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Serenity

© Heather K. McFarland

Serenity

Uploaded: June 04, 2003 20:39:16

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Cranbrook Oriental Gardens. Nikon D1X, 80-200mm, Aperture priority at F22, 1/3 sec. Raw mode.

Comments

Karen Seargeant June 04, 2003

Wonderful shot, Heather! Would love to see this in fall! #38287

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic May 26, 2019

Beautiful pic, Heather, very well composed, love all the shades of green, the shine of the water and the sharpness of your photo! #109060

Darren K. Fisher May 26, 2019

WOW Heather this is one beautiful composition, and so very well captured. Just what I needed as I sit here drinking my coffee. #109132

Viveca Venegas level-deluxe May 26, 2019

Most Beautiful!!Viveca. Was something done to the water? #109182

Murry Grigsby May 26, 2019

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) #109227

Heather K. McFarland May 26, 2019

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. #109401

Lori Ditlefsen May 26, 2019

Beautiful Picture Heather! Easy enough to add a person on the bride and make them reflect in the water :) shhhhhhhh.
Lori #109524

Heather K. McFarland May 26, 2019

LOL Lori! I thought of that already. And I have a nice swan that would look good in the water also...hehehe. #109530

Lori Ditlefsen May 26, 2019

You go girl! Just don't put a beautiful woman in it for Murry! LOL HeHeHe #109535

Dolores Neilson May 26, 2019

This is just lovely, Heather! I love shots like this! Nice going! #109594

Bernard B. Travers May 26, 2019

Indeed, most properly named. Very amiable done, as well. #120455

Barbara K. Breitsameter May 26, 2019

Absolute perfection! It was a favorite of mine while judging at DPC.

As always with admiration of your talent and photography. #130014

Oksana Oksamit July 07, 2003

Me too with admiration...
Congrats, Heather on your win! #134847

Wolfgang Dolak July 07, 2003

McFarland quality! Congrats, Heather!!!
birdie #135285

Murry Grigsby July 07, 2003

Congrats again, Heather!! #135287

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic July 07, 2003

I knew this would win! It's a beauty! Congrats! #135651

LJ Corliss level-classic July 07, 2003

Congrats to you :) #136591

Cheryl Meisel July 10, 2003

Beautiful Heather as is all your lovely works. Bigggg Congrats! Cheryl #139365

Piper Lehman July 13, 2003

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. #141400

Heather K. McFarland July 13, 2003

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. #141417

Piper Lehman July 13, 2003

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. #141460

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