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Oct. 2011 GOTM
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Oct. 2011 GOTM

by Ken Smith

Gallery: Gallery of the MonthPosted October 2, 2011723 views5 comments
Pond

Polarizer filter did amazing blocking to blacken the water.

Zeiss 35 mm with Nikon D300 and F16 for approx 1/40th SS

....hmmm...should this be moved to landscape ...or man and nature?

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Carol Hyman on October 3, 2011 at 12:18 AM
Ken, This is interesting ... If the FG grass is your subject I would encourage you to use a very light gradient to darken your BG leaves.

BTW, the light on the FG grass is awesome. Well seen.

Regards,

Carol
Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on October 3, 2011 at 1:29 AM
Ken:
CPL tends to enrich the color as nicely shown in your image. Sometimes the color is so saturated that some desaturation may be required to make it look 'natural' but that is just personal preference. Beautiful image.
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on October 3, 2011 at 1:52 AM
Ken Beautiful piece of work, with the FG grass, well done ..

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Willison on May 28, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Love the rich colors, and that you separated the pads from the grass.
Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 9, 2014 at 12:16 PM
Ken,

I hadn't seen this. It's absolutely spectacular. Gorgeous. Superb. I'm at a loss for accolades. (smile)

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments