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Snow Walkers
Snow Walkers
TallPaul


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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: River Ouse
Date: Mar 23, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250s
Galleries: Candid, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

 I love the snow! This was the only snow fall we got last winter and it was very late, Easter in fact. As soon as it started I grabbed the camera and the puppy Pongo for his first snow adventure.

It was blowing a blizard and very difficult to take pics. As I passed the Butterfly Bridge this couple turned and crossed. As you can see they were the first to do so, leaving the lovely footprints.

The best for me is that it isn't cropped, its straight out of the camera. After having it for nearly a year I finally managed to post process it to obtain the result I liked, all thanks to DPC so a fitting entry I feel.

I hope it does ok, a new PB would be nice.

Statistics
Place: 458 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.7353
Avg (commenters): 6.7333
Avg (participants): 5.7525
Avg (non-participants): 5.6389
Views since voting: 738
Views during voting: 643
Votes: 476
Comments: 49
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 04/05/2009 02:05:05 AM
Paul! You have snow - major bonus. And a butterfly bridge! And gorgeous trees! You do NOT live in an ugly place at all! LOL I love this shot, it has a very film noire like feel to it. The only thing that I might have done is to clone out the tracks that look like bike tracks? They detract from the footprints slightly and break the symmetry. IMHO only!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 04:41:17 PM
this is very classic style black n white.
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 03/17/2009 06:23:48 AM
I love the slightly off symmetry of this.
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 03/17/2009 06:21:26 AM
well thought out street image, has all the right elements +1
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 03/17/2009 02:20:06 AM
Nicely composed and executed image.
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 03/16/2009 08:45:11 PM
Looks like a flower petal opening for them. Nice choice of perspective.
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 03/16/2009 07:30:38 PM
Lovely photo. I love the film-like qauality this has, nice and vintage.
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 03/16/2009 04:32:10 PM
too bad you didn't wait to get the shot of the venus fly bridge snapping shut on its prey. THAT would have been a great case for selective desat.
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 03/16/2009 03:55:15 PM
Black and white works very good here, well done :)
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 03/16/2009 09:51:16 AM
Nice low perspective so that we can the footprints.
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 03/16/2009 09:00:34 AM
great bw portrait
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 03/16/2009 07:56:11 AM
well taken alright nice composition and convertion to bw so .. I give six
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brano
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 03/16/2009 12:00:10 AM
love the foot prints
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 03/15/2009 09:52:59 PM
great image, i love the symmetry. I would maybe burn her hat a little bit just to bring it out of the trees
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 03/15/2009 09:30:54 PM
Nice symmetry and perspective.
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 03/15/2009 08:07:32 PM
Nice lines in this shot.
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 03/15/2009 01:44:30 PM
Interesting bridge. Love the background.
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 03/15/2009 06:13:37 AM
That is such a cool looking bridge, I like the symmetry here.
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 03/15/2009 05:37:41 AM
I like it a lot. Nice job.
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 03/15/2009 02:01:31 AM
nice perspective a touch more contrast would also help.6
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 03/14/2009 07:25:15 PM
Lovely symmetrical view in the snow. Nice to see the people on the bridge.
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 03/14/2009 07:17:28 PM
I think the bridge had too much ice on it - the sides seems to have fallen out a bit. Love the footprints.
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 03/14/2009 06:20:55 PM
toning really adds to this image
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 03/14/2009 06:04:49 PM
Good angle and architecture. Nice shot.
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 03/14/2009 04:00:06 PM
Even the thumbnail of this shot is beautiful! Love the falling snow and the composition, really nicely done :)
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 03/14/2009 03:35:29 PM
I like the footprints left in the snow and this works well in b&w.
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 03/14/2009 02:12:14 PM
Love the effect of the architecture against the trees. B & W was a great choice.
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 03/14/2009 01:33:10 PM
Wonderful shapes. Love the footsteps and the bicycle treads, as well as the wings of the bridge.
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 03/14/2009 08:14:38 AM
Good strong composition. The color treatment works well here.
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 03/13/2009 08:04:23 PM
Looks like a giant bear trap ready to sprint. We're in luck, your snow walkers escaped.
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 03/13/2009 07:21:51 PM
makes me stop back...interesting bridge, such rich tones
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 03/13/2009 07:12:24 PM
really nice entry
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 03/13/2009 06:50:54 PM
I like the composition and the idea, but I'd rather see this one with an infinite depth of field.
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 03/13/2009 04:47:07 PM
Great catch.!
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 03/13/2009 11:18:41 AM
I'm sucker for symmetrical scenes. Nice stuff here. 8
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 03/13/2009 10:35:30 AM
Great shot and tones. Love that bridge.
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 03/13/2009 10:21:14 AM
Wonderful sense of design created by the lines in the bridge rails. Very nicely done!
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 03/13/2009 08:40:50 AM
What a unique looking bridge.
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 03/13/2009 01:40:32 AM
very nice - is that bridge by Calatrava?
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 03/12/2009 04:25:53 PM
Very cool symmetry. Love the people. A little flat but still nice.
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 03/12/2009 03:46:06 PM
Great B&W, I like how the path and bridge pull you in to the photo.
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 03/12/2009 02:11:39 PM
I like the symetry. Two of everything.
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 03/12/2009 06:01:40 AM
interesting bridge, this works well in black and white
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 03/11/2009 09:10:47 AM
Love the symetry.
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 03/11/2009 08:12:14 AM
great balance, and b&w works here perfectly.
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 03/11/2009 05:59:50 AM
very very nice in many ways.
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 03/11/2009 02:42:28 AM
That is a cool looking bridge, I really like the footsteps in the snow
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 03/11/2009 02:19:19 AM
Beautiful.
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 03/10/2009 09:28:56 PM
Nice bridge and catch of first couple walking on the fresh snow. Too bad about the bicycle tracks, the snow tracks would have looked much better without them.
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