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Pi, a fundamental constant of nature, found in nature
Pi, a fundamental constant of nature, found in nature
joeyz101


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Science III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-520
Lens: Olympus 50mm f/1.8 MF Normal Zuiko
Location: Copake Falls, NY
Date: Nov 21, 2009
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3.2
Galleries: Nature, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Nov 22, 2009

 There is a fundamental constant that works with every single circle. The name of this constant is pi and its value is close to 3.1415926535897932...

The Greek letter ð is used to represent this important constant. It appears everywhere, even on my camping trip. I took this shot on a nice hike to the Bash Bish waterfall this weekend in Copake Falls.

Statistics
Place: 39 out of 69
Avg (all users): 5.4725
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1176
Avg (non-participants): 5.5380
Views since voting: 1461
Views during voting: 372
Votes: 218
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/30/2009 06:53:53 PM
Not sure how this relates to Pi, but I like the photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2009 07:18:08 PM
before i scolled down i thought the title would be "Fluid Dynamics" ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2009 08:27:54 AM
I'm not particularly mathematically/scientifically inclined; however, I don't see the element representative of Pi in this photo. When I think of Pi I think of circles and spheres. Bubbles are spheres, but don't make an appearance in this photo. That said, I'm not voting based on your title. Would have liked a slightly slower shutter speed to prevent the highlight blow-outs, or better yet - assuming you didn't use one - a ND filter. 5

EDIT: by "slower" I meant "faster" OOPS
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/27/2009 07:19:35 AM
very pretty picture
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/27/2009 05:13:31 AM
Very good! Nicely done! Hooray! Good vote from me!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/26/2009 03:43:48 PM
It requires special vision to see a pattern such as this surrounded by the rest of the natural beauty. You have a gift in sharing it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/26/2009 04:33:07 AM
If I had not visited this shot again, I would have missed the subtle Pi in the picture.. Nice find, and great composition with slow shutter speed! 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2009 05:50:34 PM
I love this idea. But the location of Pi and the burnt out water does not work for me
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2009 02:36:31 PM
Nice job on the long exposure.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/25/2009 07:29:25 AM
Soft, subtle, nice lens, good photo, quite a few washed out highlights but acceptable. Hope the long title doesn't hurt you in the long run, as they seem to on DPC.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/24/2009 10:14:36 PM
I always thought pi was all around us not you have proved it. The bits of wood and rock out of the water look either a touch over exposed or over edited. Maybe a shorter shutter would have help and you would still get the motion blur as the water does appear to be fast moving.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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