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Swimming Through Fall Colors
Swimming Through Fall Colors
alanfreed


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Challenge: October Free Study (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Nature/Outdoors
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Bradys Run Park, PA
Date: Oct 11, 2004
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 24, 2004

Shot at a nice park in our area. I was hoping to get some nice fall foliage shots, but the leaves weren't all that exciting. I did like the way the leaves reflected in the water, though, and came up with this. I cloned out some water that was dripping awkwardly out of one of the beaks... otherwise it's pretty much as shot.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 487
Avg (all users): 6.4939
Avg (commenters): 7.3704
Avg (participants): 6.3962
Avg (non-participants): 7.1212
Views since voting: 1108
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 245
Comments: 30
Favorites: 2 (view)


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11/07/2004 05:54:37 PM
The colors and patterns of the reflections in the water here are glorious, like the ducks as well.
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11/07/2004 03:57:44 PM
Water is real crazy color...:) fantastic.
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11/07/2004 02:26:10 PM
Nice contrast, very good
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11/07/2004 09:15:13 AM
This is a super image, nice work.
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11/06/2004 06:29:33 PM
did you try a less centered crop? how was it?
Beautiful colours in the water
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11/05/2004 10:10:41 PM
Beautiful water ripples and the colours is just superb. I love the green - yellow colour split. The birds are really nicely exposed (good deail in feathers). the only thing that throws me off is the blurr bottom part. If cropped off could lead to more dinamic composition.
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11/05/2004 09:56:02 PM
The light on the water here is absolutely stunning.
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11/05/2004 09:27:02 PM
Wow. Very nice. Simple. I love the colrs. Nice focus on the ducks and the ripples are very nice as well. Only thing that I notice is that the photo is almost divided between the yellow reflection, and the plain green on the right. Not a big deal, but almost wish the yellow were all the way across. Still a very lovely photo. ~Heather~
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11/05/2004 06:38:56 PM
Nice, and beautifull colors in the water.
It's just that I see things like this (except the color) almost every day, so it is a bit normal and has now WOW wffect.
Still a nice image, good luck
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11/05/2004 12:29:19 PM
very interesting colors. I wish the birds weren't in the middle of the image... they could go on the lower right 1/3 line or something...
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11/04/2004 03:52:02 PM
Beautiful! Lucky those geese were white. This really sets off the bright colors in the water.
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11/04/2004 02:55:04 PM
clear winner ... swimming in golden colors tinted with green - gorgeous!!!
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11/04/2004 02:11:33 AM
interesting water texture
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11/03/2004 10:54:51 PM
Gorgeous - great colors
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11/03/2004 10:16:42 PM
This ought to be in a picture book. Nice pair, colors, and focus. Good job.
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11/03/2004 10:10:30 PM
Nice work.
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11/03/2004 07:58:43 PM
Love the colours and reflections in the water, the ducks almost seem a little dull in comparison!
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11/02/2004 10:33:54 PM
GREAT! PICTURE! It looks a little bit overdone on the sharpness if you did filter it. 10 anyway.
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11/02/2004 09:37:05 PM
Beautiful water texture and color... really sets off these ducks.
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11/02/2004 09:32:08 PM
Love the colour of the reflections in the water on this one. Great focus on the ducks. Good work and good luck.
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11/02/2004 03:59:04 PM
I love that you took something often photographed and made it really unique and compelling. The lighting in the water is mesmurizing (sp?). This image is perfect in so many ways and is a feast for the eyes. 10
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11/02/2004 03:05:04 PM
excellent.......
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11/02/2004 07:47:05 AM
A wonderful shot, with the most stunning patterns captured in the water! I could look at this all day.
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11/01/2004 09:47:47 PM
Gorgeous. First 10 from me...
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11/01/2004 08:22:10 PM
I love the colors but not the composition. Did you try putting the ducks in a corner?
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11/01/2004 04:43:28 PM
The colored reflections and silky smooth flowing add a lot of interest to this photo. The ducks are actually in the way. :)
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11/01/2004 04:42:27 PM
You know, i would give this a higher rating without the ducks in the picture...
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11/01/2004 04:19:58 PM
The colors here appeal to be a great deal, but the ducks don't add interest for me. Feels a bit like an anticlimax. Perhaps a toy boat here? 6, just-married
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11/01/2004 11:30:33 AM
Ducks are too centered. They could use some negative space in front of them and maybe above. Sharp details of the feathers and of the water.
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11/01/2004 10:47:29 AM
great picture...
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