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Karen Seargeant |
Wonderful shot, Heather! Would love to see this in fall!
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- Mette Vendelboe Allison Contact Mette Vendelboe Allison Mette Vendelboe Allison 's Gallery |
Beautiful pic, Heather, very well composed, love all the shades of green, the shine of the water and the sharpness of your photo!
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Darren K. Fisher |
WOW Heather this is one beautiful composition, and so very well captured. Just what I needed as I sit here drinking my coffee.
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imagenesdemiscaminos.com - Viveca Venegas Contact Viveca Venegas Viveca Venegas's Gallery |
Most Beautiful!!Viveca. Was something done to the water?
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Murry Grigsby |
Well composed and photographed, Heather. All that green and lovely curved bridge refection is very calming. I almost wish for a girl on the bridge with a bright red umbrella to wake me up :0)
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Heather K. McFarland |
Thank you everyone. I wish there had been someone on the bridge also Murry. But this was taken on Monday and I had the gardens to myself on this rainy cloudy day. Viveca, the only thing I did to the water was to clean up a bunch of white stuff that was floating on the water. I used the clone tool and blending effects brush. There is a small waterfall that you cannot see that churns the water into foam. Bits of the foam then float towards the bridge. I thought they were distracting so I took them out.
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Lori Ditlefsen |
Beautiful Picture Heather! Easy enough to add a person on the bride and make them reflect in the water :) shhhhhhhh. Lori
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Heather K. McFarland |
LOL Lori! I thought of that already. And I have a nice swan that would look good in the water also...hehehe.
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Lori Ditlefsen |
You go girl! Just don't put a beautiful woman in it for Murry! LOL HeHeHe
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Dolores Neilson |
This is just lovely, Heather! I love shots like this! Nice going!
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Bernard B. Travers |
Indeed, most properly named. Very amiable done, as well.
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Barbara K. Breitsameter |
Absolute perfection! It was a favorite of mine while judging at DPC. As always with admiration of your talent and photography.
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Oksana Oksamit |
Me too with admiration... Congrats, Heather on your win!
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Wolfgang Dolak |
McFarland quality! Congrats, Heather!!! birdie
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Murry Grigsby |
Congrats again, Heather!!
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- Mette Vendelboe Allison Contact Mette Vendelboe Allison Mette Vendelboe Allison 's Gallery |
I knew this would win! It's a beauty! Congrats!
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- LJ Corliss Contact LJ Corliss LJ Corliss's Gallery |
Congrats to you :)
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Cheryl Meisel |
Beautiful Heather as is all your lovely works. Bigggg Congrats! Cheryl
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Piper Lehman |
Lovely scenic, Heather. At the risk of making a suggestion to a higher power, I think this would be even stronger cropped at the top - so that the bridge is right at the top of the frame. The trees just don't do much for me -- something about the hard light -- but I love, love, love the bridge and reflection! Excellent colors.
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Heather K. McFarland |
Thanks for the suggestion Piper and the comments. However, I don't think your crop would work at all. For one it would make the image very unbalanced in my opinion. And I guess I just don't see the "hard light" in the trees that you see. There was no direct sunlight at all that day. Very overcast. I don't see one glare, shadow or hot spot anywhere. Just curious, but what element made you think "hard light"? Are you sure your gamma on your monitor isn't set too high? This image has won on several sites and I haven't gotten any comments about "hard light" prior to this. I also looked at it on my husbands monitor which displays images a bit brighter than mine does and I still don't see it.
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Piper Lehman |
Didn't mean to offend. Maybe "hard" isn't the right word. "Flat" might be a better one. It's a lovely shot and definitely award material. I'm sure you're right about the balance of the composition being off if you cropped, as well. This is a different style of shot for you. Maybe this is what threw me.
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