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The Eye of the Dragon


The Eye of the Dragon
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Copyright: Francine Malo (NinaM) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 655 W: 0 N: 1623] (5300)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-23
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Leica V Lux1
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-03-26 14:42
Viewed: 641
Points: 24
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Another post from the woods of the Chutes à Bull in St.Côme. While I was walking around in the deep snow, right after a turn this vision: a dragon's eye, with its slit pupil looking right at me.

In fact, this is a big rock buried underneath the snow. The rock is higher than me, it's a huge one. In summer, it is filled with moss and lichen, and we can see on it what I think is iron.

In the workshop, you have the whole view of the buried rock. It is impressive in a way because of the amount of snow. I just read that in Quebec City, they had 5 meters of snow this winter up to now, which is 15 feet! Here in St-Alphonse I am sure we are not far from this. And it is still very thick and it was still snowing this morning. Personally, snow is allright, it's the cold that is getting me tired. Minus 10 in the morning, that's too cold!

Thanks for reading,

Francine
shot in jpeg
ISO 100

THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC

Quebec is the largest province in Canada, and is surpassed' only by Ontario in population and economic development. Its shores were discovered more than four centuries ago and have been settled for nearly 350 years. The St. Lawrence is still the main gateway to a large section of North America.

Quebec extends from the international boundary at the 45th parallel of north latitude, to Cape Chidley on Hudson Strait at about 62° N., a distance of almost 1,200 miles. It thus spans several climatic and vegetation zones, from the deciduous forest to the Arctic tundra. Its greatest eastwest distance is over 1,600 miles, from the 57th meridian, at the Strait of Belle Isle, to the Ontario boundary at 79°33' west longitude. Quebec thus has two time zones. The North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Gaspé Peninsula fall in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone, four hours later than Greenwich Mean time, while the rest of the province has Eastern Standard Time which is one hour later.

The area of the province is 594,860 square miles, 15.5% of the area of Canada. It is a land of great diversity, 71,000 square miles being occupied by fresh water lakes and 160,000 square miles by treeless tundra, waste land and unproductive forest. An area of approximately 70,000 square miles is occupied by agricultural settlement and somewhat less than 300,000 square miles by productive forest, half of which is still untouched.

Quebec has the advantage of a lengthy shoreline. The uninviting coast from Cape Chidley to the southern part of James Bay is 2,550 miles long. The north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the estuary have a shoreline of 1,160 miles from Blanc Sablon to Quebec while it is nearly the same distance along the south shore and around the Gaspé Peninsula to the New Brunswick border at the head of Bale de Chaleur. The seaway is prolonged inland by the navigable waters of the St. Lawrence River and its tributaries. The largest cities of Quebec are located on the waterway and settlement has extended from its shores.

The province of Quebec falls naturally into three distinct but very unequal physiographic regions: (a) the Canadian Shield, sometimes called the Laurentian Plateau; (b) the St. Lawrence Lowland; (c) the Appalachian Highlands.
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Hola Francine, realmente interesante tu explicación y uno se queda impresionado de las magnitudes que nos relatas; solamente Quebec ya es más grande que mi País, que tiene 504.000 kilómetros cuadrados. Debe ser maravilloso conocer esa inmensa zona y a veces uno se pregunta porque no dejar todo un tiempo e irse a conocer esas tierras... la familia, el trabajo, pero las cosas son así.
La fotografía interesante, pero hoy mucho mejor tu explicación jajaja.
Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi Tejedor

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  • lise Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 184 W: 51 N: 560] (2819)
  • [2008-03-26 16:59]

Bonjour Francine,
Je croyais vraiment que c'était un oeil avant que je lise ta description!
Excellent sens de l'observation! Belle composition et prise de vue.
Bravo!
Lise

Vos mots donnent la vie à l'image. Otherwise I would have been guessing:-) Yes.....I should have been there with you and yours in your fine home instead of city winter...same snow...different colour....
Bob

bonjour Francine

Rob (Arfer) avaient une forme de coeur avec une image
de pierre et la neige, et maintenant toi tu nous présente
avec ce même genre d'image un oeil de dragon,

belle image et excellente idée de nous présenter cette photo
mais tu as aussi bien fait de montrer le tout dans le Workshop,
excellents détails dans l'ensemble de l'image, TFS

Asbed

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1111 W: 1 N: 4518] (15132)
  • [2008-03-26 19:49]

Hello Francine,
Your artful eye first saw then captured this wonderful image many would not have seen. The title is PERFECT as is your capture of it, thank you Francine.
Rick

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  • bobair Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 384 W: 84 N: 1259] (4614)
  • [2008-03-26 20:18]

Hi Francine,
wow what an interesting photo you have in this capture and the title you used couldn't be any better.Nature sure is one excellent artist if you ask me , Francine you are one very keen observer of nature's artwork,great eye and imagination.Both photos have all the right elements going for them as everything looks spot-on.An artful and interesting capture that is a cut above many and one I thank you for posting,great stuff! Bob

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1068 W: 26 N: 3206] (11487)
  • [2008-03-27 1:43]

Hi Francine,
what a great shot! Very well seen with good sharp detail...it really does look like a reptile eye! you guys really get some snow over the don't you?!
tfs
Paul

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-03-27 7:08]

Hello Francine

A very cool shot of this big eye.It gives the imagination a bit of a work out.
Well focused with lovely detail.
You have cropped it very well.
TFS

Rob

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1888 W: 245 N: 6180] (22002)
  • [2008-03-27 12:50]

Woo! What a great abstract Francine!
It looks just like a Dragon's eye!
Very good composition, exposure, clarity and light.
Well done!

Joe

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1427 W: 128 N: 5252] (23221)
  • [2008-03-27 14:42]

Allo Francine! Mais tu restes dans la forêt enchantée! T'as l'oeil bien ouvert en tous cas! Bravo, bien vu et bien fait, merci!

Mario

Francine,
A very artful capture of this rock!And a very apt title.
Cheers!
Goldy

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  • Tlapp Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 23 W: 6 N: 19] (110)
  • [2008-04-03 5:57]

It does look like a white dragon's head. Great capture! Not only does the eye make such impression but also the area around it. We have more facial features.
Rafal

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