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Photo posted by gary phillips in the Landscape gallery on 03/03/17 at 3:56 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 03/03/17 at 6:28 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
I like the reflection, Gary, and the well balanced comp. BW processing looks. Nothing like photographic unique conditions when presented. Well done.
Do you think all this water will translate to good flowers in your state come May? I am thinking about heading out there because of all the rain.
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 03/03/17 at 6:52 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
An interesting shot in this high water, Gary. I like your comp and the natural V taking you into the scene. Nice reflections and as usual great looking b&w processing. The larger version really takes one through the scene.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 03/03/17 at 7:34 pm EST
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
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Really nice scene, Gary. I like how you ignored the "rule of thirds" with the two trees centered in the distance. Looks to be a great place to take a canoe.
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Bill
Mississippi Gulf Coast |
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"They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins..."
Walt Whitman
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 03/04/17 at 09:00 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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I like this a lot Gary. The abstract qualities and B&W work well together. For some reason it reminds me of an old time alien SciFi movie for some reason.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/04/17 at 11:10 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Wow, viewing it large made all the difference! I was yawning a bit looking at the small, but it really jumps out viewed large! Love it! The tones are great and the detail in the trees really pops. Beautiful.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 03/04/17 at 11:50 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Have you moved to California? Your high contrast b&w really looks great in the larger view, Gary. I like your comp. with the nice stretch of water (and reflections) leading back to the trees in the center.
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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 Wayne Jones on 03/04/17 at 11:34 pm EST
Registered on 04/18/07, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
Your always-excellent B&W technique translated well to a new medium for you - water. :-)
Tones, contrast, detail and composition make a wonderful sight from a scene where many would see only chaos.
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Wayne Jones
Upstate New York |
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The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. William Beebe, 1906 |
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 03/05/17 at 11:25 am EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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Gary, the large version shows the nice detail and processing. You might experiment with cropping some off the busy top to put more emphasis on the reflection.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 03/05/17 at 4:20 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
The large version is the star! It really pops. This is a very well crafted image, Gary! Your recent B&W work is top shelf stuff!
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
“If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper" Author Unknown |
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 03/06/17 at 10:58 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Gary,
All I can say here is to add to the great comments and compliments. This is fabulous! The b&w processing is of course masterful, but I'm really loving the composition. The way this is framed with even the trunk reflections left and right framing the lower edges, allowing the middle to open up, inviting the viewer's eye inward to explore....
Beautifully seen.
I'm only disappointed that I don't see any alien figures here, but I'm certain there's a Praying Mantis in those fine branches somewhere. 
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by John Williams on 03/06/17 at 1:49 pm EST
Registered on 09/06/07, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
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I'm really enjoying the symmetry of the composition; just enough different to intrigue.
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John Williams
www.tranquilviews.com
Battle Ground, WA |
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I often have wandered in deep contemplation, It seems that the mind runs wild when you're all alone. -John Denver
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