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#180 Sparkle
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1st - aoc46: Orrefors Kraka "Fishnet" Vase
2nd - Anthony Comyn: Our Radiant Sun
3rd - SteveBee: Christmas Cab
4th - jomari: Evening Bottles
5th - RobertLavker: Sparkleart
6th - ysal: On Silver Pond
7th - johncomyn:
8th - NEAT: one perfect day
9th - elliott: something in the air tonight
10th - babysister: Grandma's brooch.
11th - leanneqld: Reindeer Love
12th - mazarak: I like my sparkles with bubbles!
13th - dk: streetlamp and snow
14th - Mepo: Commercial Sparkle
15th - Fabio Bes: Caldarroste (roasted chestnuts)
16th - mrsawyer: Frosty!
17th - cookiejar: Star
17th - Qixil: The Glint in Winter's Eye
19th - Old Finn: Lots of Sparkles
20th - Lo: Nature's sparkles
21st - rd52: pigdog
22nd - ladpupmoe: Old Lady Bling
22nd - Elyod: Fort Austin
24th - QueenEsther: Angel Bear
24th - Peanut : Tea Pot lid
On Silver Pond
©2016 ysal
Canon EOS 80D
6th
place,
81
points
1/2000s
,
f16
,
ISO 320
,
2788mm
,
Normal Program
,
Pattern
,
no flash
Post-Processing:
Cropped; adjusted brightness, midtone and contrast until looked more sparkly than the original; sharpened slightly; added star brush in very selected areas; resized.
Extra Info:
Shot at a nature reserve wetlands adjacent to the ocean. The sun was starting to dip slightly and shooting against it gave me this look. I selected the shot where ducks were most visible.
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ysal
Dec 27, 2016
Thanks Michael, I suppose that is why all these birds migrate here! This nature preserve is a bird photographer's heaven in the winter.
Mepo
Dec 27, 2016
This is the shot I would have taken if I could. Water doesn't sparkle like this when it's solid :-)
ysal
Dec 27, 2016
Thank you for the kind comments and votes!
aoc - The ducks were more than 100 ft away (I was using a 600mm lens), so fill light would not have worked.
Edited on Dec 27, 2016
mrsawyer
Dec 27, 2016
Very nice scene for the challenge. There is something uplifting about this one!
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Lo
Dec 27, 2016
The sun sparkling off a lake is iconic, and meets the theme beautifully.
cookiejar
Dec 27, 2016
Ducks are a bit lost in the pond of sparkle. Nicely focused.
elliott
Dec 26, 2016
i live near the water edge and see this reflection sometimes. i love it and too bad you couldn't post video because that would scream 'sparkle'. high in my favorites. cheers!
el
babysister
Dec 26, 2016
My favourite. I love the composition and the colour of the water. The ducks are perfect and they best sparkles in the comp.
Old Finn
Dec 26, 2016
Suits to the topic. In my favorites.
Anthony Comyn
Dec 24, 2016
Nice effort. I see you got some starburst on many of the sun reflections. Maybe the birds could have been more in the foreground from a compositional perspective.
Qixil
Dec 23, 2016
Good choice of subject - nice capture, never easy.
aoc46
Dec 23, 2016
Plenty of sparkle in the dark water. Some fill light would help the birds stand out better.
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