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Postby norbs on Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:53 pm

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Taken at Narooma.

Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 100

C&C welcome.
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:08 am

Norbs - I like the composition of this shot and my only critique would be to clone out the smudging in the bottom right :)
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Postby BT*ist on Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:11 am

Very nice! I like the composition,... the black & white suits it. Even the blurry... things.. .in the bottom right corner to me kind of keep it 'real' rather than looking excessively staged. Was this part of a larger series of shots?
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Postby norbs on Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:27 am

The blurry things are actually clouds. :)

Wasn't staged, just walked past a shower at Narooma. The rest of the trip can be found here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/norbography/
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Postby Geoff on Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:52 am

Norbs - Great work, simple and effective. I would leave out the border or change it somehow, I think it destracts from the greatness of your image rather than enhances it. Keep em comin :)
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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:56 am

I like it I think you've used the negative space brilliantly to add to the impact of the shot. Some may have considered cropping it but I think its strongest the way it is. I checked out your gallery you've got some nice shots.
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:22 am

norbs wrote:The blurry things are actually clouds. :)

Wasn't staged, just walked past a shower at Narooma. The rest of the trip can be found here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/norbography/


Ah! In that case leave the clouds in - hard to see in B&W that they were clouds :?
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Postby PiroStitch on Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:20 am

Is there a colour version to this pic? Either way I think it's capture brilliantly!
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Postby land-lubber on Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:40 pm

thats a classic shot, well done :D
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Postby norbs on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:18 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys. Much appreciated. I will dig up the original colour photo and post that too.
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Postby DionM on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:24 pm

Great shot.

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Postby norbs on Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:30 pm

Sorry PiroStitch, I cant seem to find the colour version. Will fire up the laptop tomorrow and see if it is still on there.
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Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:39 pm

Great shot - I love these 'simple' ideas found on the spur of the moment. The only thing for is that I would have liked the shower head a bit brighter - the shadows seem to lose some of the detail. But that's me.

Great shot.

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