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Brad


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Challenge: In the Beginning... (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Sun City, AZ
Date: Mar 26, 2005
Aperture: F2.4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 29, 2005

 While visiting my Mom on Easter weekend, I took time out and went to visit a small park nearby. During the 6 hour drive home, I remembered taking this shot and just knew it was meant for this challenge.

Statistics
Place: 27 out of 300
Avg (all users): 5.9329
Avg (commenters): 7.1333
Avg (participants): 5.5963
Avg (non-participants): 6.1437
Views since voting: 1200
Views during voting: 418
Votes: 283
Comments: 16
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 04/05/2005 11:42:20 PM
Nice work, I like the contrast between the water and rocks.
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Olympus C-7070
 04/04/2005 02:53:44 AM
hmmm
Sony DSC-F717
 04/02/2005 09:57:07 PM
Nice colors and composition. (9)
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Canon PowerShot Pro1
 04/02/2005 08:04:12 PM
Nice shot. How do you get this soft effect? Is that a filter used during shooting or applied with a program?
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 04/02/2005 12:42:21 PM
Congrats for the brown ribbon!
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/02/2005 12:06:39 AM
Wonderful composition and detail. Lighting really creates the mood. well done.
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Olympus C-740UZ
 04/01/2005 11:48:11 PM
A serene shot. Interesting.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
04/01/2005 07:48:11 PM
What heartachingly beautiful color, texture and composition. The hues and depths of color are simply perfect, and the choice of frame is just right to balance the strong, solid subject.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/31/2005 06:45:33 PM
I like this.. 8
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Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 35-80mm f/4-5.6 for Nikon
 03/31/2005 02:58:22 PM
Impressive. You were able to take a rock and some water and make it look this good.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount
 03/31/2005 09:08:10 AM
Beautiful image - great light. Perhaps too "soft" w/o bokeh in top of frame?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/31/2005 08:50:47 AM
I really like the smoothness of this image.
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Nikon Z7
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 03/30/2005 11:01:48 PM
I think this photo really brings home the challenge. It really conveys the feeling of new life after the water recedes from the barren rocks. The colors are wonderful as well. I think the border is just a bit to large and distracts from the photo, but I still really like it! Adding to favorites.
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Canon EOS-7D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/30/2005 08:21:53 PM
Sketchy connection to the challenge but BEAUTIFUL image. Love the mirror-smoothness of the water.
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Fujifilm FinePix S3000
 03/30/2005 09:50:41 AM
This is a very nice shot! I love the way the rocks are laying on the water and then there is grass just hanging out on the rock..it looks great!
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Nikon D70
 03/30/2005 12:22:32 AM
Composition and shot are nice... nice use of focus... would be more appropriate for the theme "Survival" instead of "In the beginning"
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