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Critique 2020 Octoberfest – acnomad (Andy) Hardcore – An Extremely Old 35mm – Day 31
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25. Cloudburst over the Canal
I'm calling this a canal, but it is more of a water retention area behind the ridge that forms a lock at Port Mayaca on the east shore of Lake Okeechobee. There is a true navigable canal for barges that is separated from this body of water by a thin strip of land just out of frame to the right. And Lake Okeechobee is out of frame on the other side of the ridge at left.
Photographically, I had visualized this image with the water smoothed by long exposure to reduce its texture which distracts from the reflection of the cumulus cloud. But that version of this image made the cloud itself look too blurry and didn't really improve the appearance of the reflection. I briefly considered compositing the sky from this image with the foreground from the long exposure, but did not see any real benefit to going through that effort, so I settled for this single exposure with a very heavy-handed trip through post processing. Please feel free to comment on anything you would have done differently.
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I'm calling this a canal, but it is more of a water retention area behind the ridge that forms a lock at Port Mayaca on the east shore of Lake Okeechobee. There is a true navigable canal for barges that is separated from this body of water by a thin strip of land just out of frame to the right. And Lake Okeechobee is out of frame on the other side of the ridge at left.
Photographically, I had visualized this image with the water smoothed by long exposure to reduce its texture which distracts from the reflection of the cumulus cloud. But that version of this image made the cloud itself look too blurry and didn't really improve the appearance of the reflection. I briefly considered compositing the sky from this image with the foreground from the long exposure, but did not see any real benefit to going through that effort, so I settled for this single exposure with a very heavy-handed trip through post processing. Please feel free to comment on anything you would have done differently.
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Chilling image. I agree with your technique but my choice of lens would be at least 200mm!!!!
That's a complex scene, great job capturing it all so well.
I like this very much. Very dramatic.
Interesting selection of tone. Amusing reference to Siskel and Ebert.
Difficult shot and interesting to see how the lens performs. I’ve never really tried to push lenses to their limits (intentionally).
Wonderful shot and funny description. No waders, and up to waist deep in the water?
Your shots continue to be really excellent. This one, in particular, is very well done, with the lines leading the eye directly to the thunderstorm in the distance.
Well done!!
Ken
I was thinking that 85 or 105 would be about right for this scene, but I can definitely see how a 200 would have worked well also. I was pleasantly surprised to find a usable composition with the 35.
Thanks, Nick. There certainly was more going on in the sky than I wanted for this image.
Wonderful shot and funny description. No waders, and up to waist deep in the water?
Thanks, Phil, Paul, and Ken!
26. "Every right implies a responsibility..." - John D. Rockefeller
I had planned a different shot for today, which did not work out at all (see the bucket). But I did exchange my ballot for this sticker and card yesterday, so today's contribution is simply this snapshot.
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I had planned a different shot for today, which did not work out at all (see the bucket). But I did exchange my ballot for this sticker and card yesterday, so today's contribution is simply this snapshot.
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Nice find and nicely captured.
Good catch. See blends in pretty well with the background (especially in B&W
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Very dramatic image. Your B&W conversion works so well.
Good job. I voted a few days ago as well.
I can't believe you were able to get that shot with a 35 mm lens!
Congrats on voting! And very nice capture of the doe. You will have to share any recipe for the BW conversions. My Silverefx license lapsed some time ago so I use what comes with LR.
28. Ferdinand's Masterpiece
Another day completely consumed with traveling, so a quick tabletop photograph of a die cast model from one of my closest friends. He was certain that I would one day buy a drivable one of these, or perhaps a 911, but in the 35 years since he made this a gift to me, it remains the only Porsche I have ever owned.
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Another day completely consumed with traveling, so a quick tabletop photograph of a die cast model from one of my closest friends. He was certain that I would one day buy a drivable one of these, or perhaps a 911, but in the 35 years since he made this a gift to me, it remains the only Porsche I have ever owned.
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A very nice capture, and a very nice model.
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