Echoes

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted October 16, 2011746 views15 comments

Taken in the Waikato, North Island New Zealand

Canon EOS 40D

F13
1/80
ISO 200
44mm
Handheld

Thank you for viewing this photo, any comments, feedback etc gratefully welcomed
Simon

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Gary Reed on October 16, 2011 at 6:56 PM

Love the light play. Feels awkwardly slanted to the right though. Maybe a small rotation to the left for balance??

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 16, 2011 at 7:03 PM

Brutally beautiful light Simon. I see the trees are very perpendicular so do not think a rotation is in order.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 16, 2011 at 9:58 PM

I love the position of the trees and the streaking of the light. I don't think it needs any rotation

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on October 16, 2011 at 10:29 PM

Beautiful image Simon. My only critique is that when I first viewed the image my eye was drawn to the very bright spot on the upper left edge, Cropping that out let my eye go back into the image.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on October 16, 2011 at 11:26 PM

Nice capture and some beautiful light. One of those photographs where you can sit and look at it for a long time

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Comment posted by Verdon on October 17, 2011 at 12:30 AM

great shot with the right mood, love it!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on October 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM

Great capture of the sun rays. The light play created is unique and interesting. I like it.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 17, 2011 at 5:02 PM

Wonderful play of light and shadow. A small crop from the left to remove the really bright spot there and this image is golden (in more ways than just the color). Very nicely done

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 17, 2011 at 6:24 PM

Some amazing light. I agree that cropping the brightest spot at upper left helps from taking your eye out of the image.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 22, 2011 at 9:38 AM

Dynamic image with those light rays! If you were able to tone down the hot spots in the upper left, a bonus. ANother option might be to crop off the left, and have the boarder being a shadow area, there by creating a natural frame for the image and keeping the eye mid frame. The se moments don't often last long, glad you got it!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on October 24, 2011 at 6:57 PM

I would second a crop from the left. Gorgeous light.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 27, 2011 at 1:21 PM

Exceptional light.. I agree it seems slanted but that's an illusion, since the trees are perfectly vertical.
Congrats on a cool WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on October 31, 2011 at 11:09 PM

Simply marvelous Simon!

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Comment posted by Shantikara Valuska on November 1, 2011 at 8:13 AM

What a stunning photo! The light and the atmosphere are outstanding.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on November 2, 2011 at 11:47 PM

Great light n stunning frame !!!
Jagdeep Rajput

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