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Fishing in Berwick Bay
Fishing in Berwick Bay
photogJames


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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Town of Berwick, Louisiana
Date: Apr 20, 2005
Aperture: f11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Cityscape, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2005

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A visitor to South Louisiana fishes from the Berwick side of Berwick Bay under the local bridges. I took this pictures yesterday for the local newspaper's front page before I knew that this challenge had started.

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Avg (commenters): 4.9500
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Views since voting: 788
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Votes: 353
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05/03/2005 06:13:35 PM
the question is, would you eat a fish that you caught out of a river that was that color. dynamic shot, though it seems like two shots, one on top of the other
 05/03/2005 12:46:42 AM
And I thought that the Missouri river looked murky. A narrower DOF would have made the fisherman a more prominent element of the image. I'm not sure how intentional this was, but both the placement of the horizon and the color palate seems to divide this into two images: the lighter, cooler colors above the midline and the darker, warmer colors below. The rust on the bridge complements the colors in the bottom half of the image, but the lower section doesn't seem to reciprocate. I think that the composition would be stronger if there were traces of blue in the bottom of the image (the man's shorts, for example).
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 04/30/2005 11:28:45 PM
great shot. should have cut down the pillar on the right though :P (jk)
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 04/30/2005 08:19:14 PM
I'm so used to those picturesque blue waters, you snapped me back to reality
Thanks man :-)
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 04/30/2005 07:12:57 PM
The weight of the bridge and the river make it hard for me to see the person as the focus of the picture. 5
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 04/30/2005 04:12:34 PM
Too busy for a minimalism challenge
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 04/29/2005 06:46:04 PM
This filled up the frame and kept the subject in size.
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 04/29/2005 05:27:02 PM
this is another of those really nice shots but not quite what i interpreted the challenge to be...too much giong on to distract the eye from the subject...maybe if the bridge had been cropped out leaving just the water and dock which could blend together
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 04/29/2005 03:11:00 AM
I don't think I would eat those fish.
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 04/29/2005 03:00:52 AM
great shot, the bridge leads toward the focal point
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 04/28/2005 05:31:25 PM
the water looks really unhealthy, i wouldnt be fishing there if i was that guy :-)
nice photo btw.
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 04/28/2005 05:14:15 PM
snapshot 1
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 04/28/2005 09:46:05 AM
Not sure if i would eat any fish from that water :) Good photo.
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 04/27/2005 06:46:45 PM
my eyes are pulled to the bridge, not the person fishing
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 04/27/2005 01:53:22 PM
I like it. I wish the challenge rules would have allowed to to clone out that front post.
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 04/27/2005 10:17:40 AM
IMO the subject is the bridge till i looked at title and noticed the man fishing. muddy water is distracting. nice photo...good luck
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 04/27/2005 08:59:38 AM
Looks to me like you are taking a picture on of the bridge, and the guy in the picture is just being used as a minimal object. This shot doesn't really work for me, in this challenge.
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 04/27/2005 08:48:44 AM
Lacks the simplicity and elegance I associate with minimalism, but nice all the same
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 04/27/2005 03:30:19 AM
The problem here is the huge bridge which isn't at all minimalistic now is it?
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 04/27/2005 01:56:08 AM
I'm sure water color is true but looks like our muddy water.. the post closest to viewer gets more of my focus than anything in this shot...gl
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