I definitely wanted to enter this challenge because, about 10 minutes drive away from where we live, there’s a lovely big pond with rowing boats you can rent to paddle around in. The only problem was that I wanted a shot of one or a couple of rowing boats without any people in them. It took me 5 visits to the pond to get this (hopefully) peaceful looking image.
A big problem was that we've had a sunny but very windy week and by the time I’d focussed and screwed on the IR filter the boats were gently moving around again. Arrgghh.
I hate that it’s not as sharp as I would have liked it to be.
It didn’t help that the people in the other rowing boats were paddling all over the pond and causing "my" boats to move even more (so much for peaceful ;-) If you check the image you can see the ripples at the upper right from the next rowing boat coming my way. The only thing I was thankful for was the fact that there were these two unused boats tied up away from the edge of the lake.
My husband loves the image but thinks it doesn’t stand a chance. He feels it’s not dpc “hit you in the eye” enough. He may be right... worry, worry...
One thing was good though. At long last I tried IR out with my D50.
Post challenge:
OMG!! What a week this has been. There are so many beautiful images in this challenge, I’m totally humbled that my IR photo ribboned. THANK YOU for the great score and a huge thanks for the amazing amount of comments.
I’d like to dedicate my image to JawnyRico who died a couple of days ago at the age of 27. I’m deeply saddened. Sean, may you rest in a peaceful place.
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Place: 2 out of 162 Avg (all users): 7.5181 Avg (commenters): 8.6579 Avg (participants): 7.1818 Avg (non-participants): 7.7414 Views since voting: 29938 Views during voting: 502 Votes: 193 Comments: 93 Favorites: 56 (view)
I feel I have to leave a comment because I can't tell you how many times I have gone back to look at this image. Out of the tens of thousands of photographs I look at, I might actually look at a half dozen more than once and even less than that I see more than twice.
stunning... but curious as to how they get to the boats...;)
i was saddened by the loss of your friend...
randy
A big guy in a wetsuit wades into the lake every morning to get the boats then he takes them back at night. The water is pretty deep and goes up to his chest, so it's an interesting sight to see ;-)
Congratulations!
This is stunningly beautiful!
It took me a bit to "get" the way you did it - it' s an IR ... a fascinating photographic world of its own.
You are leading 2008's ribbon count by a country mile! Well done. There are no ends to your talents, and well done for dedicating your image to Sean - JawnyRico
Stunning, breathtaking, oriental, emotive, peaceful, beautiful, serene, wonderful, love the tones, and all these things say everything I feel about this winning image..... Thank you Irene, as you are truly talented, and I am in awe of your amazing images.....
I'm not a big fan of IR, but this one could change my mind, it's absolutely superb and refined, including the subtle and delightful motion blur of the boats.
I think this will place highly, but I do see some jaggies on the top edges of the boats. Try a different resizing method that can give a smoother looking result.
Just an incredible image. I am sure this is a long exposure to get the water so calm, but the longer exposure has blurred the edges of the boat a little. The only thing I could wish for is a little bit more sharpness in the boats, but who am I to complain....wish I had taken it.
If this doesn't get a blue I'm gonna quit taking photos...well, not really, but I'll be very disappointed. Great shot, very creative, love the white silky feel to it. I would give criticism if there was anything wrong with the photo but there just isn't. Perfect IMO!! 10
A peaceful place
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