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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Calendar V (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Sony Alpha a1 II
Lens: Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II
Date: Oct 27, 2026
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 2000
Shutter: 1/2500
Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2026


[Nov. 8th, 2026 07:50:31 PM]

I got to go to my happy place! Chincoteague, VA. I hadn't been there since July. I missed my bird friends!

If only there was enough light to have a deeper DOF — check out the fish!!

[Nov. 8th, 2026 07:51:04 PM]



[Nov. 8th, 2026 07:53:04 PM]

Ok -- it was painful again. Was exciting an unreal, was at 8+ until vote 17, and then down each vote. So close to getting a profile shot. But now it's back out of reach.

Stop teasing me, people!

:)

Thanks for the comments. (And it was funny that it wasn't a calendar challenge, it was pretty much an "october" challenge. :)


[Nov. 8th, 2026 08:09:13 PM]

And yup! It was the very edge of a small crabbing area along the ditch. Early morning, no ripples!

So tantalizingly choose to a profile shot again!

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11/09/2026 12:49:04 AM
Wow...look at the decisive discrepancy between the blue and everything else! :-) Little wonder, of course. This is as close as a photo gets to an oil painting, I think, while still feeling distinctively photographic. Roz already said it best.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/08/2026 07:58:10 PM
This is SO clean, and no ripples!?
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11/02/2026 12:56:43 AM
I feel like a cat - maybe a black one - would better represent October. 😜
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11/02/2026 12:11:30 AM
what the heck ..
this is amazing .. magical .. and in my reality impossible to create with a camera .. many congratulations in advance on the blue ribbon you will surely receive .. 🙂
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