Morning Stop

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 10, 201712,547 views11 comments

For years during my morning commute to SF I always drove by this spot which had a highway shoulder for about 1 or 2 cars. As I recall, the earlier I got up the better the scene I witnessed when I reached this spot. This was likely shot with an iPhone6.

I ran some noise reduction software on it. The 3 dark spots are ducks I believe. I could remove them if you think they weaken the image.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 10, 2017 at 4:25 PM

Igor, This is a very pretty scene with just a wonderful mood and I really like the conditions you captured here. I would probably remove the 3 dots just because it is hard to tell what they are. If I could tell they were ducks flying away then that would be pretty cool too.
Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Don Young on May 10, 2017 at 8:28 PM

Igor,
I have to agree with Nick's comment. Beautiful!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 10, 2017 at 9:59 PM

Beautiful, moody image, Igor. In addition to removing the three dots, I would crop a pinch off the left or clone out what look like protruding branch tips. Obviously, very minor stuff.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 11, 2017 at 10:06 AM

Igor, there's a fine sense of dawn's quietness here. Your use of an iPhone supports my belief that it's not the camera, it's the operator and knowing what the camera can and can't do that make a good picture. Your emphasis on the shapes of the foreground reeds works very well. The "duck dots" should go. <div> </div>

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on May 11, 2017 at 11:59 AM

Beautiful! Great serene mood to the image. I would lose the duck. Make a nice 30x40 print! No, wait. iPhone. Never mind..... :)

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 11, 2017 at 2:05 PM

Yes, Â would remove the ducks, raise more questions by a viewer. The mood is fantastic, Â mysterious and uplifting. Pretty good for camera phone.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 11, 2017 at 11:18 PM

Igor,

Quiet, peaceful and glorious scene. for me the black dots don't look like birds, and optical illusions aside, don't even look like they're on the water surface - AND they should be more obscured by the fog. So to me, I'd get rid of 'em.

Beautiful scene, hard to fault you with the cell phone image as it's a little degraded in the full size. But what the heck.

Lon

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on May 12, 2017 at 7:15 PM

I would remove the ducks (too bad they are not closer).
Exceptional mood and the FG is about perfect.

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Comment posted by John Williams on May 14, 2017 at 10:55 AM

Agreed Igor. This is really nice; a lovely mood and eye-pleasing. I too would clone the dots (it would have been awesome if they were closer!).

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 14, 2017 at 3:18 PM

Hi Igor

The mood and quality of light are wonderfully captured . agree with Mark's comment about I Phone users.

Albert Darmo
Canada

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on May 14, 2017 at 11:13 PM

This is a marvelous scene. The fog adds a strong sense of mystery since it is not apparent what lies on the right side of the frame. I love the silhouetted foreground reeds and how they balance the land in the distance. There is some drama in the sky too and it works well with this composition.

Very nicely done, Igor.

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