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November 2012 GOTM

Gallery: Gallery of the MonthPosted October 3, 20122,619 views50 comments

Blaze

I don't think this photo really demonstrates much skill as a photog but I am proud I held it together to get it. 6 ft deep black water(real black), gator infested vacant lake, sunrise that hurts to look at it is so nice, and assembling ladder pod, in canoe after rushing to paddle out to location before the sky exploded.

With that said, I wish I had dropped the iso down to 50 for a water exposure so it was glassy.

5d3, 24 ts, 3 horizontals stacked, exposure blending, yada yada

Comments

50 comments

Comment posted by Peter Coskun on October 3, 2012 at 5:40 PM

That is some epic sunrise. Perfectly exposed with great range of colors. The comp is simple and effective.

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Comment posted by Buck Ward on October 3, 2012 at 5:48 PM

Marvelous! Love the way you aligned the lines in the sky with the tree. Terrific reflection, too.

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on October 3, 2012 at 6:07 PM

Love it, Paul! I really like how the clouds radiate out from the tree. Terrific image, and have to disgree about your assessment of skill to get this. "Ladder pod?"

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 3, 2012 at 6:11 PM

Spectacular sky!!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on October 3, 2012 at 6:16 PM

We all look back at our captures and wish this and that. Bottom line is you hit it out of the park.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on October 3, 2012 at 6:22 PM

It's a stunner Paul, what a sky!!!

Gary.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on October 3, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Wow.

Spectacular x 2.

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Comment posted by Ryan Wright on October 3, 2012 at 7:12 PM

holy sh*t!!!! That's amazing!

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on October 3, 2012 at 7:20 PM

Wow. Very nice image! So how did you use a tripod for this while in a canoe floating in deep water??

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 3, 2012 at 7:21 PM

Really wonderful, Paul. Great timing on an enviable sunrise. Heck of a job on the blend!

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Comment posted by Catherine Gagne on October 3, 2012 at 7:34 PM

What a beautiful picture. Awesome job

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on October 3, 2012 at 7:44 PM

I want to see what the setup looks like for this...wtf...and iso 50 has a much smaller DR...better to stop down as you dont need water to be tack sharp as much anyway. Sick sky.

aF

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on October 3, 2012 at 7:52 PM

Wonderful wicked sky !
Masterful comp.
I like it!

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 3, 2012 at 9:21 PM

Well Done Paul . . .

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on October 3, 2012 at 9:48 PM

Love this lone tree and the time as well
All the best

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Comment posted by Paul Rebmann on October 3, 2012 at 10:01 PM

Excellent composition, colors & exposure. A top notch image.
I also would be interested in what your ladder pod setup is?

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on October 3, 2012 at 10:22 PM

Excellent!!!!

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 3, 2012 at 10:39 PM

So you were on a ladder in a canoe?

Crazy gatos or no gators-especially crazy with gators. A dream sky, doesn't get much better.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on October 3, 2012 at 11:32 PM

Thanks everyone! The ladder pod is a homemade tripod out of an extension ladder and some aluminum poles cut into sections. It was a quick piece together for this trip and will be refined in the future to have telescoping legs. It all fit in my 12" canoe but apart, so it took a while to get proficient at extending it, piecing it together, and not flipping. I just bought a Gitzo Giant, may just use that in the future and shoot from inside the canoe.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 3, 2012 at 11:40 PM

Glassy, schmassy.

This is high impact and gorgeous. I love the clouds pinching to the horizon driving the eye past the tree.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 4, 2012 at 12:38 AM

Holy Cow!
Congrats on the "ladder pod." Often wish I had a tripod with 10 to 30-foot legs in my canoe, but it would be tough on the portages.
Re: the exposure time, I almost always would rather look at water than glass, so this is fine with me. Why detract from an amazing natural scene with a camera trick that calls attention to the photographer rather than the subject? With that in mind, I call this shot perfect.

