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ctfchallenge | all galleries >> Challenge 99 - T is for Tree >> C99 - Eligible > Nature's Abstract *
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January 24, 2006 Mary Anne

Nature's Abstract *


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elips27-Jan-2006 15:44
I like the concept of this shot, Mary Anne, but I find the white spots very distracting. The reflection and the grey ice are fantastic! ~Sharon
Guest 27-Jan-2006 10:32
I Thought it was a photoshop effect! i'm amazed to find out it's just a photo!!!
Nice eye!!!

~Canoneer
janewigginsphotography27-Jan-2006 03:25
This is such an interesting concept "looking down into a little stream.." The clarity of the ice and reflections are wonderful. I was also confused about the white blotches but this makes sense now. Did you expose for the white snow? Just wondering as I have never tried a shot like this.... need to wait for the next snow fall and some ice :) I like the treatment here. Very nice jano
ctfchallenge27-Jan-2006 02:45
Cat, the gray areas are frozen ice and snow on the surface of the pond, while the white areas are places where remnants of snow from a recent light snowfall were sitting on top of branches or logs that were sticking out of the water. I don't know why the snow remained in some places and not in others, but I found the same situation everywhere I photographed that day. It was kind of annoying, because those patches of brilliant white snow made picture-taking very tricky.
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge27-Jan-2006 00:55
This one has a very serene feel to it. Why the difference in color of the snow? -Cat
ctfchallenge26-Jan-2006 17:27
They're just patches of very white snow and BH's. It was beginning to get dark when I took this shot, and I had to increase the exposure in order to get the details of the rest of the image. I kind of like the torn-paper collage look they give--or, as you said, a sense that something is missing. Just trying to be artsy. LOL
--Mary Anne
Guest 26-Jan-2006 14:53
I like this a lot but don't quite understand the big white blotches (at the top and bottom left). Is it missing photo info? LOL
ctfchallenge25-Jan-2006 22:48
Thanks, Yvonne. No windows here. This was shot looking down into a little stream under a country bridge as the sun was going down. Unfortunately, it was one of those pallid sunsets that are so common in the winter here, so I just put the photo into b & w and played around with the gradient tool until I got a range of tones I liked.
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge25-Jan-2006 07:33
Mary Anne, This is one of the most interesting shots entered. Ok, its ice and trees and?...window. I know you like those. I really find this is fun one to view. Yvonne