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Indian Summer


Indian Summer
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Copyright: Selen Ediger (SelenE) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-30
Categories: Seascape
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Hoya 77mm Super-HMC CPL MCPRO1
Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Great Workshops [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-11-03 12:21
Viewed: 1468
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 80
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I stole some summer days from the end of October. Weather was perfect, warm, sunny and calm,and the sea was great (though a bit cold). In Turkey we call this "Pastirma Yazi" known in English as "Indian Summer"

This one is taken again in one of my favorite places in Turkey; Dilek peninsula-Great Menderes Delta National Park.

Buyuk Menderes Delta, Turkey: The Buyuk Menderes River meanders for 500 km through western Turkey before reaching the Aegean Sea with a large delta, consisting of several lagoons, extensive salt steppes and mudflats (the biggest in Turkey). This area holds up to 1000 avocets, 3000 cormorants, 15000 flamingos, and 32000 coots in the winter.

To the north the delta is bordered by the steep hills of Dilek peninsula, a craggy, mountainous piece of land jutting out to the Aegean sea, with pristine coves and bays, and remote Mediterranean forests and scrub. This is the home of the Bonelli’s eagle (1-2 pairs), olive-tree warbler, ruppel’s warbler, krueper’s nuthatch, cinereous and Cretzschmar’s buntings.

Dilek Peninsula and Büyük Menderes Delta National Park (27,675 ha.) are important for their intact habitat, maquis communities, and high ratio of Euro-Siberian elements and wildlife; this area is also an IBA

*Indian Summer:
Indian summer is a name given to a period of sunny, warm weather in autumn, not long before winter. Usually occurring after the first frost, Indian summer can be in September, October, or early November in the northern hemisphere, and March, April, or early May in the Southern hemisphere. It can persist for a few days or extend to a week or more. This term is not related to the summer season in India.

The dates between which Indian summer can be said to occur are necessarily inexact because of variations in climatic patterns throughout each hemisphere.

Modern ideas on what an Indian summer constitutes vary, but the most widely accepted value for determining whether an Indian summer is occurring is that the weather must be above 21°C (70°F) for seven days after the autumnal equinox.
(*Source: Wikipedia)
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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (504)
  • [2008-11-03 12:26]

merhaba selen hanım
hoşgelmişsiniz
güzel bir çekimle hem de
mevsimler değişti iyice
kompozisyon, ışık, renkler ve keskinlik nefis
elinize sağlık
selamlar
izler

  • Great 
  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2912 W: 34 N: 8640] (32202)
  • [2008-11-03 12:26]

Hi Selen. This is such a beautiful compostion. I like the low pov looking through the old drift wood. with fine detail. good colours in the sea ans sky. well done tFS.
Nick..

çok güzel bir kare tebrikler Selen hanım.perfect.!!!

Ciao Selen,
meraviglioso paesaggio marino, spettacolare primo piano con queste splendide sculture della natura, eccellenti POV e DOF, fantastica la saturazione dei colori, ottima nitidezza e bellissima luce.
TFS.
Maurizio

Selam Selen hanım, müthiş etkileyici. İnsan bakmaktan, seyretmekten kendini alamıyor. Elinize sağlık.
Deniz

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1378 W: 56 N: 4747] (16330)
  • [2008-11-03 12:47]

Hello Selen,
What a great capture of this Indian Summer, colours brightness and contrast all spot on! Well seen and exposed. Great posting !
Regards Siggi

beautiful clarity and subject matter
Thanks so much for sharing it is beautiful and a pleasure to look at, thank you!

  • Great 
  • efsus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 436 W: 10 N: 738] (3210)
  • [2008-11-03 12:58]

Merhaba Selen Hanım,
Gökyüzündeki ince tül gibi bulutlarla kurumuş bir ulu agacın kalan dalları enfes bir kompozisyon oluşturmuş. Mükemmel bir bakış açısıyla ağacın dalları sanki gökyüzündeki bulutlara dokunuyor gibi bir his uyandırmışsınız. Elinize sağlık.

Hüseyin

Merhaba Selen, fascinating composition with beautiful dead tree in FG,splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

  • Great 
  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2008-11-03 14:09]

Hello Selen,
Very beautiful photo in a fantastic composition. Splendid clear and saturated colours. The brown leaves make a very special colour contrast. Good sharpness and POV.
Regards,
Peter

  • Great 
  • cako Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 545 W: 0 N: 735] (3213)
  • [2008-11-03 15:21]

Merhaba Selen hanım enfes bir doğa karesi ellerinize sağlık.

Pastırma Yazından sade ama çok güzel bir kare. elinize sağlık Selen hanım, harika renkler ve kompozisyon.
selamlar.

Hi Selen. Really neat capture with such pristine details. The dried leaves with the contrasting dead wood placed well in the fg against the beautiful sky and traces of white cloud. Well done and best regards. Jusni

Dear Selen,
You have composed an excellent photograph of the drift wood naturally placed in the foreground of a beautiful untouched water body visible till horizon in clear weather condition. I appreciate you calling it an Indian Summer. TFS.
Regards-Subhash

This image is sheer abstract art, Selen.
Those driftwood shapes in the foreground are fantastic.
I have enjoyed this image immensely, so thank you for sharing it.

I most certainly looked for some kind of filter used on this...and filters have been the mainstay of quality film photographers for a hundred years so it is a very cool way to present...and then add on the wide angle...voila! You have a winner....but then you rarely if ever post anything which would be less...
Bob

Hi Selene,
Beuatiful composition and CPL has broughtout dark blue sky and saturated the drift wood colours. Great shot, TFS
Regards
Anil

Selen merhaba ,
Türkiye den fotoğraflarını TN da tekrar görmek güzel .
Ege den nefis bir fotoğraf , paylaşımına teşekkürler .

