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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5000
Location: Bury lake, Rickmansworth, Herts, UK
Date: Sep 28, 2002
Aperture: 6.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Emotive, Nature
Date Uploaded: Sep 29, 2002

Taken at a local lake about 45 minutes before sunset.

This is a very small crop of a much larger image (so yes, the focus is unfortunately a touch soft). Although the larger image is more striking, I felt the reflection aspect extremely low. This crop, which is not my favourite, is more in the spirit of the challenge.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 248
Avg (all users): 6.1255
Avg (commenters): 7.2353
Avg (participants): 6.1548
Avg (non-participants): 6.0887
Views since voting: 1161
Votes: 279
Comments: 20
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12/12/2002 03:25:49 PM
Nice photo! I just went to view swans along the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, (North-Central USA), and saw 500 swans. I missed the peak count of 5,000 by 2 weeks. I didn't end up with any that were so nice as yours.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/05/2002 09:31:00 PM
Picture is pretty, but a little too dark.
10/05/2002 03:12:00 PM
Wow, this shot made me change my standards for the rest of the photos. cant get much better than this reflection, one of my favorites 9 Mags Coyote
10/04/2002 08:18:00 PM
This is the best of al the swan pictures entered in the challenge, congratulations.
10/04/2002 07:53:00 PM
could be a little brighter
10/03/2002 08:02:00 PM
Nice title and great shot. I like the color and your composition. DPz
10/03/2002 04:58:00 PM
nice photo, the thing i like about it is that the silouette reflection is not there, the sun's reflection is.
10/03/2002 07:27:00 AM
10... Wonderful shot...
10/02/2002 07:13:00 PM
lovely. well done - though I think I'd prefer the sun and the swan shadow to be more distinct from each other. The sun almost 'spoils' the impact of the reflection
10/02/2002 06:16:00 PM
could be zoomed in a little more, but lovely shot!
10/02/2002 09:02:00 AM
Beautiful pic, -1 for weak reflection. 8 nards656
10/02/2002 08:52:00 AM
This is a really nice swan shot. 9 smshats
10/01/2002 09:03:00 PM
As much as I like this that sun spot keeps taking my eye off the bird.
10/01/2002 06:45:00 PM
best swan shot here...but not enough reflection detail
10/01/2002 05:33:00 PM
would frame this one...great in all respects.(10)
10/01/2002 09:17:00 AM
Lovely Picture ,
10/01/2002 07:18:00 AM
Wonderful photo! Beautiful silhouette as well and the water reflection.
09/30/2002 12:27:00 PM
excellent composition... the silhouetted swan and the color tones in this photo are phenomenal :) - setzler
09/30/2002 10:48:00 AM
Great capture. Could lighten a tad bit, but nice job. Score 7 Justine
09/30/2002 09:14:00 AM
Great shot. Have you had 20 comments saying its underexposed? It is, and done very well. I like it just like this. Too bad the water wasn't a little calmer. Great shot.


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