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"...the low pale light across that land..."
1st Place"...the low pale light across that land..."
PenelopeK


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Challenge: Shadows VI (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges: Abstracts /Patterns
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Location: Dennis, MA
Date: Mar 8, 2010
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Black and White, Textures
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2010

 I've always loved the patterns created by the light on the beaches and dunes of Cape Cod. As my skills improve I'm better able to "capture" that which captivates me. This was taken just before sunset at Mayflower beach, also the site of some of my other challenge entries.

I'm beginning to experiment with adjusting the color channels when converting to black and white/ duotone.

When Robert (Bear_Music) saw this picture he spontaneously began to quote this poem by Archibald MacLeish, from whence my title ..

You, Andrew Marvell

And here face down beneath the sun
And here upon earth’s noonward height
To feel the always coming on
The always rising of the night:

To feel creep up the curving east
The earthy chill of dusk and slow
Upon those under lands the vast
And ever climbing shadow grow

And strange at Ecbatan the trees
Take leaf by leaf the evening strange
The flooding dark about their knees
The mountains over Persia change

And now at Kermanshah the gate
Dark empty and the withered grass
And through the twilight now the late
Few travelers in the westward pass

And Baghdad darken and the bridge
Across the silent river gone
And through Arabia the edge
Of evening widen and steal on

And deepen on Palmyra’s street
The wheel rut in the ruined stone
And Lebanon fade out and Crete
High through the clouds and overblown

And over Sicily the air
Still flashing with the landward gulls
And loom and slowly disappear
The sails above the shadowy hulls

And Spain go under and the shore
Of Africa the gilded sand
And evening vanish and no more
The low pale light across that land

Nor now the long light on the sea:

And here face downward in the sun
To feel how swift how secretly
The shadow of the night comes on ...

A blue ribbon and a new personal best. I am really chuffed! Thanks for all the great comments and thanks to Bear_music for reminding me "it's all about the light!"

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 139
Avg (all users): 7.1143
Avg (commenters): 8.5455
Avg (participants): 7.4615
Avg (non-participants): 7.0000
Views since voting: 6152
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 210
Comments: 60
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 12/30/2012 08:11:09 PM
Amazing patterns, texture, composition, shadows... Congrats!
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 04/27/2011 11:26:19 AM
Seasalty's comment below (and may she RIP) refers to other blue ribbons won at the local camera club. This is my first DPC ribbon.
 04/13/2010 08:27:19 AM
Penny,
Wow...another blue and another great photo from you.
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 03/23/2010 02:56:47 PM
Nice detail, Great Job!! Congrats!
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 03/17/2010 11:48:40 PM
congratulations! this is very deserving of a ribbon
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 03/17/2010 02:59:40 PM
I pegged this one for the win the first time I viewed it. Great job and congrats on the Blue!
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 03/17/2010 11:12:33 AM
mighty congrats
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 03/17/2010 10:03:04 AM
lovely shot Penny! Congrats on your first (and Blue)! (IMO would ribbon in Parallel lines as well).
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 03/17/2010 09:27:05 AM
Awesome photo. Congrats on first place and your first ribbon!
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 03/17/2010 09:25:08 AM
penny, what amazing texture! this is a very very fine image. :)
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 03/17/2010 09:08:31 AM
Now we're talkin!!! This is just beautiful and you've done an excellent job with everything. Congrats on your blue for this shot. Going to have to fave this one.
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 03/17/2010 08:40:08 AM
Wow! Congrats on the Blue... but more importantly a fantastic capture.

This was one of two 10's for me this challenge.
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 03/17/2010 07:22:27 AM
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Ahhh a head to head competition with The Bear and you kicked his butt all over the place. I still doubt it'll quiet him down any....heheheheh. Cheers to you!


Hi Steve. For the record, Robert has been a personal one man cheering section the last few days as it become clear my score was going to remain over 7 the whole way.. I've had to "tolerate" his chant of "Penny's going to ribbon .... " which wasn't too hard a sound to hear. :-)

