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Photo posted by Ed Lowe in the Landscape gallery on 11/01/17 at 9:17 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Post last edited by Donna Erhardt on 11/10/17 at 09:01 am EST
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 11/01/17 at 9:30 pm EST
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
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Ed, I'll cast my vote: this one's my favorite. Gotta love all those marsh grasses! This really lets my eye wander around the marsh, and the lily pads are amazing. Excellent work.
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Bill
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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 Aaron Feinberg on 11/01/17 at 10:00 pm EST
Registered on 10/26/09, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments
Zig zag ftw! Think you could put some of the blacks back in as looks a bit open...but could be artist preference. Nicely seen.
aF
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 11/01/17 at 11:37 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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This is gorgeous, Ed. Love the delicate textures, tones and watercolor quality. The zig zag works beautifully to pull the eye through the frame. I do wish the background reeds were as sharp as the rest of the frame but not an image killer. I guess that would require focus stacking...
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 11/02/17 at 02:38 am EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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I love the delicate pastel colors here Ed. Nice composition too.
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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on 11/02/17 at 04:39 am EST
Registered on 08/06/04, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments
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Great zig-zag line of grasses with splodges of reflections between.
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/02/17 at 09:58 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Excellent., Ed This one is my favorite of your series. The zig zag works great and the processing looks spot-on to my eye. Love it.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Stephanie Murphy on 11/02/17 at 11:38 am EST
Registered on 10/18/17, 24 Posts, 56 Comments
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Puts me in mind of Monet's waterlilies series of paintings. Beautiful photo!
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Stephanie Murphy
”Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known” (Reporter Sharon Begley in interview with Carl Sagan) |
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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on 11/02/17 at 12:02 pm EST
Registered on 04/21/15, 64 Posts, 584 Comments
Ed, this is my favorite of the series. You have all the great color and textures in all 3, but I feel that this is the most cohesive composition, with a perfect balance of water and reeds. The zig zag of water is very nice.
My only small nit is with the reflected sky in the LRC. My eye gets pulled there because it has the only spots of blue in the whole image. Maybe some burning or a hue adjustment would be good.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 11/02/17 at 5:37 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Ed,
This one is stunning for me. Despite less reflection, I love the soft curves and how eye can just gently flow through the scene.
Beautiful design, beautifully seen and wonderfully captured. No nits or suggestions for improvement. You nailed it.
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 Michael Lowe on 11/02/17 at 8:14 pm EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
This is not only my favorite of your series, it's also one of the best tarn shots I've seen.
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on 11/02/17 at 8:30 pm EST
Registered on 05/28/04, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments
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I like the z-formation of the tarn as it weaves it's way through the grass. I also like the hint of orange in the reflection near the center of the frame. I think this is a stronger composition than your prevous post. This one is beautiful, Ed!
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Brian Schrayer
Nashville, TN
"The mountains sing your glory, hallelujah, the canyons echo sweet amazing grace. My spirit sails the mighty gales are bellowing your name, and I've got nothing to say." Andrew Peterson, "Nothing to Say" |
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on 11/03/17 at 07:51 am EST
Registered on 05/18/07, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
Very nicely composed, Ed, with a lovely impressionistic feel to it. I've also enjoyed looking at the details - especially those strange dark elements in the centre, which look like graphic marks across the water. You could probably get half a dozen delightful images out of this with a variety of crops 
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 11/03/17 at 12:09 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Love all the subtle colors and textures in this view, Ed. It's also great that for a tight view, there a fine sense of depth from the meandering waterway. I'd print and hang this one.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 11/03/17 at 1:30 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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This is my favorite one as well. It's interesting to go back and see how the images of the tarn evolved over time. The earlier ones where a bit more contrasty and darker as I recall. But with the reworks I think you've achieved the 'best' color balance and tonal quality. This is a delicate subject and I think that opening it up and yet preserving the colors was the right approach. I'm wondering how it would look if all the grass was as light as the fg grasses on the right. The composition is really good, btw.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 11/03/17 at 1:49 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
My favorite, Ed. Excellent comp with beautiful light, color and reflections. Really Nice!
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 11/03/17 at 2:36 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Thanks so much for your thoughts everyone; they are always appreciated. This image is one of my favorites from the trip. I was hoping that everyone would enjoy it.
Craig : I tried burning down the LRC but it just looked muddy. Maybe someone with better PS skills than I could do a better job. 
Ed
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 11/12/17 at 02:32 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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Congrats on your WP, brother.
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