Took this shot today at the Bay Area Photograophy meetup at Uvas Canyon County Park Morgan Hill, CA
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Place: 25 out of 127 Avg (all users): 6.1898 Avg (commenters): 7.0000 Avg (participants): 6.1111 Avg (non-participants): 6.2410 Views since voting: 1320 Views during voting: 243 Votes: 137 Comments: 9 Favorites: 1 (view)
I like the roundness of the logs showing towards us, and the natural dark red of the wood pops out against the mossy green rocks and silky water. Ambient lighting is soft and filtered, no harsh shadows or too much glare except for a teeny bit on the water. Nice dof and good use of long exposures.
I see this though as a piece of nature framed by nature, which may have contributed to a relatively low score for this shot. Replace the logs with, say, discarded pop bottles, and I daresay you would have scored much higher. Still, a finish in the top 20% is nothing to sneeze at, so good work!
This image least should get into top ten. This is an awesome image.
This is image ti complex for this club or some people don't like the extra subject(people in the background) in a frame
This is a great location and you have taken an amazing shot, but I would suggest moving those two cut logs as the take away from the "natural" element of the photo...
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