Message edited by author 2010-04-11 14:01:33.
 03/17/2010 05:24:54 AM
Congratulations on your Blue and new PB! Lovely shadows and patterns in the sand and well composed and processed!
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 03/17/2010 04:26:01 AM
Ahhh a head to head competition with The Bear and you kicked his butt all over the place. I still doubt it'll quiet him down any....heheheheh. Cheers to you!
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 03/17/2010 04:20:49 AM
Congrats Penny! My hat is safe!
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 03/17/2010 02:53:51 AM
Beautiful stuff. Congrats.
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 03/17/2010 01:46:22 AM
Go Penny! Congratulations on the Blue, and on beating Bear!
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 03/17/2010 01:44:36 AM
I gave you a 10! I know good stuff when I see it! WOOT!!! Congrats, dear lady!
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 03/17/2010 12:46:03 AM
and a free poem - my hero

b e a utiful texture and tones here

congrats and thanks
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 03/17/2010 12:07:33 AM
"Picture perfect" just got a whole new meaning. This is absolutely stunning and I'm thrilled to see several images with artistic quality on the front page. Congrats Penny!
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 03/16/2010 10:05:09 PM
Congratulations, Penny!
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 03/16/2010 09:15:44 PM
Congratulations on the ribbon and PB. This is lovely
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 03/16/2010 09:10:52 PM
This is just incredible. The textures and overall composition is fabulous. Congrats on the Blue!
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 03/16/2010 08:59:19 PM
Congratulations, sweetie! May this be the first of many!
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 03/16/2010 08:50:37 PM
congratulations on a magnificent image and a new pb .. :)
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 03/16/2010 08:46:35 PM
First ribbon, and blue at that! Awesome!
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 03/16/2010 08:43:21 PM
beautiful image! Congrats!
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 03/16/2010 08:42:20 PM
How'd I miss this in the voting? But here you are anyway. Love all the wibbles.
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 03/16/2010 08:19:16 PM
I thought this would do well, one of my faves.
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 03/16/2010 08:11:37 PM
This would have done nicely in the "Fine Art" challenge too. Wonderful image, and congrats on the big Blue!
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 03/16/2010 08:10:50 PM
Congrats on the blue, love the textures, I can feel and smell the beach
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 03/16/2010 08:09:30 PM
stunning image! Congrats!
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 03/16/2010 08:08:52 PM
beautiful work! congratulations.
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 03/16/2010 08:03:48 PM
Nice work on both your parts! Congrats on your lovely blue ribbon!
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 03/16/2010 08:02:58 PM
whoo hoo! congrats!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/16/2010 07:38:36 PM
Gorgeous. Either Bear or Miss Penny I would presume. Excellent grain. :-)
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 03/16/2010 06:57:35 PM
guess this is bear and the other penny ;-) but of course it could be the other way round!
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 03/16/2010 04:02:39 PM
I really like this, nice patterns, in the sand.
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 03/16/2010 03:38:35 PM
Whoa. 10.

Fascinating!
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 03/16/2010 12:28:01 PM
Superb pictures, great looking textures ALL over the picture.
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 03/15/2010 03:08:24 PM
WOW! I think the color, composition and textures of this shot are incredible for this challenge!
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 03/14/2010 06:07:05 AM
Nice sense of abstraction. :)
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 03/14/2010 12:46:37 AM
This is so good. If it doesn't ribbon, well I'll eat my hat! 10
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 03/13/2010 10:38:22 PM
I love it..The shadows on the sand ripples is great...Good job.
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 03/12/2010 05:34:25 PM
Beautifully done.
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 03/12/2010 04:45:38 PM
excellent fulfillment of the challenge. Painting with shadows.
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 03/12/2010 01:08:47 PM
sands are piling up
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 03/12/2010 07:05:21 AM
These are shadows. Definitely in the spirit of the contest.
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 03/12/2010 05:51:18 AM
i am not a fan of such photos entered in challenge where I have to scroll down to see the full photo (mainly because it is 800pxls to all sides). It just doesn't allow me to see the photograph as a whole, and makes screening difficult.

nice texture in the photo, details preserved. Nice attempt.
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 03/11/2010 07:18:00 PM
A really fine photograph, love the composition and texture and detail.
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 03/11/2010 01:16:51 PM
Wonderful play of light and shadows with the ripples in the sand and the fence boards. Like the B&W treatment. One of my favorites so far.
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 03/11/2010 11:40:33 AM
Wonderful shapes and textures.
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 03/10/2010 04:35:57 PM
Great texture!
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 03/10/2010 04:30:23 PM
Exquisite in its' simplicity. Beautiful composition!
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 03/10/2010 03:09:41 PM
Texture, shadows and lines... Perfect combo!
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 03/10/2010 01:15:00 PM
very nice, but it reminds me of a thumb yard a little bit.
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 03/10/2010 09:28:40 AM
This is definitely in my top 3. I love how the simple boards of the fence create such a complex design in the shadows. Well seen!
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 03/09/2010 08:18:24 PM
very subtle i like it may have bee beter without the fence imo
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 03/09/2010 07:47:29 PM
nice shot, I like your slightly different take this type of shot not to focus on the fence shadows but the natural shadows on the sand.
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