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30-MAY-2007 Michael Shealy

2nd: Reeds by Michael Shealy

Black Forest, CO

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/800s f/11.0 at 275.0mm iso200 full exif

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Paul 03-Jun-2007 06:06
This is a cracker. Very good.
Rod 01-Jun-2007 21:54
Yes this works really well. It's a goodun mate:-)
ctfchallenge01-Jun-2007 14:40
Now this really gets attention. Good shimmering effect in stark b+w. I keep coming back to it because it so well distills the essential abstract qualities from what must have been a much more even toned, colorful, and complicated image. I wish I had the self-control to do the same thing. -tv
ctfchallenge01-Jun-2007 03:43
A perfect composition of wiggles!! It's great! shu
ctfchallenge01-Jun-2007 00:59
I was also struck by this one, Mikey. It has a good graphic quality to it...and abstract, of course.
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge31-May-2007 21:21
Thanks for the comments, Tom, Tom & Jano. This pic was taken at the same pond as the other "Heaven Above, ..." pic, but I was facing a different direction and the clouds were all I could see in the reflection, so the B&W was a natural. The funny thing is this pic is upside-down and the more I look at it the more I can see that it doesn't matter a bit. Now that is abstract. -mikey
ctfchallenge31-May-2007 10:54
Definitely abstract and an excellent choice in b&w!!! I like the processing here with just the shimmer of lines .... A great topic piece for framing :) jano
Guest 31-May-2007 02:39
Very cool! But then I'm a sucker for a good b&w pic. Nice lines & composition Mikey. I'm pretty sure this is water reflection, looks like those noise measurement graphs.
TomD.