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Beneath the Tressels
Beneath the Tressels
Rebecca


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Challenge: From the Ground Up III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5400
Location: The Hill Route,
Date: Aug 6, 2006
Galleries: Rural, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 6, 2006

 In Colorado, a dirt road means fifteen miles of potholes, washboard, and quite often the exposed rock of the mountainside. Moffat Road, a/k/a "The Hill Route", is no exception. I went up (and with an elevation gain of 4,000 feet, I mean up in search of a certain lake I wanted to shoot and along the way found an old tressel bridge from when the railroad actually ran through - I think it probably last did so about 75 years ago since the hotel that was once up there was established in 1928. Hikers are prohibited from crossing it these days, but I climbed into the gully underneath it for the wildflowers. Alas, my blue skies were gone by then, but what can you do?

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Place: 98 out of 361
Avg (all users): 5.6542
Avg (commenters): 6.7273
Avg (participants): 5.5714
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Views since voting: 1215
Views during voting: 267
Votes: 214
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 08/14/2006 04:41:24 PM
great composition + dramatic lighting = perfect execution of this idea. 8
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 08/14/2006 11:04:39 AM
Very nice composition, but it's too burn out on my taste
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Pentax K100D
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Pentax
 08/13/2006 11:38:16 PM
Nice size comparison and subject separation.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 08/13/2006 05:56:36 PM
good composition
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
 08/11/2006 10:13:36 AM
love the contrast, the flower vs the industrial bridge or whatever it is :P
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
08/11/2006 06:06:39 AM
Yes, I think it's the most interesting flower shot I've seen in the challenge...I like the colorful flower against the dark silhouette of the trestle.
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Canon EOS-40D
 08/10/2006 09:40:42 PM
Didn't get the background.
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Sony DSC-W7
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 08/09/2006 08:15:10 PM
The pink color is pretty & it stands out with it on the dark background
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Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 08/09/2006 11:57:55 AM
Great contrast between the dark, constructed trestle and the bright, natural flower.
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Fujifilm FinePix S5700
08/09/2006 10:21:58 AM
lovely, I love the color against the dirty, run down look of the tressel.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 08/09/2006 12:30:20 AM
Nice mix of the natural with the man made. I like the intense colors.
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