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Ali Koroglu
{K:522} 9/1/2006
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Reflections are good. Movement on the water is nice. But background is not good, because trees are cross with building. There are conflict back plan. We can see the trees reflect on the water but we can't see the top of trees. My comment is a bit merciless :)
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/19/2006
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Thank you Mark for both comments
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Mark Sherman
{K:15669} 7/11/2006
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didn't see all the other comment's before posting. I think practicality kind of falls away a bit when you start taking reflections :-)
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Mark Sherman
{K:15669} 7/11/2006
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sense of wallpaper falling away from an old painting. might want to try flipping them so they stand up and make them the whole picture, for a different perspective.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Annemette. Neither of us is a pro, and I appreciate your comment. The boiling effect is the tar bubbling up. This is an actual tar pit, that has been oozing up tar and methane gas since prehistoric times and still continues today. There is an on going excavation project on this pit. Also in the park there are several areas that have sand bags to warn people where more tar has started oozing as seen below
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Michele, Yes, I use Photo Shop and in answer to your question (I did see both your comments) you might also want to look at PhotoShop for Dummies. I love the Dummies books for quick helps.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Phil.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Avi
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Nacho, appreciate you looking and commenting.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Did I flip, or did you? I like the flip idea and would not have thought of it, but you are the abstract person and I the more practical (no wise cracks)I also seem to like to keep my feet on the ground and not hang upside down. I do like the image you did.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Mary.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Bob, I will be working this picture again and will keep your words in mind.
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Ray for the honest critique, really appreciate your words. I may have missed the boat, but I can still try to swim out to it, don't you think?
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Joggie, I will be reworking thsi photo. As to the phenomena? Below are three websites that might interest you. Yes, this is natural and every summer there is an excavation project in the pit that the Mastadon and this picture are taken in. Many fossils have been pulled up.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/labrea.html
http://www.tarpits.org/research/research.html
http://www.tarpits.org/research/pit91/pitfacts.html
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/9/2006
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Thank you Dave for the words. I am going to work this picture again.
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 7/7/2006
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So sorry for the question about PS...I now have found 'Read The Articles' here on the site . Scuse me please.
Michele~
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 7/7/2006
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Exactly what I felt for, too, in this image! The reflections are marvelous and so is thye colour of the pit. I also like to see how it looks like it´s boiling. A very special place. If you crop out the background leaving the water and reflections the image gets even better, but that is just in my opinion, and I´m no pro!:-)
Best wishes,
Annemette
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Michele Carlsen
{K:146013} 7/7/2006
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I love the reflections and the location and the colors .
Great shot Marlyce ! I have a question for you . Do you use photo shop ? I just got it and there is much to this program. I think maybe I should go to the library ? Any thoughts ?
Michele~
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 7/7/2006
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A great reflection image, Marlyce! Fabulous saturated colours! A lovely image!
Cheers
Phil
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Avi
{K:70138} 7/7/2006
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Yes, I do !!.. I like it too..
Good capture !
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 7/6/2006
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stunning composition. marvelous postcard.wonderful composition.
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 7/6/2006
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You'll Flip over my suggestion . . .
This was and is a Great image . . . loved it then and love it now. To emphasize the reflections in this project the cuts suggested a few times by a few people seemed like a good idea . . . but when I cut it to see how it would actually look I wasn't convinced . . . though I'm sure you'll check into that yourself anyway.
BUT . . . You might have that BiP yet if you flip the image after the cut. It would make for a very good, very distinct entry (IMO).
D
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Mary Slade
{K:40338} 7/6/2006
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This is wonderful love the strength of the colours and reflections. So much water is gorgeous.
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Bob Wallace
{K:698} 7/6/2006
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I've got to agree with Dave. The upper part of the image detracts from the overall image for me. (And the details aren't very crisp. Needs sharpening? Jpeg compression problem?)
I can see two good pictures here, one cropped leaving a strip of green and one with all the green cropped away.
In the first the bit of non-reflected grass clearly establishes the main image as an reflection.
In the second all the reference to "reality" has been stripped away leaving a more 'abstract' image that requires the viewer to study the frame and think a bit more.
(And consider putting your copyright notification on the frame rather than spoiling the image.)
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stingRay pt.4 .
{K:250410} 7/6/2006
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I love the reflections, they are so very well detailed with excellent colour tones. The composition is good but a bigger impact could be made with the crop as suggested by Dave and Joggie. I continually miss the boat when it comes to cropping my own and we are part of a large club for this Marlyce. I still think it's an imressive capture. Well done to you my dear.....All the best.....Ray
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Marlyce Chastain
{K:4071} 7/6/2006
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Thank you Paul
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 7/6/2006
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Very interesting Marlyce - the reflections are great with lovely detail. The whir building and bright sky is a bit distractive though. I would go with Dave and opt for a tigther crop just beneath the path, cutting out the clutter of benches and people. Well done anyhow.
Joggie (is the tarpit a natural phenomena?)
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Dave Arnold
{K:55680} 7/6/2006
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I think this should be cropped to only show the water, or tar. The tourist area in the background with people wandering about and the activities there take away from your prime subject, in my opinion. I like the reflections but as long as you are not showing the trees to the top, might as well get rid of the embankment.
Looking a little closer, I'd place the crop below the tree trunks and above the edgeline, leaving that bright green strip of grass along the bank.
Best wishes,
Dave
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 7/6/2006
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This is intense and quite beautiful, Marlyce.
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