Log by Raish may do well, may not. I saw his entry and tried to include its (IMO) primary elements. Log and blades of grass. I have no frozen water so I went for a reflection. The challenge did not say you had to make it a better entry under the challenge it ran under, just an excellent entry so thats what I tried to do. We'll see how it does...
Technicals: single shot and No hdr or tonemapping. slight shadows highlights and color adjustments with some dodge and burn. I used a circular polarizer for the reflection. I hope to break 6.
Post challenge:Woohoo a new PB!!! I didn't think that would be even close when I entered the shot, I was hoping to just break a 6. Thank you all for the votes and comments. Some thought I should enter a duotone and I thought about it a lot and even did an edit in duotone but I didn't like it as much, so I went with the one I liked better. :)
Here is the duotoned version.
Here is the original
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You know, as much as I loved Raish's photo for its obvious coveting of the brown, I must admit you did yourself proud here. The duo tone is also gorgeous. That sky, the long exposure, and the reflection are fabulous.
I had to go back and forth several times between yours and the original (brown ribbon) version to see any difference. :P (kidding)
Sorry I missed out on this earlier - excellent job and youza! what a score! Belated Congrats, Joe!
the stillness on the water, it's simply amazing how you could again and again pull it off as if it's something so easy to you. congratz on the ribbon Joe ^^
Congrats. The limited colors really make this. I was wondering what shutter speed you used. Was it long to get the smooth reflection, or was it really that still? Thanks.
Great job, just excellent overall quality, all elements combined especially the tonal range. What a paradise scene you found here, and I felt like I was really transported there with this image. Congrats and keep racking up them ribbons!
This is a lovely image, but it bothers me, for this challenge, that you have made no attempt to fit the image into the context of the original challenge, which was "duotones"; had you done a BW conversion into duotone, I'd have scored this near the top.
Very beautiful photo - I like this take on the original photo. Even though the challenge criteria of the photo we're imitating doesn't apply to this challenge, it would be interesting to see what this looks like as a duotone. Great photo, I have no critiques
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