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Just Grand


Just Grand
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Copyright: Silke Force (Silke) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 727 W: 98 N: 1694] (5406)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-20
Categories: River
Camera: Nikon D70S, Sigma 18-200 mm (F3.5-6.3), Sigma UV 62 mm
Exposure: f/11, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-07 8:05
Viewed: 1132
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 54
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
As I promised Bob Shannon, I have returned to another of the landscape shots taken on one of those days when I went to a music gig and was distracted by the beauty of the outdoors first :D
What can I say? My fiancé is a part-time professional musician and I attend ALL his concerts, but when Mother Nature winks at me as she did here, I tend to take notice.

The Grand River flows 300 kilometres through southwestern Ontario from the highlands of Dufferin County to Port Maitland on Lake Erie. The area that affects and is affected by the Grand River includes 38 municipalities and 925,000 residents and there was therefore a time when the water in this river had become badly polluted: solely a channel for human and industrial wastes.

The first major changes came about when the settlers of the 19th century stripped the land of its forest cover and filled or drained most of the wetlands. The result was that the water table dropped, springs dried up and floods (unhindered by trees and shrubbery on the slopes) became more frequent and far more severe. And then came the industries that were built alongside the river, taking advantage of the free power to run their equipment and the free waste channel.

In the past decade or so, great efforts have been made to restore some of the forests on non-urbanized land and to protect the remaining wetlands. Just south of where this shot was taken, the waters are being treated as “exceptional” because the river there is a good habitat for bass, walleye, pike, trout and the endangered redhorse. I hope to get down into that area with a camera early next year because it looks super! If there are other TN members interested in a Trek Meet here, I will be glad to join!

Tech: composed in camera (and waited for the clouds to be in the right places :D), shot in RAW, converted, resized, sharpened edges, framed and signed

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day
earthtraveler, vanderschelden, eqshannon, uleko, gracious, nglen, JoseMiguel, martic, bobcat08, wallhalla15, jaycee, pierrefonds, angybone, peter_stoeckl, milas has marked this note useful
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Hi Sike,
Beautiful scene exposed and composed wonderfully.
It reminds me of a Renaissance painting.
Presented well also.
TFS
Richard

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2007-11-07 8:22]

Very nice panorama,fantastic atmosphere of quiet and silence,best whishes,Luciano

Silke,

I Like this image alot,
The colors in the tree to right is very well placed.
Very peaceful,

fototab

Hello Silke,
Beautiful soft -in the good sense of the word- view; like the clouds in that blue sky and the yellowish tree in the forground.
Well composed.
TFS
Annick

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 23 N: 3656] (13083)
  • [2007-11-07 8:35]

Hi Silke,
well to me this is more of a John Constable in my opinion ;o) Wonderfully composed and a classic landscape, beautiful in it's simplicity.
Paul

You really show off your eye and the ability of the Nikon to capture this scene. The way in which you composed it through the viewfinder sticks right out. A good job from the get go means not too much playing with the image later on.
The full saturation of the sky with contrasting clouds is super. And the subtle changes in similar colors, such as different greens, blue greens and almost silver greens against the sky, river and full autumn tree makes for a full scope image!
Bob

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2992 W: 162 N: 950] (2789)
  • [2007-11-07 9:47]

Hello Silke,
What a wonderful and peaceful view along this slow-flowing river. Excellent DOF, great sharpness and the yellow/green/silvery colours are so beautiful!
Many thanks, Ulla

Hello my friend Silke,
This is trully a great landscape photo well captured and composed also well framed!
You had taken the best pov with land, sky, river, trees etc everything what a landscape photo require!
the exposure and focus just excellent with good quality of sharpness, natural colour and details
my special compliment towards this!
all the best
Tony

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8625] (32146)
  • [2007-11-07 10:33]

Hi Silke. Your Picture of the river looks just like the river where i live the view is just the same. You have captured a very nice compostion. very good colours and detail. well done TFS. good notes too. you make the frames loo so nice .
Nick..

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  • jesst Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 172] (2411)
  • [2007-11-07 10:43]

I like this wonderful landscape. Composition is great, color is nice. Amazing POV and beautiful sky above the river.

Hi Silke,
Outstanding landscape!
It's so good your POV and the way you managed to compose this exquisite composition.
It seems like if the yellow tree was seeded there for this picture, its just at the center of interest and looks great.
A beautiful clouded sky and perfect colour saturation enhances even more this shot.
My compliments and thanks for share it.
Best regards,
JM

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  • martic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 179 W: 3 N: 156] (1315)
  • [2007-11-07 11:55]

Hi Silke,
Really superb landscape photo, excellent composition with natural colors
thank you
best regards
Jean-Michel

Hi Silke, beautiful composition with splendid river, great colors and excellent sharpness, splendid sky, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello Silke,

What a peaceful view along this slow-flowing river. The photo has a good quality of sharpness, natural colour and details. A very nice composition. Excellent DOF, great sharpness and the colours are beautiful. Nice frame. Interesting notes. Regards and TFS BOB

Hello Silke,
this is a wonderful landscape. Great framing, POV and sharpness too. Very nice colours and a great composition. Thank you.
Gr.
Heinz

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2007-11-07 12:57]

Hi Silke,

A beautiful river scene with wonderful colors. The composition is superb. The eye follows the water around the bend. I love the one tall tree on the side. Beautiful green bushes and a lovely sky.

Jane

Bonsoir Silke
Félicitation pour cette belle prise de vue avec ce superbe paysage avec cette belle riviêre bordée d'arbres .On croirait voir une carte postale,avec de très belles couleurs et une jolie composition.
Merci et au revoir....JP

Hi silke,

A nice image of the Grand river and of the trees, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

This is a lovely shot... well balanced and exposed. You managed good depth of focus and nice detail. Is this what they mean by "picture perfect"? : )

TFS
Evelynn : )

Hi Silke,
Beautiful landscape. Very good composition. The tree in the FG, and clouds in the BG, both in sharp focus are just superb.
Thanks for sharing.
- Nirmal

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-11-08 6:47]

Hello Silke

What a beautiful pastoral scene.I must admit I was unfamiliar with this Ontario river.
It is a beautiful composition with lovely puffy white clouds int he sky.
I like the way the river gently bends.
Well focused with excellent details.
TFS

Rob

Perfect curves and lines, great colors, perfectly composed. Just beautiful!!!!
:)

As usual an amazing composition, colors, the frame,everything are super.
Bravo
Marie

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3816 W: 190 N: 11348] (34987)
  • [2007-11-10 13:10]

Hello Silke,
I missed this superb shot of the Grand River. Great diagonal composition, the Fg being dominated by the aspen in autumnal colours, while the puffy clouds comptete with the similarly shaped willows on the far bank of the river.
Great landscape!
Well done, thanks and enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Ivan

Hi Silke,
strikingly well composed river landscape under a marvellously blue, nicely cloded sky with very rich details, wonderful transparent colours, great atmospheric beauty, looking very clean and unspoilt.
Thank you! My best regards,
Peter

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer [C: 191 W: 0 N: 10] (173)
  • [2007-11-14 7:32]

Hi Sike,
Beautiful scene exposed and composed wonderfully.
It reminds me of a Renaissance painting.
selamlar

Splendid composition!
TFS
Mark

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