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08-SEP-2012 Karen Stuebing

Brush Creek

West Virginia

Submitted for the September PAD, "Natural Abstracts & Altered Reality"

Others can be seen here.

Also submitted for the Weekly Informal Challenge, "My Special Place."

Others can be seen here.

Mamiya RB67 ,Mamiya Sekor 150mm Soft Focus, f4.0,Kodak TMAX 400
1/250s f/4.0 iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Jola Dziubinska17-Sep-2012 18:58
Excellent work, Karen.
Brenda14-Sep-2012 17:02
Very nice. I like the mystical soft background.
lou_rozensteins12-Sep-2012 22:00
Very nice!
LynnH11-Sep-2012 15:38
Cool. Tones are beautiful, Karen. It has a magical quality. No wonder it is a Special Place. V
Guest 11-Sep-2012 03:34
Wonderful mood and tones Karen!!!!
Timothy Guenther11-Sep-2012 00:50
Looks like a nice place.
carol j. phipps10-Sep-2012 23:03
Leads the imagination.
Janet Donnelly10-Sep-2012 12:28
What an inspiring bit of nature ........ I love the softness here and it's so lovely in shades of gray. ~V~
sue anne10-Sep-2012 02:45
Moody and a neat place to take pictures and explore.
J. Scott Coile09-Sep-2012 21:08
Love this Karen!
Margaret Lew09-Sep-2012 21:06
Lovely close up view of the tiny things in your special place!
Bill Ewart Jr09-Sep-2012 19:30
A+ This is fabulous, looks like an underwater shot~
Colin Storey09-Sep-2012 19:22
Fantastic focus and angle, love the softness. v
Guest 09-Sep-2012 17:17
Brilliant!
Tom LeRoy09-Sep-2012 15:48
Beautiful detail up front, fading away to the distance of the eye. Delightful! V
Peggy W09-Sep-2012 15:41
WOW~ its so magical~ excellent shot!!!!
BV
Martin Lamoon09-Sep-2012 14:14
A wonderful focus on the foreground with the misty trees beyond. V
J S Quesada09-Sep-2012 13:57
Love it. That dreamy atmosphere is fabulous. Wonderfully done. BV
John King09-Sep-2012 12:23
A wonderful image that conveys enchantment and delight! V++
Yvonne09-Sep-2012 10:31
Quite magical - so lovely! v
Mieke WA Minkjan09-Sep-2012 07:28
wonderful low composition with some great effects
borisalex09-Sep-2012 06:48
Macro world, so special indeed and also in special light fabulously painted by you! V.
Bryan Murahashi09-Sep-2012 04:12
A beautiful and dreamy capture. Like the dof and low to the ground perspective. V
Cindi Smith09-Sep-2012 03:22
Beautiful smokey feel...like a dreamland. Beautiful! V
bill friedlander09-Sep-2012 02:30
The foreground needs careful scrutiny to see all that there is to see. Extraordinary photograph! V
Terry Sprague09-Sep-2012 01:17
Superb.
cits_4_pets09-Sep-2012 00:57
thought the close up area was a hanging basket. Nice abstract. Excellent!!!
Guest 09-Sep-2012 00:31
You have made it special with the light and your camera.
Mike H.08-Sep-2012 23:56
Just-right details where needed; love what that lens does in your hands!!
Carl H. Johnson08-Sep-2012 23:36
Great soft low angle work!!!~V~
Frank Brault08-Sep-2012 23:33
A very beautiful 'reality'. A marvelous abstract. V
woody3408-Sep-2012 23:30
Wonderful atmosphere and soft tones give the image an air of unreality..lovely work..V
laine08-Sep-2012 22:44
a magical look...could be from the pages of a fairytale V
Mairéad08-Sep-2012 21:35
This is beautiful - I expect fairies to appear. V
Stephanie08-Sep-2012 21:29
What a beautiful place to while away the hours! Love it in B&W too Karen! V
larose forest photos08-Sep-2012 21:16
This is fabulous! A shimmery, magical quality infuses this. V
Helen Betts08-Sep-2012 20:41
Such a delicate scene! Beautiful against the soft and high-key background. V.
wernere0108-Sep-2012 20:38
Fine shot. A little bit mysterious. Works great in b&w.
Martin Wenzel08-Sep-2012 20:34
Great shot, Karen!
Walter Otto Koenig08-Sep-2012 20:34
Magical atmosphere with this lighting, depth of field and bokeh. "V"
Ann...08-Sep-2012 20:08
Love it!!! v.
Laryl08-Sep-2012 20:07
oh wow this image stops me fast to just take in all the details!
globalgadabout08-Sep-2012 19:43
love the low angle...the Brush Creek blues is palpable..V
Dennis Camp08-Sep-2012 19:31
Excellent work, mystical.
Alain Boussac08-Sep-2012 19:30
A true marvel : the composition, the range of grey tones and the soft dreamy background... BV.
Nina Ludwig08-Sep-2012 19:10
Works really well.
christopheru08-Sep-2012 19:09
Ok. Wow. This is so ethereal and moody. I love it! Big Vote.