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Red River Jetty
Red River Jetty
PenelopeK


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Collection: 2012 Blur SC
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Harwich Port, MA
Date: Dec 29, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1.5 sec
Galleries: Seascapes, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2012

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Comments: 8
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 For the Jan 2012 Blur Side Challenge

I'm sure many of you have seen these jetties in some of bear_music's shots. I took this longer exposure in late December in anticipation of this SC. Do you notice the "perceptual" effect when looking at the horizon, particularly away from the jetty, it can seem like a vertical wall of water?

Added 1/21/12: This effect exists in real life, not just in photographs, in case this wasn't clear! My theory is that it occurs when the section of horizon we are seeing isn't connected to anything on either side. There is a spot here on Cape Cod where the first glimpse of the bay is from a high spot at a distance, and at that moment nearby trees and vegetation form borders on either side of the water, so you are looking at an isolated vertical slice of water. I see this effect there almost every time, and yet still get surprised by it!.

(Image: IMG_1499)

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 01/27/2012 05:43:06 PM
I love the richness of color in the water here. Really adds to the "painting". I also think this works as a cropped version without the jetty - with just the water to explore in its swirls and patterns.
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 01/25/2012 09:51:58 AM
very pretty, I like the capture of the movement
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 01/21/2012 09:18:35 PM
For me, I thinkthe water has the qualities of a wall because the horizon does not blend into the sky, like the ocean often does. I like it.
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 01/21/2012 11:41:43 AM
A great scary effect especially because the colors are so bright. The waves getting closer and sweeping the world.
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 01/21/2012 06:38:11 AM
I especially like how the water on the rocks looks like and the swirl of water in the forefront, nice one.
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 01/20/2012 08:57:50 PM
love this. Very painterly.
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 01/20/2012 06:27:52 PM
This is very dynamic - the palpable movement of the ocean. I think it's the diagonals that give the sense of the horizon being the top of a huge swell.
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 01/20/2012 04:56:31 PM
The horizon looks closer than the end of the jetty. Amazed the horizon looks so clean with all the blur going on.
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