I spent a couple hours at the park this afternoon. The weather was lovely. It was sunny with a light breeze and the temperature rose to 71 degrees late in the afternoon. It was quite refreshing for a mid-March afternoon in my part of the country. I like to sit on the park bench at the creek and just observe things going on around me. Since the weather was so nice today, there were a lot of people who had the same idea I did. There were lots of kids on the playground and lots of adults taking a quiet stroll.
As I sat on my bench watching the ducks and geese go by, I noticed this young lady across the creek from me standing on the elevated walkway through the marshy area of the park. She was just standing there, propped up against the railing in her own little world of daydreams.
I turned my camera vertical and photographed her reflection in the water to add a painterly effect to the image. The title comes from a recent movie I watched on TV called "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Hurston (an Oprah Winfrey movie production).
Post Processing:
Levels adjustments
Channel Mixer to b/w using 100% red
Curves adjustment for the toning
EXIF:
File: CRW_8998.CRW
File size: 4,711KB
Image Serial Number: 289-8998
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.1
Owner: John M. Setzler, Jr.
Date/Time: 2005:03:13 16:53:32
Shutter speed: 1/100 sec
Aperture: 2.8
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Continuous
ISO: 100
Lens: 70 to 200mm
Focal length: 200mm
Subject distance: 655 m
AF mode: Manual Focus
Image size: 3072 x 2048
Image quality: Raw
White balance: Auto
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Shutter release w/o CF card: Not possible
CFn 6: Tv/Av and exposure level: 1/3 stop
CFn 7: AF point registration: all
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THis was vastly underrated and probably because most people didn't look at it for long enough. I love how the eye is repeatedly tricked into thinking that sharp focus can be attained, when it can't, and the way the photo looks grey-green on first impression but the tonal light is hidden. I especially like the way the sky is distorted and it looks like palm trees above the subjects head.
I thought this photo had been disqualified because I didn't see it among the top photos. I think it is the best photo in this challenge, I rated it highest with 9. It surely doesn't always fit here to submit creative photos like that, the dpc mass seems not have liked it as much as I do at least. Congrats on a great photo!
I may not get the title, but I certainly do like what you've done here. I'm not even seeing the lines thing as being so relevant..yet..yet when someone shoots something that really "speaks" to me, all I can say is "yeah...this is something".
yeah this is something...
almost looks like a lake reflection. i like the green tone here.. esp. cuz it's st. patty's day! in all seriousness, it does add a sense of intrigue here for me.
This is my second blur effect photo and I just enjoy clear focus over abstract. Sometimes I surprise myself in liking them but not this time. Exellent light, shadow and reflexion. Seeing is believing and I have to "leap of faith" and vote on gut instinct rather than on the visual. I pray you get better than my 4.
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