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Path at Cave Point
Photo posted by Nick Bristol in the Man & Nature gallery on 04/01/18 at 2:20 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Post last edited by Donna Erhardt on 04/16/18 at 1:33 pm EST

This is an older image that I just reprocessed for some new prints I want to make. I made the picture a few years ago in Door County, WI. In the early morning I headed out to Cave Point along the Lake Michigan shoreline. There was quite a bit of fog which was great and especially nice when the light started breaking through. When I came to this spot I just knew I wanted to make a picture with the path splitting apart. I shot this with my Canon 1Ds MK2 and the 17-35 F2.8 L which was my main camera and lens combination at that time for landscapes. The maintenance cartridge on my big printer is full right now but when I get the new cartridge on Tuesday I should be ready to print this. Thanks for looking and any thoughts.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on 04/01/18 at 2:30 pm EST    
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Wonderfully dreamy. And great control over the tone range.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on 04/01/18 at 6:48 pm EST    
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Comment last edited by Eva McDermott on 04/11/18 at 12:40 pm EST

Great lead in to stunning light Nick.  Lovely luminosity of the plants along the pathway.

  
Eva McDermott
Atkinson, NH
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on 04/01/18 at 7:42 pm EST    
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Magical, mystical image!
Sweet light and perfect detail.
Sandy

  
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on 04/01/18 at 9:32 pm EST    
Registered on 12/28/10, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments

Really pretty light and mist in this one Nick. I like the split in the trail. Nice mood.

  
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La Habra, CA
   

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on 04/01/18 at 9:39 pm EST    
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Lovely light, mysterious mood, and curious split in the trail since it looks like a loop. Nicely done. Should look great as a print.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 04/02/18 at 12:51 am EST    
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments

Excellent light and color, Nick. I like how the narrower path to avoid the deadfall created a fork in the road. Good stuff well composed.

Bill
Mississippi Gulf Coast
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They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins..."
Walt Whitman

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 04/02/18 at 6:18 pm EST    
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments

Another great image, Nick. there is a somewhat green overall cast to this image that gives it a storybook feel. The comp is really good. You could title this 'the road not taken'. Love the glow in this image. Very little to suggest. perhaps burn in the light area of tree trunk on left border? 

"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. 

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/02/18 at 6:34 pm EST    
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Thanks to all of you for your comments on this one. Much appreciated and so glad you have liked it. Got my printer maintenance cartridge a day early so ready to print this now. Going to print it at 36 x 54 on canvas and then put a frame around it rather than a canvas wrap.
Igor, That title would work! Thanks, Nick

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 04/12/18 at 12:49 pm EST    
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This is really charming, so often a trail is an eyesore in a landscape but the split is really quite a compositional strength here.

    
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/12/18 at 6:31 pm EST    
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Thanks Kah! I appreciate getting your thoughts and very glad you liked it. Cheers, Nick

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on 04/15/18 at 10:08 pm EST    
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When an image makes you want to be there to experience the scene, the photographer is successful....Congrats!!

Richard
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/17/18 at 1:08 pm EST    
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Thanks Richard!!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on 04/20/18 at 3:58 pm EST    
Registered on 11/10/10, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Congrats on the EP Nick!

Your inclusion of the path again works as an invitation to take a walk for me, as already in some of your former images. The kind of vignetting fits in well with that exceptional lighting in my opinion. Hope you already had the opinion to make a large print.

Peter

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on 04/20/18 at 4:16 pm EST    
Registered on 05/27/17, 77 Posts, 844 Comments

Nick, this will look great wherever you hang it, I am sure.  It has great lighting, leading lines as well as the fog giving it a mystical look.

   Shirley Freeman
Saint Pauls, North Carolina
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 04/20/18 at 4:48 pm EST    
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Peter and Shirley, Thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks, Nick

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on 04/21/18 at 7:28 pm EST    
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Makes me want to take a hike through this mystical place.  Congrats on the EP

Skip Layman
Colorado Springs, CO

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 05/06/18 at 11:08 am EST    
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Thanks Skip!! It really isa great place to hike along the Lake Michigan Shoreline. In this area of Cave Point the shoreline is quite rugged and very beautiful. Cheers, Nick

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