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In this busy world of ours the simplicity of old is easily forgotten

Taken this week at Forked Lake in the Adirondack Mountains
Comments welcome as always
Thanks for viewing!
Peter
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Jul 17, 2006 at 08:26 AM

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I hesitated a moment over the strong vertical near the center of the frame, then decided it works because of the assymmetrical composition of everything else.

Jul 17, 2006 at 09:43 AM

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Photon wrote:
I hesitated a moment over the strong vertical near the center of the frame, then decided it works because of the assymmetrical composition of everything else.

Thanks for the comments Jess. I hesitated over it also, but the more i looked the less distracting it became, until i liked it. I'd be curious about other viewers opinions.
I could painstakingly remove it.
Actually it was a series of 3 poles at the end of the dock....the 3 poles were overwhelmingly distracting, so i waited until i drifted (in a kayak) even with them to make them appear as one.
Thanks again
peter

Jul 17, 2006 at 10:44 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · #212: Simpler Days

Nice shot, Peter! I don't mind the big pole simply because one expects something like that at the end of a dock. I love the sepia treatment and the low contrast. It gives it misty feeling. Bravo!

All the best,
Endre

Jul 17, 2006 at 11:29 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · #212: Simpler Days

Very nice photo Peter. I enjoy the visual scene and the feeling that comes with it.

Ed

Jul 17, 2006 at 01:29 PM

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Peter,
Wow!
What a wonderful photograph and I hope you framed this one.
Best of luck this week but I don't think you will need it

Tom

Jul 17, 2006 at 06:19 PM

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Thanks Endre....actually it was pretty misty...the environment helped the image alot.
Appreciate and value your comments as always
Regards
peter

Jul 17, 2006 at 08:25 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · #212: Simpler Days

Beautiful shot Peter, the stillness and tranquility is wonderfull. I like all the elements of this photo. The sepia tone gives it an air of times past. Well done.
-Nick

Jul 17, 2006 at 09:03 PM

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Gorgeous in its simplicity.
Jane

Jul 18, 2006 at 06:45 AM

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Ed...Tom....thanks very much for the comments...always appreciated from both of you.
This is a nice week for images in the WA!
Peter

Jul 18, 2006 at 10:59 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · #212: Simpler Days

I was just thinking in simple terms myself!

Simply a very pleasing photo, yet somehow almost complicated by the strong line dividing things on one side or the other.

Jul 18, 2006 at 11:26 AM

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Peter:

In the thumbnail view, this image didn't really "grab" me. Fortunately I stumbled into it anyway. It really evokes a sense of forgotten simpler times. Creates a real mood. Nice sepia treatment too; someday I'll have to learn how to do that.

Good luck!

Jul 18, 2006 at 06:00 PM

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Peter,

Simply beautiful! You have captured a mood and conveyed it amazingly well with your post processing treatment. I like this a lot, and I would like it even more without the pole, which would, in my opinion, give it more of a nostalgic look, but even with the pole in there, this is a powerful reminder of oft-forgotten simplicity.

Robert

Jul 18, 2006 at 06:36 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · #212: Simpler Days

What a photo! Super. That's the place for my next vacation, looks so relaxing.
Christian

Jul 19, 2006 at 10:07 AM

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ironabike wrote:
Gorgeous in its simplicity.
Jane

Thanks Jane....I liked your entry this week also
Peter

Jul 19, 2006 at 10:31 AM

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teglis wrote:
Peter:

In the thumbnail view, this image didn't really "grab" me. Fortunately I stumbled into it anyway. It really evokes a sense of forgotten simpler times. Creates a real mood. Nice sepia treatment too; someday I'll have to learn how to do that.

Good luck!

Letely I've been doing sepia in Paintshop by desaturating and then adjusting the color torwards both red and yellow, which seems to be a better sepia than the sepia 'artistic' filter
Thanks for the comments!
Peter

Jul 19, 2006 at 10:34 AM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · #212: Simpler Days

Caley and Robert......thanks to both of you for the comments. As for that 'pole' in the middle of the picture, this AM I carefully removed it from the image and the picture looked wierd somehow (at least to me). I left a small pole because the boat has to be tied to something......and it just wasn't right. so.........i guess it's part of the picture.
Oh well...............it's not in the finals anyways, but the pole is an interesting question.

Thanks again for the comments!
Peter

Jul 19, 2006 at 10:38 AM

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cennerfelt wrote:
What a photo! Super. That's the place for my next vacation, looks so relaxing.
Christian
Thanks Christian....i actually caught a bass under this dock, I was on the lake for a week and almost didn't come back (it was the WA that brought me back to civilization)
Peter

Jul 19, 2006 at 10:41 AM


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