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luxborealis

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Spring Morning, Grindstone Creek Floodplain
« on: April 19, 2015, 12:03:12 pm »

After years of my photography students telling me about the Hendrie Valley and Grindstone Creek area of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario - I finally got there yesterday morning. The point of going is the wildlife: nuthatches that feed from the hand (anywhere else, it's only chickadees that would do that); downy and red-bellied woodpeckers only a couple of metres away; less common wood ducks, gnat-catchers, trumpeter swans, all there, plus all the birds, frogs, turtles you would expect to find in southern Ontario.

So what do I key in on? The light, patterns and textures of the cattail marsh fresh from the melted snow. Well, no exactly "fresh" as they are now grey and dinghy-looking. I managed decent-enough photos of the birds, but my passion is the land and its ever-changing moods. So here is my take on an early spring morning...

D800E 18-35mm @ 32mm; ƒ11 @ISO 100 w/ POL; –1⅔EV; LR 5.7 B&W w/ warm split-toning. C&C welcome.
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Re: Spring Morning, Grindstone Creek Floodplain
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2015, 12:06:28 pm »

I like it right up to the point on the right side of the frame but feel the sky and the marsh area loses too much defintion from that point upward.
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Re: Spring Morning, Grindstone Creek Floodplain
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2015, 04:02:53 am »

I like the several diagonals in the image, pleasantly leading the eye throughout the scenery.
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