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Challenge: Masters' Free Study II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 6s
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Canon
Location: Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada
Date: Nov 14, 2008
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Landscape, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 26, 2008

 Driving home one evening from geocaching and had to stop by this calm pond to take photos. Took several and thought it would look nice with ripples, so I found a rock and threw it in. I threw it high up so I'd have time to focus before it landed(no tripod with me).


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Place: 64 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.4212
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
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Views since voting: 1295
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Votes: 349
Comments: 17
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Nikon D500
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 08/26/2013 10:47:23 PM
I'm a sucker for purple ... The scene is absolutely stunning. The title is very appropriate too as I am relaxing just staring at it.
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 12/08/2008 07:38:57 PM
Nice one Karen. It's one I would put in my study because I find it very calming.
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 12/08/2008 03:15:31 PM
Beautiful! The colors are gorgeous and I love how you created the ripple.
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 12/08/2008 11:50:28 AM
The purple is just amazing...an 8 from me!
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
 12/07/2008 08:03:28 PM
Love the colors and mood.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/06/2008 05:30:58 PM
Not a fan of the title. Cliched.

But..... I like just about everything else about this. The simple composition, the perfect exposure, even the dark foreground works for me.

THe ripples just finish it off. 8.
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Leica M10
Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux M Aspherical MF - Black
 12/06/2008 12:09:14 PM
nice capture, did you create the rings in the water?
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OM System OM-1
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 12/06/2008 11:20:13 AM
nice scene, don't particularly like the saturated color though. for true zen, i should have been black and white :)
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
 12/06/2008 02:48:19 AM
Nice scene, but the pebble (or whatever) thrown into the middle really makes it stand out. Well done.
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Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
 12/05/2008 02:36:58 PM
It almost looks like the the water reflects a different color that what the sky is. But it looks nice. Good choice with the splash. 6
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 12/04/2008 06:26:19 PM
Wonderful colours. The ripples make the shot. I can picture a father and son tossing rocks in the water.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/04/2008 12:30:56 PM
Nice pleasing magentas and purples. The shot works pretty well as an abstract. If I could magically recompose things I might have gone for a narrower, taller canvas size and moved the water ring down just a tad, but I realize that might be making the shot into MY picture and not YOUR picture. 7
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/04/2008 03:26:20 AM
The colors are great. A simple and strong image.
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RIM BlackBerry Curve
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/02/2008 11:45:27 PM
is Zen chucking rocks into a pool at twilight?

Sounds like fun. Pretty picture.
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Sony Alpha a7R II
Pentax A 50mm f/1.4 MF
 12/02/2008 12:20:34 AM
very...
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/01/2008 11:34:26 PM
Great colors and comp, perfect placement of the ripple, neat idea, 9.
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Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 12/01/2008 02:36:33 AM
I love this, voted highly :D
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