Selam Selen Hanım, tek kelimeyle "muhteşem". Elinize sağlık.
Bayram

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5672] (18539)
  • [2008-11-03 23:25]

Hi Selena.
My heartfelt congratulations on such masterpiece. It is really brilliant work of an amazing place and terrific quality of the image. Lights and shadows are fantastic. Colours cannot be more wonderful, transparency of the image is stunning. It is clear selected for shooting subject is also h=great. Bravo. Well done.
Alexei.

Hy Selen
I would call this picture "l'ete indien", thinking at Joe Dasin song. But, anyway, excellent inspiration in choosing this old and dried tree or tree roots. True art from dead things.
All the best, Oana

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1147 W: 32 N: 1170] (3600)
  • [2008-11-04 0:32]

Merhaba Selen Hanım,
Mükemmel bir geniş açı çalışması olmuş.Herşeyi ile
4/4 lük.
Selamlar,ellerinize sağlık!

  • Great 
  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1725 W: 0 N: 3924] (15760)
  • [2008-11-04 5:13]

Hello Selene,
Very fine picture reflecting so well the light of the Indian Summer. The composition is excellent, the subject very special. Wonderful shapes of this weathered tree and very beautiful light conditions. Very well done
Anne

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 162 N: 968] (2839)
  • [2008-11-04 7:44]

Hello Selen,
It does indeed look like a lovely place that you've captured from a nice POV with the old dry tree trunk and beautiful rocks in focus against a lovely background. Excellent DOF, lovely colours and very nicely composed.
TFS and best wishes, Ulla

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  • Juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2264 W: 10 N: 2632] (15573)
  • [2008-11-04 11:48]

Hola Selen,
preciosa composición,
buen pov y detalles...
fino trabajo y encuadre.
saludos

Hi Selen

I see you've had a bit of extra summer there, too :)
Here we've also had incredibly high temperatures for this time of the year, but i was't so lucky as to be able to take advantage of them outside the city :(

This is a lovely shot, with a very dramatic and attractive composition! The textures in the FG are terrific and lead the eye to that amazing tree. It's "skin" and color contrast so well with the BG and you made sure you'd have a lot of that, with your low POV here.
I have mixed feelings about the other tree - on the right; it's perhaps a bit distracting and so i made a workshop and cloned it out. The picture might be a little "empty" without it, but remember it's only an experiment :)

Anyway, wonderful work!
Bravo and TFS
Horia

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  • matatur Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1089 W: 193 N: 1380] (4472)
  • [2008-11-04 13:58]

A great shot with highly exaggerated perspective Selen, thanks to your wide angle lens. That sand and wind polished driftwood looks like a modern sculpture, with those fall leaves in the FG providing fine contrast. TFS this fine image and wonderful composition my friend.
Mehmet
pts: tomorrow...

  • Great 
  • fiyo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 987 W: 5 N: 2762] (10618)
  • [2008-11-05 1:31]

Çok nefis bir kompozisyon Selen hanım, tebrikler.

Hi Selen,
This is a real stunner. I love the shape and texture of the old roots. They create such a strong shape that it is still beautiful eventhough its life must have been great as well. You can see clearly that time and water have smoothened the tree and gave it this wonderful cruved shape. They way you not only showed the roots but also the seascape around it is wonderful. And what a seacape it is, it seems to be a relaxed and serene area.
TFS,
Niek

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-11-05 13:40]

What a great image.
The knarled wood is brilliant!
Very sharp.
Excellent composition.
Nice colours.

Well done,
Joe

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3821 W: 190 N: 11376] (35063)
  • [2008-11-07 2:04]

Hello Selen,
A beautiful composition of sea-washed tree roots and rocks taken from a great low POV in fantastic lighting.
A great image and excellent notes and thanks for sharing them,
Kind regards,
Ivan

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  • iti Gold Star Critiquer [C: 88 W: 0 N: 7] (534)
  • [2008-11-07 5:24]

Hi Selen
excellent detail and perfectly dynamic colours and sharp photo.
Regards Jiri.

Hi Selen,
Nicely done - Love the composition here.
My pleasure as always,
Howard

great natural sculpture, TFS Ori

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1381 W: 126 N: 5246] (23469)
  • [2008-11-07 11:26]

Hello Selen, a brilliant composition! Very good use of that lens, it's a spectucular shot. Great dof and a very well done exposure, thanks!

Mario

You shouldn't steal, Selen. Anyway it's too late now and you shared it after all:-)
Well done!
Annick

Hello Selen

A lovely contrast of colours.The rusts and blues were meant for each other.
I like the perspective,the POV you chose was very good.
As always the focus and sharpness is spot on.
TFS

Wolf

Dear Selen
What a wonderful scene you captured,
Great Exposure,composition and POV.Superb shot my friend.

Good Luck
Fartash

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2008-11-13 22:57]

Hi Selen,
Outstanding shot which looks so artistic. That tree trunk looks so interesting in shape and form and the blue sky acts as a fabulous backdrop to highlight the subjects. Superb handling of natural lighting and I like the FG rocks and the sprinkling of colours leaves. Very attractive image.
Excellent DOF, POV and composition.
TFS.
Sumon

Merhaba my old friend Selen,
Selamlah!!
How are you! thank you for this beautiful Indian summer over the Delta!
Excellent fg interest of the summer feel and a great view towards the far horizon!
you cpl really done you a great job on the saturation of colours!
take care and will be seeing your next postings after this one!
your friend Tony!

This is a very nice shot, your composition is very effective. Those lines in the rock create a lot of depth in the photo, this is a very natural shot. It could be a tad bit brighter with some more contrast, but that is my opinion. I will create a workshop to show you what I mean.
TFS

TK

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