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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FX01
Location: Lech, Austria
Date: Jan 22, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/640s
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2009

Taken with my little pocket Panasonic earlier this year in Lech. Has more personal significance than necessarily being a fantastic photo.

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Thanks so much to all of you for your fantastic comments. And yes, I probably should have cropped this a little more although I wonder if it would have brought out more of the technical shortcomings of the camera I was using.

Statistics
Place: 321 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.9087
Avg (commenters): 6.3800
Avg (participants): 5.9149
Avg (non-participants): 5.8765
Views since voting: 733
Views during voting: 698
Votes: 504
Comments: 55
Favorites: 2 (view)


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 06:21:15 PM
The blue and the white sand work so well together, looks like that's quite a trek to make.
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03/17/2009 04:49:42 PM
Interesting shot, I like how you put us in the tracks.
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03/17/2009 04:31:55 PM
Excellent DOF and detail. Very dramatic contrast between the sky and snow. 8
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03/17/2009 01:22:22 PM
Lovely snow capped mountain top scene.
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03/16/2009 10:20:06 PM
Fabulously interesting.


Not voting yet.
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03/16/2009 06:48:09 PM
Wow, I'd love to stand here and be a part of this. Among best in class.
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03/16/2009 04:44:05 PM
I really like the pattern of ski trails on the otherwise pristine snow of the mountain. I also like the peak and sky background. Now that I look really close I can see several skiers coming down with 4 of them (I think) lined up almost perfectly in a vertical line.
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03/16/2009 02:30:39 PM
WOW. Fantastic capture. And I love how the skiers are all in a beautiful straight line too. Gave you and 8 and am just now upping it to 9. Congrats. Back again and up to 10!!!
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03/16/2009 01:29:26 PM
Good shot. Lots of skiing with all those tracks.
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03/16/2009 11:06:06 AM
Ive seen this before now Im here to vote, nice white with nice blue.. but just five from me sorry ;D
brano
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03/16/2009 04:13:44 AM
cool capture
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03/16/2009 03:30:51 AM
stunning image
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03/16/2009 03:12:00 AM
great lines and I love that sky- really nice shot.
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03/15/2009 02:31:05 PM
Very fun shot. Intriguing. One thought--If you could zoom in closer (or crop and enlarge), I'd be tempted to crop off the bottom third. the tracks get very interesting in the middle, and the people make a cool line--here the bottom tracks demand most of the attention, and they aren't nearly as interesting.
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03/15/2009 02:04:36 PM
great exposure control
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03/15/2009 11:44:03 AM
I like the minimalistic feel of this. Well focused.
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03/15/2009 10:05:29 AM
great pattern study....
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03/15/2009 09:38:07 AM
Less noise in the sky would have helped to enhance your photo, I like the patterns of the tracks.
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03/15/2009 09:22:15 AM
I wonder if those tracks where done espacally for the photo. Such a perfect lines. well done. 6
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03/15/2009 12:22:14 AM
excellent exposure , nice textures in the tracks , but still lacking a bit of the wow factor, 6
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03/14/2009 11:01:43 PM
A beautiful scene and those tracks are so interesting.
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03/14/2009 08:10:32 PM
Interesting patterns in the snow.
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03/14/2009 07:03:06 PM
I like the lines in this - well done
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03/14/2009 05:17:24 PM
Looks like lace on the snow. Great eye.
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03/14/2009 12:58:29 PM
Nice winter shot
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03/14/2009 12:26:13 PM
I like the idea, I just wish the composition was more balanced.
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03/14/2009 11:36:31 AM
The pattern shows well. The white is nice. I would have cropped the bottom some.
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03/14/2009 02:22:30 AM
Beautiful view and nice patterns in the snow. The people gives this a lot of dimension.
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03/13/2009 10:17:27 PM
I think just one set of tracks would mean more with your title but pretty pic
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03/13/2009 06:34:50 PM
Really cool shot, i love how the tracks lead up tot he one corner. Well composed.
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03/13/2009 06:07:25 PM
huh, skiing or snowmobiling? its crazy how perfect those tracks are, isnt snow amazing? beautiful blue sky, just makes the whites pop
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03/13/2009 11:41:08 AM
Love the patterns in the snow
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03/13/2009 11:24:48 AM
Nicely spotted the light is picking out the tracks very nicely
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03/13/2009 06:37:25 AM
I love the patterns the tracks make, cool
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03/13/2009 05:36:26 AM
Were are the lifts?
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03/13/2009 03:59:41 AM
The lines in the snow are great and then I saw the skiers all in a line - fantastic timing
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03/13/2009 01:01:59 AM
Would have been good to see them like a collar around the mount but that's a pretty good effort anyway. Well done!
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03/12/2009 09:52:44 PM
What a deep blue sky! Makes me miss skiing!
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03/12/2009 08:28:53 PM
Wish I was there.
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03/12/2009 07:34:38 PM
cool how the tracks are laid out, love the contrast of the blue sky and white snow
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03/12/2009 05:57:14 PM
I love the lines...just wish the sky wasn't so pixelated.
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03/12/2009 12:18:44 PM
Love the lines and the exposure. Well done. 9
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03/12/2009 09:30:13 AM
very nice shot
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03/12/2009 08:56:32 AM
The blue is noisy but the mountain is great. I probably would have cropped out the sky and just got the skiiers. Nice subject.
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03/12/2009 07:31:58 AM
I love how the figures are just dwarfed by nature. The colour of the sky is also stunning.
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03/11/2009 09:08:36 PM
I love how dark blue the sky is against that pristine snow.
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03/11/2009 06:58:17 PM
that looks like fun...me I like to sled...
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03/11/2009 06:46:38 PM
They had spent hours so far, doing their best. Up and down the mountain, drawing the lines, spelling out their message.

Only time would tell if they had been successful, and as they put the final touches on the secret language that only they could know, they glanced to the sky and waited.

With a flash, the ship that hung there responded, and it was good.

They had saved their world from a disaster that none but themselves, would ever know.
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03/11/2009 05:47:05 PM
Love all those squiggles and how they converge. The little skiers give a great sense of scale. I might have cropped this one a little differently, a bit off the bottom and left, leaving the convergence area in the lower left and really showing off those great lines.
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03/11/2009 03:33:40 PM
I know nothing about skiing, but this looks neat.
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03/11/2009 10:20:34 AM
Wow, that looks like fun.
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03/11/2009 04:20:16 AM
Wow, its nice to have the people in the for a sense of scale. Great pic.
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03/11/2009 04:05:14 AM
I like the tiny people on the snow.
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03/11/2009 01:45:19 AM
What an amazing shot! Beautiful colours and lighting on the snow ....... the tiny people make you realize just how
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03/11/2009 12:21:02 AM
Great capture, very interesting POV.
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