The Feather

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 3, 2010821 views30 comments

I was out photographing birds when I saw this abstract scene. The feather was floating on the water. The gold reflections were from foliage on the bank of the water. I waited for the feather to float into one of the gold strips. This is about 60% of the full frame.

Techs: Canon 50D, ISO 320, 100-400 @ 400mm
1/800 @ f/9

Noise reduced, selective cloning of a few spots in the water.

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on November 3, 2010 at 9:34 PM

This is superb.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 3, 2010 at 9:52 PM

Fantastic abstract with a bit of reality Keith. I like he blue and gold color combo as well.

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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on November 3, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Great eye riddle, Keith.
I especially like the movement and the multiple feather reflections.
Well executed!

Neil

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on November 3, 2010 at 10:25 PM

Really beautiful.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 3, 2010 at 10:28 PM

Absolutely superb Keith

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on November 3, 2010 at 10:54 PM

Feather on a dream! Great capture of a unique situation Keith, I love it!

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on November 3, 2010 at 11:14 PM

I really like this! Especially the reflection of the feather! Well seen and captured!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 3, 2010 at 11:29 PM

Keith,

Absolutely delicious! The curves are very sensual and evocative. I also love the secondary reflection of the feather in the lowest ripple.

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on November 3, 2010 at 11:52 PM

Really awesome ! loved it .

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 4, 2010 at 12:08 AM

Keith! This is fantastic! Love it that you waited for it to be in the "right" position according to what you visualized. The shape and texture of the little feather floating on the velvet blue and gold is exquisite.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on November 4, 2010 at 12:13 AM

What a unique, touching image, Keith. Gorgeous. Love it.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on November 4, 2010 at 2:22 AM

I was not too thrilled with the thumbnail, but the larger version is amazing. A shot hard to get right but you did it. Really unique work Keith!

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on November 4, 2010 at 3:02 AM

Just fantastic Keith, really well spotted and shot.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on November 4, 2010 at 9:42 AM

superbly seen and captured!

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on November 4, 2010 at 9:42 AM

This is nice! Looks like molten metal.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 4, 2010 at 11:06 AM

Way, way cool!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 4, 2010 at 11:22 AM

Wild!

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on November 4, 2010 at 12:00 PM

wow !! love it

great reflection & colors

Hamed

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 4, 2010 at 1:03 PM

Lovely abstract Keith. Very hard to beat this.

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Comment posted by Max Waugh on November 4, 2010 at 3:03 PM

I'm loving the stripes, especially the bottom one with the second feather reflection. Nice find, Keith!

Max

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on November 4, 2010 at 3:59 PM

Very creative, congrats

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Comment posted by Jody Grigg on November 4, 2010 at 5:44 PM

Sure is purdy!!!!!!!!!!!

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on November 5, 2010 at 12:44 AM

I'd say that's about perfect. Beautiful visual impact with this!

Chris

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on November 5, 2010 at 12:59 AM

WOWOW!!!!!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 5, 2010 at 9:28 AM

So cool, Keith. Totally abstract, 'cept for the feather and that really makes it special.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on November 5, 2010 at 11:55 AM

Nicely seen. Beautiful shot.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on November 5, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Love the bands of color and the feather is just awesome!!!!!! Well seen

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Comment posted by Eric Good on November 5, 2010 at 7:48 PM

Great idea and well caught! I really enjoy the balance of detail and softness captured here. I might prefer a slight crop off the top (just below the blue in the URC) to make all the bands one continuous shade of color. Well done!

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Comment posted by Aaron Cowan on November 5, 2010 at 9:57 PM

Wow...simply awesome

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on November 7, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Keith, I've hardly had any time to check-in to look at NPN lately but when I did this REALLY caught my eye. Suberb capture here. Wonderful and unique. Well done!

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