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Photo posted by gary phillips in the Landscape gallery on 03/12/17 at 11:53 pm EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 03/13/17 at 12:39 am EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
Enjoyed this series a lot.
This one looks kind of creepy...
Well seen and well done.
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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on 03/13/17 at 02:59 am EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
This one also awesome! Love the pattern
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Comment posted by Mattia Oliviero on 03/13/17 at 06:19 am EST
Registered on 08/24/16, 43 Posts, 254 Comments
Excellent B&W, Gary. I like the graphic effect this image has. The contrasts between the reflections and the trunks are gorgeous.
Mattia
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 03/13/17 at 07:14 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Love the symmetry in the center of the image. The only thing that jumps out at me is the brightness of the upper left branch that is a a bit brighter than the rest. Maybe tone it down, clone it out if you are into that. A nice study of the trees.
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 03/13/17 at 1:13 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Another terrific image in this series, Gary. the patterns and symmetry are very engaging. Well seen and composed. Processing looks good but I agree with Harry on burning/cloning that prominent bright branch in the ULC.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 03/13/17 at 1:42 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Another excellent reflection image. I was going to bring up the bright branch, but Harry and Dave beat me to it. What a great series!!! I have been thoroughly enjoying these posts.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by John Williams on 03/13/17 at 2:22 pm EST
Registered on 09/06/07, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
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Agreed; the lines here are really cool. In the large version, I wonder what just a slight bit of Orton would look like. It might soften those edges slightly in an appealing way?
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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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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 03/13/17 at 3:41 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
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Excellent one, Gary. I really like the almost "vibrating" sense to the water. It does seem to make the trees dance as you put it. Nicely seen and captured.
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Corona, California
Trailimages.com
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 03/13/17 at 5:03 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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Nice image, Gary. I like the dark forms across the reflected light of the water. The jumble of upper branches don't do much for me. I would crop off that tangle of branches and create a simpler image of strong stem lines and all of the reflections below.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 03/13/17 at 5:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
Comment last edited by scott lanz on 03/13/17 at 5:32 pm EST
Excellent image, and a great title as well, Gary. The trees do look like they are dancing. I like the fine balanced comp and everything else. 
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on 03/13/17 at 10:17 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments
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Gary: Don't you just love opportunities like this? A superb capture of a unique moment. Good photography. >=))>
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 03/14/17 at 12:48 am EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Fred & Ginger? Maybe the tree things in "Lord of the Rings.." anything, but I for sure see this as a dance piece, a recital even. This is just grace and wonder. Yet, another captivating image.
What you wrote and described what I think really hits home for me.
Truly their last dance with this much water, for perhaps many, many years.
What this really means is this photograph, this moment in time will NEVER happen again. Sure, there may be torrential rains next year, or 10 or 100 years from now... but those bushes won't be the same; they'll have died, burned, or if lucky grown larger.... What you've photographed will never be possible to photograph again. Yes, Tunnel View will be Tunnel View for a thousand years, but this image won't be repeated. that's my appreciation for this (and frankly most every image you've posted.)
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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 Nick Bristol on 03/14/17 at 1:13 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Gary, Very cool that you spotted this and and then photographed it so well. This comp with the reflections works so well and as usual excellent b&w processing. Great title!!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 03/14/17 at 3:15 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
This series has been wonderful, Gary. The trees and their reflections arcing left and right make this one for me. It has a certain Yin-Yang quality. The processing looks great!
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
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