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Mountain Symphony
Mountain Symphony
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Challenge: Best of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Date: Mar 22, 2011
ISO: 100
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2012

[Feb. 20th, 2012 02:07:35 PM]

Taken in natal Drakenberg - Mnweni. had endless fun with the family there and they enjoyed it to. A place I love to go to and there are much still to ne photgraphed there

Previous night there was a storm and went out early the next morning to be in the middle of the most beautiful sunrise. I tried to keep it as natural as possible. This is all from a single exposure. I used this image as it brings back some good memories with the family there. Not my usual entry from the berg. I also considered others which unfortunately I dont have the originals of as they are in DNG format.

Statistics
Place: 73 out of 410
Avg (all users): 6.4115
Avg (commenters): 7.6190
Avg (participants): 6.2550
Avg (non-participants): 7.1395
Views since voting: 563
Views during voting: 485
Votes: 243
Comments: 28
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 02/24/2012 07:45:09 AM
Maggies maar dis 'n donnerse mooi foto Rian.
 02/24/2012 12:07:20 AM
Die beweging in die foto het my getref. Alles skiet uit vanaf die middelpunt. Ek moet tog een vakansie daar gaan deurbring, op my kampbed lê en 55 wenfotos neem, jy laat dit so maklik lyk.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/23/2012 06:22:19 PM
Nice colors, lovely scene. Beautiful photo.
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 02/23/2012 05:37:51 PM
Absolutely love the color in the sky and water on this.
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 02/20/2012 08:37:54 AM
What a lovely place. Great DOF, and blur. Nice control of light, with not to much processing to put it over the top for me. Overall, very nice.

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 02/19/2012 06:41:02 PM
That is fire in the sky! Where?
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 02/19/2012 06:28:23 PM
Beautiful colors!
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 02/19/2012 11:52:29 AM
Gorgeous colours, beautiful scene. Is it tilted a bit to the right?
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 02/19/2012 08:20:17 AM
A wonderful long exposure. Perfect. 10 :)
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 02/18/2012 06:00:06 PM
Nice Rian! Hope this doing well for you!
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 02/17/2012 09:38:34 AM
Such amazing colors in this photo.
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 02/16/2012 03:12:37 PM
And what a beautiful symphony it is... Well done!
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 02/16/2012 05:22:49 AM
Splendid scene, but I feel it's a little muted.
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 02/15/2012 02:53:09 AM
liking the low perspective and the wide angle distortions, colors seem a bit forced but they aren't over the top.
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 02/14/2012 07:36:49 AM
Most excellent capture! The light is perfect, and the composition is very strong. I'm a big fan!
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 02/14/2012 02:30:54 AM
Magnificent shot of a magnificent place. Wonderful colours and reflection. Great pp. Just to make sure, is this the Drakensberg?
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 02/13/2012 12:00:40 PM
so much to love here, the chalky coal like mountains separating a painted sunset from moving water trickery. very nice work.
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 02/12/2012 12:29:23 PM
Love the coloring and the motion in the water.So serene and peaceful. Should do really well in the challenge. 10
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 02/11/2012 07:15:40 AM
Wow, so colorful and majestic! Lovely picture.
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 02/11/2012 05:19:28 AM
beautiful
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 02/10/2012 05:13:31 PM
Nice job on the long exposure.
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 02/10/2012 11:44:47 AM
Love the orange tones in this. Fabulous light. Great scene. Rian? Stephen?, Might be an optical illusion but the water appears to be flowing uphill! :(
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 02/10/2012 07:38:15 AM
Looks to need a CCW rotation. Could be an optical illusion. The bright part of the sky bleeds yellow a bit.
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 02/10/2012 07:33:08 AM
Beautiful timing and a nice controlled exposure. I love the the rock and water and mountains in the background. Its a dramatic sky but its stealing away the view from the beautiful landscape.
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 02/10/2012 06:06:43 AM
beautiful landscape and colors
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 02/10/2012 12:47:57 AM
nice sky maybe just a little blown out on my screen
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 02/09/2012 09:35:57 PM
Simply magnificent picture Rian... and all of this from a single exposure! The eye really get led on a journey from the rock up the stream between the hills and onto the mountain then the awesome clouds take over!
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 02/09/2012 07:21:40 PM
Fabulous! (just commenting on a great image... not voting)
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