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WC #212 Mother Nature

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 17, 20062,092 views14 comments

Yet another version of my favorite image, cropped from the top and right side. The ice between the lamp posts and on the pier is at least 2 feet thick with just a dusting of snow covering it.
I thought we might be lucky enough to have this kind of winter again this year, but we haven't seen snow nor ice since before Christmas.

Pentax ME Super, Kodak Gold (long before digital!)

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Barb Hansen on January 17, 2006 at 1:00 PM

Toni I think this is truly a beautiful image. I particullarily like the soft colors and the way you composed this. Overall it is seems a little soft but I'm not sure that I think that is all bad.

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Comment posted by Mary Dennis on January 17, 2006 at 5:39 PM

Wow, what a winter dreamland this is Toni! When winter truly looked like winter! I love the overall muted quality to it.

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Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on January 17, 2006 at 6:29 PM

Beautiful, almost magical scene. I love how the red lighthouse is the only "color" in the whites, and the bird is a nice touch. It's a little tight on the left side, but that's a minor nit.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 17, 2006 at 8:28 PM

Hey Toni, great image.

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Comment posted by Lee Daniels on January 17, 2006 at 8:45 PM

Love it when you post, Toni and this view is no exception! The balanced heavy white mass leading to the focal slender red thread of the lighthouse is terrific! I like that you included the manmade elements of the foreground post - they give context as the eye works toward the distant conclusion. Very effective, well seen and well captured!

(and Yeah for the ME Super - I still use mine...)

Registered on December 31, 2003, 115 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Toni Lankerd on January 19, 2006 at 4:18 PM

Thanks, everyone!

Lee.....Sometimes I wish I still had my ME Super, but I sold it to a beginner...they needed it more than I did.

Registered on January 3, 2005, 360 Posts, 4004 Comments

Comment posted by David Weber on January 19, 2006 at 11:01 PM

This photo hasa magical, storybook feel to it; I love the softness of the scene. I too was hoping for lots of snow & ice along the lakeshore

this year.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 23, 2006 at 11:18 AM

Congratulations on your EP. Very nice image!

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 23, 2006 at 11:47 AM

Wow Toni

I don't get out of Avian enough to see some the excellent work being posted. This is great

Registered on February 22, 2005, 129 Posts, 4739 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Watts on January 23, 2006 at 5:02 PM

I agree with the term "magical" - it's like being in another world! Beautiful! I do feel that the exposed post is somewhat noticeable as the only dark item in the picture, but the picture is still wonderful!

Registered on January 9, 2006, 17 Posts, 52 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Benner on January 23, 2006 at 10:21 PM

Wonderful tones. Congratulations.

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Comment posted by Anne K on January 25, 2006 at 2:28 AM

Wow, this is unreal. Congrats on the EP pick; like others, I sometimes don't get out and about to the other forums, so I miss glorius shot like this. This is just lovely.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 162 Posts, 2385 Comments

Comment posted by Terri Norris on January 25, 2006 at 10:30 PM

Wonderful shot, Toni! Great eye for this composition!

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Comment posted by Kenneth Kijewski on January 26, 2006 at 10:11 PM

This is absolutely beautiful!!!

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