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At the Rivers Bend
At the Rivers Bend
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Challenge: Landscape (Classic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G2
Location: Grand Rapids Michigan, along the Grand River
Date: Jan 8, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 50
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 8, 2003

 This shot was taken at a roadside park along the Grand River. Due to an very ugly white drainage pipe, I had to crop part of the shot. I had many shots from this session, with more of a background setting but I kept coming back to this shot. I love how the river seems to be calling for trees to join it. So my score may be lower due to no crisp background...but oh well, I liked this the best.

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Place: 141 out of 219
Avg (all users): 5.2197
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Avg (non-participants): 5.2653
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Votes: 223
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Olympus C-3040Z
 01/19/2003 06:27:41 PM
I love this shot through the tree limbs. To me it makes the difference in it being a 6 or a 9. To me it's a 9. The colors are beautiful and the whole thing is so clear with fantastic detalis. I love the trees hanging over the water. Beautiful job.
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Nikon D70
 01/15/2003 04:31:14 PM
well taken shot...The trees on the left,especially those overhanging ones balance the picture nicely...even the contrails in the sky seem to cooperate. Great colors.
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Nikon D70
 01/15/2003 01:37:25 AM
Tough competition on this challenge AND it isn't the best season for landscape shots around here. I think you found a decent location but maybe not the perfect composition. I like the blue in the sky. I'm sure you know about the silly rule of thirds and I think that it would help if you had something in one of those intersections. There isn't really a focal point for me. The bank and river lines go back into the shot and the point where they converge - far down river - would be a good point to place in one of the intersections. You'd have to change your location/perspective though. Basically, you have all these nice lines created by the trees, but they are all just leading out of the frame instead of leading you TO something. I don't see any obvious technical problems though. That's good. Once you have the technical aspects down, you can focus more on the creative and compositional side of photography.
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Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro
 01/14/2003 06:05:17 PM
Those tress are amazing! I guess that's what erosion does. I think the composition would be better if you weren't so tight on the trees because there isn't a complete element in this photograph that I can see so I keep searching for something to look at. Colors are wonderful - the blues really stand out with the bland winter foliage amd it's wonderfully sharp and clear.
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Nikon D7100
01/13/2003 10:49:18 PM
I love this!
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