump in saturation would help or lead to unnatural looking effects. I like the composition for the most part but I'd prefer to have it cropped just under the line of trees on the horizon and leave the pelican to look as if it is swiming/floating through clouds. A bit more serene/surreal and the illusion would add another dimension to the image IMO. I gave a 6.
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 08/06/2006 07:44:10 AM
I think a super tight crop to about 30% of what you have here would be good. Just the bird, so it looks like he's floating on the clouds. Nice capture with the reflection. Unfortunately, the rest of the frame is just a distraction.
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 08/04/2006 08:26:19 AM
Great capture and reflection.
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 08/03/2006 11:45:26 PM
This is very nice. Usually, I find something with so much background to be a bit distracting to the eye, making the eye search the photo for all of the interesting detail. However, I think that the distance of the treeline, and the softness in the clouds being reflected do not harm the overall sense of quietness in this photo, as they might in other photos of this type. Great job from the 'Great Job Baggie'!
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 08/03/2006 07:55:26 PM
All is surely calm. A dash of ripples actually makes to see the stillness in contrast. Very well executed and the size of subject is just in line Zen paintings. I feel there was no need to horizon on this photo. Simple reflects in water would also have just worked fine (or maybe even better IMO.) Goodluck.8.
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 08/03/2006 01:01:34 PM
Boy, without the treeline, I may have given this a 10. With it, I think 8.
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 08/03/2006 10:32:03 AM
all is bright. 4
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 08/03/2006 01:41:59 AM
Simplicity,and harmony,good Zen...7
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 08/02/2006 10:00:05 PM
CLEAR PICTURE OF THE SKY EMBRACING THE LAKE.
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 08/02/2006 06:06:29 PM
Very serene, well captured and great composition, Must be Owen
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 07/31/2006 11:53:49 AM
Meets the challenge very well. In the sense that the bird is offset, the composition is well done. On the other hand, the shoreline does nothing but detract from the overall sense of serenity here. Cropped so that this is just the bird on the water with that wonderful reflection, I would have ranked this an 8. With the shoreline destroying my sense of calm and the washed out sky above just taking up space, I'm going to give a 5. Nice work.
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 07/31/2006 03:36:23 AM
wow, that water is like a mirror! lovely shot...great reflections
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 07/31/2006 02:51:42 AM
This is really nice, I would have liked it even more if you cropped all the land out as, to me, that seems more calm and peaceful (Just MHO)
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