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on October 4, 2012 at 1:09 AM

I love this shot, and like the pano you posted on FB just slightly less. This has an insanely natural feel for such extraordinary light. The processing on this is exceptional. killer

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on October 4, 2012 at 2:37 AM

Wow, what a sky! And then you filled the whole rest of the frame with a reflection of that sky. Excellent move.

No, seriously, I think this is great. The colors literally explode, and the subject is interesting enough to hold it all together.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on October 4, 2012 at 3:57 AM

Love everything about this one, Paul. Has a wonderful surrealistic feel about it.

I am not sure how I feel about stepping into 6ft of black water in a gator infested lake.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 4, 2012 at 8:06 AM

Simply beautiful Paul.
John

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on October 4, 2012 at 8:20 AM

Spectacular sky. Man, it's awesome. Nice work, esp from a canoe. This scene isn't from around here, where? Lousiana?

Wayne

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 4, 2012 at 8:29 AM

This is "Beautiful" Paul. Nice, nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on October 4, 2012 at 9:11 AM

Stunning image !!!
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 4, 2012 at 10:09 AM

That's my kind of sunrise! Love it Paul.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on October 4, 2012 at 10:17 AM

Knock dead gorgeous Paul. Wonderful capture.
Bob

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on October 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM

Thanks guys! I was just meaning that this kinda shot is almost too easy to make something of. I am much more proud of finding a shot like my last post.

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 4, 2012 at 12:39 PM

Dang, don't see that everyday! Good job not dropping your camera in the water! The ripples don't bother me at all.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 4, 2012 at 1:27 PM

YO!!!!!!!!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on October 4, 2012 at 2:07 PM

Awesome

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on October 4, 2012 at 3:32 PM

WOW! This is spectacular! What an amazing sky.

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Comment posted by Oleg Kuchorenko on October 4, 2012 at 3:59 PM

awesome...

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Comment posted by James Fougère on October 4, 2012 at 4:15 PM

Awesome Image

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Comment posted by Alex Noriega on October 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM

DAMN, that's some nice light. Good work with the ladder pod setup. The composition is simple yet powerful and effective. Flawless handling of those reds - they'd have been super easy to overdo or blow in the wrong hands. I've only seen one sunrise 100% like this in my life, and it was also over water - but I didn't have any interesting trees to take it to the next level. You, sir, have done exactly that.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on October 4, 2012 at 11:40 PM

Holy crap this is phenomenal. A real stunner. No nits.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on October 5, 2012 at 3:20 AM

Stunning sky. I also love the extra bit of detail in the tree.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on October 5, 2012 at 3:31 PM

As stunning as the sunrise is, it's that solitary tree that makes the shot. Excellent composition and the post-processing is great...bringing just the right hint of detail into the tree. This is one the more memorable shots that I've seen in a while.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on October 5, 2012 at 8:50 PM

Wow! Incredible image Paul. The sky is insane!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 6, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Ohhhh, MERCY!!!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on October 10, 2012 at 8:37 PM

stunning and nice technique -

Congrats on the WP.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on October 11, 2012 at 2:23 PM

Epic! Seriously.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on October 11, 2012 at 4:39 PM

Wonderful!!!
D&L

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 12, 2012 at 12:48 PM

Too cool, Paul--congrats!

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on October 17, 2012 at 2:04 AM

Outstanding, stunning, beautiful, and epic are only a few words that describe this image! Congrats on a highly deserved WP!!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on October 18, 2012 at 1:14 AM

This is gorgeous Paul. Nice composition and amazing colors. Congrats on your weekly pic.

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Comment posted by Saurabh Singh on October 19, 2012 at 3:27 AM

Sir, That's the best image I have seen in a while!! My favourite landscape image thus far.
It truly speaks for its creator hardwork .

The play of colors and the striking reflections entirely takes this masterpiece to a different level.

Regards
Saurabh

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