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Smoke & Fire

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 18, 20072,426 views16 comments

Rivers & Streams are my favorite subjects to photograph so this is the perfect WC Theme for me. This is from the Tremont area in the Smokies. I like the smoky effect of the water and the fiery colors of the foliage.

Canon 1D Mark II N
24-105L @ 35mm
f16, 13sec, ISO 100
Circ. Pol.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Alice Scoggins on January 18, 2007 at 4:01 PM

Very nice! I love the colors.

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Comment posted by Thomas Biggs on January 18, 2007 at 6:20 PM

Very nicely done!!

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on January 18, 2007 at 6:56 PM

Hey Kirk, this is a really nice image. Great fall color and the water highlights contrast very well.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 18, 2007 at 8:03 PM

What a beautiful shot, Kirk. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Troy Gizzi on January 18, 2007 at 8:29 PM

Beautiful. I agree - the cool misty water coupled with the crisp warm leaves is very cool.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on January 18, 2007 at 10:08 PM

Perfect capture Kirk. I like the fantastic autumn colors and the color contrast (trees & "smoky" water). Well done.

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Comment posted by Kent Mearig on January 18, 2007 at 11:34 PM

I'm a huge fan of this photograph for obvious reasons (it rocks), but I hope you don't mind me making a suggestion. Crop up from the bottom to just ever so slightly below the first row of rocks. There's lovely detail everywhere but that bottom stripe of black.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 19, 2007 at 2:36 AM

Lovely rich tones & colours. The flow of the river is ideally caught.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 19, 2007 at 12:24 PM

Kirk: Really nice scene superbly rendered. I agree with Kent about cropping the bottom.>=))>

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 19, 2007 at 3:37 PM

Kirk,

Great color, and color saturation; the overcast lighting make this a very pleasing scene. I normally haven't liked polarized stream shots, but this works very well and silky water flow is exposed just right.
Personally, I vote for no crop. I think the water without the silky flow gives the image a strong base. What I also find interesting is that it seems that most images of streams have the water flowing towards the viewer. I really like this perspective of the water flowing away, drawing the eye in to the image.

Very nice,
Lon

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on January 22, 2007 at 1:15 PM

Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on January 23, 2007 at 8:18 PM

Beautiful composition.

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on January 25, 2007 at 8:23 PM

I like it too.

Makes me want to wander into the scene and jump from rock to rock.

Carol Hyman
http://hy-tec-training.com

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Kirk Greene on January 25, 2007 at 9:29 PM

Thanks for all of the positive comments and the EP is very nice. To me this image represents how an artist's passion for his/her subject translates through their work. I spend a lot of time on the river photographing, canoeing, and flyfishing. I feel very much at peace on the water as it serves as my escape. This scene captured me as soon as I saw it and motivates me to get out and experience more..hopefully it will do the same for you.

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Comment posted by Gautham G on October 9, 2007 at 4:23 PM

Makes my calender image!

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Comment posted by Alan Bryant on October 12, 2007 at 11:39 AM

Very nice scene

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