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Photo posted by Mark Seaver in the Weekly Challenge gallery on 12/18/17 at 10:20 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Post last edited by Mark Seaver on 12/20/17 at 10:12 am EST
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Norma Tareila Matl on 12/18/17 at 12:07 pm EST
Registered on 10/27/16, 229 Posts, 393 Comments
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Mark, what a magnificent natural creation of color and textures and light at just the right moment in time. The way the light moves down vertically adds to the interesting composition. We are so lucky to have cameras as tools to capture such reality. This is one of my favorites too.... great one! I would have thought an oil slick. Amazing how nature can trick us, nice visual.
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Norma Tareila-Matley
Tewksbury, MA
Rangeley, ME
“Photograph: a picture painted by light.”— Pablo Picasso
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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on 12/18/17 at 1:39 pm EST
Registered on 11/11/11, 404 Posts, 1639 Comments
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I love the tree shadows adding another layer of complexity to this one. The colors and swirls are wonderful, and the framing on the top works well. I can foresee some other wonderful abstracts from this pond, especially in the lower right corner.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 12/19/17 at 09:53 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Paul, while I don't remember if this used a polarizer, my expectation is that the suppression of reflections that a polarizer does so well would probably reduce the colors significantly. We'll see if this reappears in the next couple of months, then I can be sure about the polarizer's performance. Right now, we're very dry so there's no water at this location.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
Macro/Close Up Moderator |
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 12/19/17 at 11:34 am EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Right now, we're very dry so there's no water at this location.......
Mark, understood about the polarizer usage. I'm thinking the same on the color reduction as well as any glare. As stated, I thought the glare actually adds to this scene wth a bit more creepy factor. Meaning a good thing......
btw: if you want to see REALLY dry, come to So Cal sometime. We've not had one drop of rain this year so far.......
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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Comment posted by David Schoen on 12/19/17 at 6:08 pm EST
Registered on 11/06/06, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments
Comment last edited by David Schoen on 12/19/17 at 6:08 pm EST
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Wonderfully abstract and diffractive. Pretty amazing that you could find and see this. Reminds me of images people find an oil slick's. Well seen and put together. Oh yes I noted that Norma had the same idea after I made my comment.
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 12/22/17 at 11:09 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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I like the way the reflected trees add a layer to the cool patterns and colours. I would be tempted to clone out some of that debris in the right bottom corner.
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on 12/22/17 at 4:45 pm EST
Registered on 01/28/08, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
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A very cool image, Mark. The colors are awesome.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 12/30/17 at 10:51 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Never saw anything like this, Mark. A very interesting, colorful and unique image. I especially like the swirling, zig-zag pattern in the foreground.
Have a great 2018!
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on 01/09/18 at 05:35 am EST
Registered on 03/20/06, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
A new term for me as well, and a fine find...Beautifully crafted..
Balan Vinod
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 03/22/18 at 09:42 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Mark: What a terrific find and a marvelous capture. Most excellent! >=))>
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Bill Fach
Soli Deo Gloria
www.sdgimages.com
Houston, Texas
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