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All These Leaves Drift to the Sea
All These Leaves Drift to the Sea
GrayGhost


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: HDR (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: New Providence, NJ USA
Date: Nov 12, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

 Passaic River
17mm f/11 shutter speeds 2.5, 1.3, 0.8, 0.6, 0.4. 1/4, 1/6 raw
Photomatix Pro trial HDR Generate, Tone Mapping
PS spot editing - watermark, rain droplets, hot spots, resize, color space, USM, save for web.

The main idea was to try to capture the leaves flowing downstream in the river, motion blurred in contrast to everything else in sharp detail. I was pleased with the contrast recovered by HDR, as the light and rain was pretty dismal. It was drizzling, and there just wasn't enough light to do anything more - my attempts to get more interesting subjects ended up with me sheltering from the rain. Oh well, this is it.

Statistics
Place: 30 out of 84
Avg (all users): 6.1846
Avg (commenters): 6.7500
Avg (participants): 5.9524
Avg (non-participants): 6.2227
Views since voting: 1180
Views during voting: 558
Votes: 298
Comments: 10
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 11/26/2006 03:32:27 PM
Very pretty love the reflections.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/16/2006 12:39:45 AM
love the flow of this photo. Looks like something Robert might do, with just a little less color ;) Good luck 8
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Canon EOS-20D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/15/2006 05:11:08 PM
nice combo of HDR and long exposure! :)
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 11/14/2006 08:36:30 PM
Use of Light:2
Focus:1
Composition:2
Creativity:1
Achieves Challenge:2

I really like the motion that the leaves give to the photo. Use of HDR is pretty subtle (a good thing!) but the colors seem a tad vibrant for my taste (or my monitor)
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Panasonic DMC-FZ8
 11/14/2006 02:20:03 PM
Seems a bit busy to me with no real focal point. But I love the colors and the reflections.
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Nikon D50
 11/14/2006 11:46:44 AM
i love the line, and the colours of the leaves. trees are a bit to whispy though i think
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/14/2006 09:16:45 AM
The focus just seems a littl off to me; love the water movement.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/14/2006 12:57:47 AM
Beautiful image. The leaves in the water really get lost though among the tree reflections. Nice colors. 8
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Sony DSC-F717
 11/13/2006 09:02:52 PM
That is beautiful, wonderful fall colors.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 11/13/2006 02:21:29 AM
Pretty shot but id play with the settings to eliminate some of the glow that seems evident with the trees at the back.
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