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Duck a l'orange
Duck a l'orange
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Challenge: Free Study 2013-07 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II
Location: Rietvlei, South Africa
Date: Jul 27, 2013
Aperture: f/9.1
ISO: 640
Shutter: 1/125s
Date Uploaded: Jul 31, 2013

 Taken on a cold misty morning at Rietvlei Reserve near Centurion South Africa. Thanks to HarveyG for taking myself and RianBotes around that morning and showing us his "back yard".
I enjoyed it tons especially once my fingertips thawed out.

Shot taken from a bird hide with 70-200 lens @ 70mm. Opened in Camera Raw and warmed the colour temp. Opened in PS CS, and opened in Nik SEP. Used a fairly high structure to bring out detail of mist in front of the reeds and on the water. Opened in PS CS again and masked the SEP layer sky section with a gradient filter. Resize and sharpen. SFW

That "thing" in the water is a duck - hence the title...

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 178
Avg (all users): 6.5340
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.4722
Avg (non-participants): 6.6774
Views since voting: 529
Views during voting: 182
Votes: 103
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/07/2013 11:12:24 PM
Splendid colors. The scene is lovely.
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 08/07/2013 09:24:19 PM
Lovingly captured atmosphere. bump
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 08/07/2013 09:23:16 PM
Bumping up tonight. Beautiful control of exposure.
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 08/07/2013 10:23:50 AM
Lovely colors.
Love the dark contrast against the bright orange and yellow skies. The fog gives it a boost, and is that a turtle in the water, or just a log?
Nicely captured.
Bumping score
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 08/06/2013 10:22:12 AM
Nicely done. The mist over the water really adds a lot.
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 08/06/2013 01:01:09 AM
lovely stillness to this, top ten for me!
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 08/05/2013 10:37:02 AM
Beautiful gradations, crisp silhouettes. Perfect exposure to capture all that and the mist. Beautiful. Might have just cloned out the odd bush at far right on horison (or cropped it out).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/01/2013 10:52:03 PM
Love it. Very moody.
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 08/01/2013 09:33:55 PM
Nice scene, great fog and sky. Great placement of the tree in the frame, really nice tones throughout.
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 08/01/2013 02:07:44 PM
wonderful !!!!
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 08/01/2013 01:51:34 PM
Nice, pity about the title
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 08/01/2013 01:38:07 AM
Such a peaceful looking morning.
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