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#96 Seasons
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1st - dodrizzt: Winter walk
2nd - Old Finn: Winter
3rd - Mepo: Silence
4th - akebono: One Tree Park
5th - Franz07: Misty Forest
6th - Una: Swan Lake
7th - Lo: Skating on the canal
8th - Amberbug: Winter Sunrise
9th - Andris: chilly
10th - Jade O.: Winter Port, Toronto
11th - piman: We shall gather at the river
12th - dougster: A rose was a rose was a rose
13th - andrew.cooper71: Pond hockey on the Credit River
14th - RobertLavker: Snow Shawl
15th - mbbin2: Winter
16th - sybertag: Ice fishing in Buffalo's outer harbor.
17th - rafinmelb: Summer Green
18th - henriksson: The Fireplace...colour
19th - forkcandles : spring thaw
Skating on the canal
©2011 Lo
Panasonic DMC-ZS3
7th
place,
94
points
1/500s
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f5.6
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ISO 80
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55mm
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Normal Program
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Pattern
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no flash
Post-Processing:
Cloned a couple of distractions, resized, unsharp mask
Extra Info:
It has finally warmed up a bit after a week of -20 degree celsius temperatures, and skaters are enjoying the longest rink in the world.
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Lo
Feb 7, 2011
Thanks Billy - Come and visit Ottawa, and we'll find you a pair of skates! great idea about the mini pics. Mrsawyer - both you and Jade found the foreground distracting, and I think you may have hit the nail on the head re: distance. Unfortunately, to get a sense of the size of the canal, and hopefully add interest, I had to take the shot through the bridge railing.
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mrsawyer
Feb 7, 2011
The foreground fence is distracting to me. I think it is the great distance from the fence to the subject that is the issue.
Edited on Feb 7, 2011
dodrizzt
Feb 7, 2011
I've seen this (very enjoyable) place before :-D Nice you've moved around to get another point of view with the wall as a frame. And of course, nice for the theme too, I would enjoy winter a lot with a place like this to skate!
(May I add a humble suggestion? clone out the partially "chainsawed" people on the borders of the wall, I think that could create an effect of something like "independent worlds", or mini-pics, inside each gap of the wall :-)
Lo
Feb 7, 2011
Thanks for commenting - Thought I'd do a different take on a much photographed attraction in Ottawa
broph
Feb 7, 2011
Beautiful sunny day, great shooting angle through a stone 'viewer' makes a very beautiful winter scene.
odlive
Feb 6, 2011
my fav
Old Finn
Feb 5, 2011
Well composed, good sharpness, nice colors, interesting frames. In my favorites.
Jade O.
Feb 4, 2011
I find the foreground an overwhelming (and out of focus) distraction from an otherwise interesting winter scene.
forkcandles
Feb 4, 2011
So much going on in the picture. The bridgework give depth of field and framing as well.
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