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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: Mill Creek Ponies Ranch, Statesboro, GA
Date: Feb 9, 2008
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/350
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2008

 Cropped 2X, Levels Adjustment Layer, Stamp Visible, Flip Vertical, Hue/Saturation A.L., Stamp Visible, Black & White A.L., Stamp Visible, Hide all adjustment layers, then change Master Opacity on all Visible Stamps, Darken the Lines with Accented Edges, Sharpen Edges, USM, Resized, Saved for Web...

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Place: 158 out of 188
Avg (all users): 4.9086
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
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Votes: 175
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Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 02/22/2008 09:27:07 PM
Critique Club Comment

I think it would be obvious to anyone who looked at this photo for more than two seconds that you did meet the challenge. I wonder, however, how many people did not look for that long and only saw a line of contiguous trees.

I like how you flipped it so that the reflection would be at the top. The leaf (I think it's a leaf) also helps draw us to the "reflection" idea, but it unfortunately is not in a place within the frame that draws the eye in a flowing fashion, rather it distracts a little (if that makes sense).

I agree with the comments that say that this is too busy. But I do like the detail that you've shown. Perhaps darkening the edges and blurring them a bit, and maybe lightening the center (bottom rightish) area some, would help us to focus on one part of the image rather than all parts.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 02/17/2008 12:09:37 AM
Maybe a little too detailed and busy for the small size it has to be presented in here. The flip almost had me tricked except for the slight ripples on the far left.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
 02/12/2008 10:07:34 PM
this is a very daring entry.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/12/2008 07:21:00 PM
coolio
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/12/2008 01:59:57 PM
What a perfectly still day this must have been! There's a bit too much going on I think, but you certainly have met the challenge. This might be a nice texture overlay.
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