Blindness
by mrchhas

Comment:
great black and white image

a story telling image

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder
by markwiley

Comment:
your photo tells a story

wonderfully done

10

Touch
by mpeters

Comment:
intriguing

the scene is so serene

although the tree forms look chaotic

great detail

hope when the whole day's done
by skewsme

Comment:
beautiful mood !!!

The power of light
by otto22

Comment:
Love it !

a wonderful scene and the torches gave it the context for the challenge

Escape
by vawendy

Comment:
I should probably say , would be better if the main light source was the lantern

a wonderful shot regardless ... :)

Fog
by armando_m

Comment:
Thanks again !

The trees are called "Sabino"

How far from the original ? you mean how much editing ? Light was extreme, so it was a good candidate for HDR, although I processed a single RAW, the SOOC is way to dark as I picked the one where the highlights were manageable.

LR gave decent results with highlights -100, exposure +1 , shadows +100
gradient filter on the bottom to add clarity and a bit more exposure
gradient on top to add contrast and saturation

wish I had used a speed of 1/125 to freeze the ducks, I think I had a 3 stop ND and ISO 50 , so there was more than enough light to do it ...

The lake is quite pretty to visit when there is no one around, like 6AM :) around lunch time it gets crowded, there are boat rides, food vendors, music, a 180 degree turn from the mood shown here. There is a hotel that looks decent right outside the park.

Fog
by armando_m

Comment:
=8-)

Thank you for the comments, votes and favorites

Tough competition in this challenge, there are many images I really like, and that people may have gone though considerable effort to make them, I'm quite humbled

This lake has given me two ribbons

Thanks Bear for the clarification , earlier in the day, before dawn, it was denser fog, the sky was not visible, then when the sun came out it was certainly mist.

última entrada
by aberration

Comment:
Congratulations!

... into the unknown
by mefnj

Comment:
:) made me smile !