Swamp Reflections

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 31, 20144,132 views11 comments

Took my grandson (13 years old) to the swamps and marshes last week for some camping, canoeing, and shooting. Had a blast even the area was flooded from high local rainfall. Still had an opportunity to hike through some of the higher locations in a beautiful site known as Hell's Half Acre. The site is somewhat misnamed as long as you go there during cold or cool weather but VERY appropriately named during the hotter months. Even though the water is dark and tannic, the reflections were beautiful with all the fresh spring green and swamp flowers blooming yellow.

Please view LARGER image too.

Nikon D2x, 1/60 @ f/5.6, 280mm, 100 ISO, no filters, tripod

Your thoughts, critiques, and comments always welcome and greatly appreciated.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 31, 2014 at 12:30 PM

Definitely my kind of shot. The colors and shapes flow very nicely through the frame. It would be nice to have more dof, but I know well how hard that is.

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Comment posted by Navin Sarma on March 31, 2014 at 3:41 PM

Beauty. Love the ripples and the recognizable reflection.

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on March 31, 2014 at 4:13 PM

Beautiful abstraction Bill

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on March 31, 2014 at 6:05 PM

Gotta love and abstract that you can still determine what's going on here. Excellent one, Bill.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on March 31, 2014 at 7:52 PM

The orange/green complimentary ripples work for me. Love this colour combination

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 31, 2014 at 9:17 PM

Beautiful abstract. The trunk reflections are very strong elements here.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 31, 2014 at 9:35 PM

Very nice colors! The relaxed nature of the ripples works to great effect here.

Chris

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 1, 2014 at 10:13 AM

Bill, This is really nice! The light, reflections, colors and textures all come together so well here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on April 1, 2014 at 12:17 PM

Goode. flow of colors and lines. As you know, I love water abstracts and this one is very nic

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 2, 2014 at 1:19 PM

It's a nice reflection Bill, but the shallow dof is problematic for me--makes it look like a blurry shot. Sounds like a fun trip and location tho.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on April 7, 2014 at 8:55 AM

I like this

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