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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on December 12, 2012, 05:23:03 pm

Title: Magic Mushrooms - Another view added
Post by: churly on December 12, 2012, 05:23:03 pm
From a walk on the Avalon Barrens.  I always enjoy the early ice season - especially on a calm, sunny day.


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v66/p1328661056-5.jpg)
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Post by: Rob Dose on December 12, 2012, 07:55:33 pm
From a walk on the Avalon Barrens.  I always enjoy the early ice season - especially on a calm, sunny day.


(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v66/p1328661056-5.jpg)


I love square images however this feels like a crop of a larger image. What did the rest of the frame look like?
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Post by: Tony Jay on December 12, 2012, 08:54:46 pm
Fantastic result.
Beautiful shapes, colours, and tones.
The twigs around which the ice has formed lend great depth of detail to the image and also allow for a wonderful interplay between the concrete and the abstract in this image.

All in all - a winner!

Tony Jay
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Post by: Paulo Bizarro on December 13, 2012, 04:53:52 am
Very nicely done.
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Post by: francois on December 13, 2012, 05:41:43 am
Very nice effect. I like the softness of the shapes.
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on December 13, 2012, 08:35:23 am
I have looked in on this several times now. Well-seen.
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Post by: shaunw on December 13, 2012, 01:59:50 pm
Fascinating capture...unique and very interesting...good work.

Shaun
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Post by: Isaac on December 13, 2012, 02:22:35 pm
I seem to prefer the foreground where the ice-surface is not in sharp focus, but I don't think I would have thought of pushing all the content of the picture out-of-focus.
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Post by: wolfnowl on December 14, 2012, 02:04:17 am
Well seen... and captured!  Having been around snow and cold almost my entire life I'd like to say I miss it... but I really don't.   ;D

Mike.
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Post by: churly on December 14, 2012, 04:49:36 pm
Thanks for all of the comments - they are appreciated.

Rob - yes it is cropped but I shot it with cropping in mind because of the shapes I had to work with.

Mike - BC makes everyone soft.  :) I hear it is the rain.
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Post by: Seoonmie on December 26, 2012, 01:05:43 pm
Nice shapes and a pleasing composition. Still, I would love to see more sunlight reflecting through the ice. But it is a nice image as it is.
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Post by: churly on December 26, 2012, 03:48:18 pm
Seoonmie - Yes I agree.  It was a bit difficult getting access to the right angle to get enough but not too much light through.

Here is another that perhaps got a bit more of the light, at least in part.  I like the contrast between the light and dark sides.

(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s4/v62/p1332571760-5.jpg)
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Post by: Fine_Art on December 28, 2012, 02:14:27 pm
That last one has a bit of magic. The first 2 are good, a bit clinical. #3 for me. Well done.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 28, 2012, 02:40:09 pm
That last one has a bit of magic. The first 2 are good, a bit clinical. #3 for me. Well done.
+1.
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Post by: Seoonmie on December 28, 2012, 04:40:01 pm
Yes, that's exactly what I was talking about! Your last version is the clear winner for me.