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Boardwalk
Boardwalk
riolobo


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Challenge: Reflections Without Mirrors IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Location: Lake Katherine State Natural Area, Jackson Co., OH
Date: Feb 8, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Nature, Rural
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2008

 Walkway over ponded water on the floodplain of Salt Lick Creek in the Lake Katherine State Nature Preserve, Jackson Co., Ohio. The foreground and midground are in the shade of a 15m cliff. Background trees illuminated by the golden light of the late afternoon sun. Recent high water has left the leaf litter and walkway with a thin veneer of fine, grayish silt. Lens at 28mm.

Pseudo-HDR using Wukong beta with ten exposures; no additional tweaking in Wukong.

In Photoshop: Noise Ninja, small saturation bump, sharpen, chromatic aberration fix (distort filter), minimal crop to remove small distracting element, resize, border, save for web.


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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 02/18/2008 03:27:13 AM
This is quite wonderful - possibly too restrained, which is its virtue because it is enormously dramatic/graphic, for dpc, although this was a tough challenge to compete in. The subtle contrast between the reflected trees and the trees themselves just enhances the pull of the verticals.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 02/17/2008 10:43:22 PM
This looks like places I have visited recently. I like seeing the tops of the trees reflected in the water. I would like to have seen a boost in contrast to add some punch to that reflection and to create some more depth in the light shining thru the trees in the background.

EDIT to add after the challenge: They must use this same kind of boardwalk at all the state parks in Ohio lol.

Message edited by author 2008-02-18 00:19:53.
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Nikon D810
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 02/12/2008 10:20:36 PM
I love all the verticals with the soft curve of the bridge!
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Nikon D60
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5D
 02/12/2008 12:55:24 AM
I really like the leafless-forest thing in general, but I esp. like how the only sky in this picture is at the bottom of the photo!
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