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Reflections of Red WC544

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted July 22, 2012419 views11 comments

After sunrise in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado about 10 days ago, I waited for the sunlit slopes of Red Mountain and the silhouetted firs to reflect off the surface of a small pond. I have inverted the image. Larger image provided.
Nikon D90, 70-300 @ 90mm, f/8, ISO 200

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11 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on July 22, 2012 at 10:07 PM

I love this, Doug. Excellent image. Good eye to get this and an equally good presentation.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 23, 2012 at 9:19 AM

Great job, Doug. I love those streaks of color "in the sky" and how you've got just enough texture in the trees to make clear what they are.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 23, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Nice touch to this capture. Out of the box and wonderful.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 23, 2012 at 11:18 AM

Wow, this is very nice Doug, really fits the theme..and then some

Wonderful example of nature's "photoshop" at work.
Very well done!

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM

Thank you for the kind comments. Two things I tried doing these reflection shots that morning was to focus on the trees in the reflection, and to manually focus on the ripples in the water and have the trees slightly oof. I think that I prefer the effect by focusing on the ripples.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 23, 2012 at 12:55 PM

What a wonderfully artistic image, Doug! The ripples give such a painterly feel to this. I think you were correct to focus on the ripples rather than the trees. I like the colors and the angled streaks in the sky. The angle of the treeline mimics the sky angles and the tree silhouettes provide a nice contrast in angle and color. The "real" strip of grass at the bottom helps ground this picture in reality but I think this image would work well with it or without; depends how abstract you wish to be. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on July 23, 2012 at 1:03 PM

Thanks Carolyn. The grass is also a reflection of the grass on the pond bank; the grass is also inverted like the trees.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on July 23, 2012 at 8:04 PM

Oops!

I didn't realize the grass was also a reflection.

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Comment posted by RL Potts on July 26, 2012 at 1:52 PM

Well, this one actually works as an inversion. The trees seem to be ascending through fire into the sky. A top-notch reflection.