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Sunrise at San Luis NWR

Posted by Hikin Mike on Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:41 pm

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Hot off the press. Went for a drive this morning to see what I could capture. Got a photo at twilight and then got so distracted taking pictures of a River Otter that I missed sunrise. After I "shot" him, I got this after the sun rose.

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by Gary Briney on Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:30 pm
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Good recovery Mike -- I like your use of the tree to filter the sunlight. I think this image also would look great run through the low key filter in NIK CEP, or just a B/W conversion.
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by Joe Lemm on Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:02 am
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I like the highlights on the reeds and the reflection is great too.

by Takéo on Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:19 am
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Nice mood but a little oversharpened, I think.

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I really like the backlit highlights and the glowing sky Mike.
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Takéo wrote:
Nice mood but a little oversharpened, I think.


I did tone it down on the right side, but didn't do that on the left side. :oops:
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by Greg Russell on Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:34 pm
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Sharpening looks fine to me...

...beautiful light and interesting comp...I like this!
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by John Labrenz on Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:54 am
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The thumbnail doesn't do this one justice.
Lots to look at...very nice!

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Sweet scene, the backlit is so good....
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by Yiming Hu on Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:25 am
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The backlit scene is nice. I felt the comp is a little busy.
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