Mirror Lake, Maine

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 19, 201071 views10 comments

Not so sure of the exact name of this body of water, but on our return home from Acadia NP in October, this lovely area was a must stop. The foliage was so so...so I went with the BW conversion. Love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for looking.

5D MKII
f/16 1/25th sec
ISO 100
1.7 overexposure

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on November 19, 2010 at 3:13 PM

Gorgeous reflection Mitch, and this works so well in B&W. I noticing all the trees appear to be leaning - is that real or distortion; looks distorted. I wonder if using the distort filter in PS would help. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on November 19, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Nice reflection and placement of the horizon line in the frame. This is great in B&W. The distortion doesn't really bother me.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 19, 2010 at 4:11 PM

Well done! I noticed the distortion as well. I would try the distortion correction, but balance it against the loss of real estate. The lean is not distracting. and only noticeable in the small trees.

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on November 19, 2010 at 10:49 PM

The apperent leaning is bothering me, but this is a superb idea and execution. Symmetry on both sides - love it

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 19, 2010 at 11:07 PM

Mitch

Terrific "reflectionscape." What a great sky and clouds and I think you've composed and balanced this perfectly. They only suggestion I have is a slight boost in contrast - especially in the sky where a deep red filter in traditional b&w film photography would have been awesome.

Very minor, but I think also this could use a slight cw rotation.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 19, 2010 at 11:10 PM

Fantastic, Mitch. The B&W really works well here.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 20, 2010 at 8:56 AM

That is one killer sky and reflection, Mitch. Great call on the B&W conversion and I love the symmetry in this beautiful scene.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on November 20, 2010 at 9:33 AM

I love it Mitch, nice B&W. Agreed it appears to need a CW rotation to my eye.

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Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on November 20, 2010 at 9:35 AM

Great shot. BW definitely the right choice, my only suggestion is a bit more contrast.

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 20, 2010 at 7:33 PM

I like everything except the tilt to the left.

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