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Road side peace
Road side peace
Quigley


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Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Gravenhurst Ontario
Date: Feb 6, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2008

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 Sometimes my work (self employed) takes me all over the place. I have stopped here more times than I care to remember. In the summer time this spot plays host to some of the most beautiful wildlife I've ever seen. From wolves to moose I've seen just about everything. This is not a special spot by any stretch of the imagination, it's right on the side of one of the busiest highways around our neck of the woods because it's the only one that goes straight north and has mostly 4 lanes of traffic the whole way.

I chose this shot because I always seem to stop here on my return journey home from up north. For some reason it brings me peace and helps to clear my head. Even when it's raining it's still a beautiful place to stop and see the ducks.

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 02/17/2008 01:14:14 PM
Wildlife can be terribly uncooperative! I think they enjoy teasing photographers.

I have a place that clears my head, too, and sometimes it just isn't showing itself well in the big picture. I think that's kind of what you ran into here with the bright sky and snow. When that happens I start looking for something smaller, like a particular tree or clump of grass or puddle or something that looks interesting. One of the things I enjoy about returning to the same place over and over is finding new aspects of it to show. I look forward to seeing some more views of this place from you.
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 02/17/2008 12:49:18 PM
I really like the colors of the trees, but the snow seems way blown out, and not much interest there. Maybe crop most of the foreground out and focus on the tree line?

Jan.
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 02/14/2008 11:58:30 PM
i'm a bit overwhelmed by white and i would like to see the horizon line either higher or lower. i agree with Erik about the trees becoming more of a focus for the shot and getting closer would probably some more detail and there's some really nice colours in there. i like the brush that breaks up the whiteness of the snow, too.

and i would like to see a moose next time you pass by there, please :)
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 02/08/2008 09:27:13 PM
What I like:
--parallel lines formed by the grass in the foreground and the trees in the background
--your description of what this place is like other times of the year

Things I am less fond of:
--both sky and snow are mightly bright. looks like the sky has some blue sky and clouds, so making that darker should bring out some nice shapes. polarizing filter may have helped for the sky(depending where the sun was).
--lack of a point to which my eyes are drawn. the whitish tree to the right of center has some interesting branching; perhaps walking up closer to it would have made this a good point of interest for the photo.
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