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hougaard — The Tree that Couldn't Swim

Published: 2008-01-09 13:06:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 9728; Favourites: 344; Downloads: 517
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Description This Dam is on the N1, South Africa, about 80km before Hanover( i think)...

Anyway....on the farm of a very friendly farmer, he saw me tooking photos from the fence and said I'm welcome to climb over and go to the edge of the water...i got about 20 shots and then a breeze rippled the surface of the water...I would have like to get more angles and an IR shot of the willow....

pano of 3 vertical shots [][][], vibrance,contrast,blacks, saved as psd's.merged the psd's. levels curves.finished
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Comments: 44

RezzanATAKOL [2011-11-20 23:18:11 +0000 UTC]

Your beautifull work has been featured on my journal [link]

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suikoshi [2008-12-15 23:47:25 +0000 UTC]

The clouds look so perfect in this picture. So many natural colours too. It looks very nice.

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Lucy-art [2008-12-15 18:46:53 +0000 UTC]

featured: [link]

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Puszon [2008-12-05 18:11:48 +0000 UTC]

color of the sky is outstanding! Great shot. Love the symmetry

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justeline [2008-10-22 00:20:45 +0000 UTC]

This deviation is being featured in
my Journal

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idyllis [2008-06-14 17:48:53 +0000 UTC]

amazing sky, colours, and composition.
every element comes together perfectly.
the ripple adds interest to an otherwise predictable reflection.
not that i have anything against reflections.
that i love your entire gallery is an understatement.

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Massat [2008-06-08 00:05:22 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!! love the colours...

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jaydigital [2008-04-09 13:30:22 +0000 UTC]

my kind of scene. would have shot this in infrared or with an 10-stop ND.

while post-processing is subjective, don't you think the sky is too blue and dark?

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hougaard In reply to jaydigital [2008-04-09 13:58:19 +0000 UTC]

yip. me and my dad had to drive 1200km in one day....I took about 600 photos that day. I rushed this. and I just had 18-55mm with a few p filters. There are 5 images from that day in my gallery

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neeth1um [2008-03-29 17:38:46 +0000 UTC]

Impressive stuff. Do you always use a tripod for your work?

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hougaard In reply to neeth1um [2008-03-30 09:26:12 +0000 UTC]

when really necesary

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verniceR [2008-03-27 15:02:13 +0000 UTC]

a very breathtaking shot .
if you don't mind me asking , what lens do you use for your landscaping shots ?

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fogke [2008-03-01 19:34:32 +0000 UTC]

hi this photo has been featured in my news here [link]

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hougaard In reply to fogke [2008-03-02 08:59:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Existence-is-Futile [2008-02-03 14:39:43 +0000 UTC]

really nice shot- i love all the random little stories tht come with your piks^_^

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medveh [2008-01-19 12:27:09 +0000 UTC]

It's good that there are friendly farmers as well out there

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steverobles [2008-01-17 06:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Jeeze...some of the people's comments are pretty harsh... anyways, I think your pictures are incredible. Just curious, what kind of CPL do you use???

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99thbone [2008-01-16 07:56:51 +0000 UTC]

like the intensity of colour capture and the way it contrasts against the water -- later days

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bada [2008-01-14 08:35:49 +0000 UTC]

Really excellent photo! The whole reflection and the colors are great!!!

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hougaard In reply to bada [2008-01-15 07:04:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Duvina [2008-01-12 02:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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hougaard In reply to Duvina [2008-01-15 07:12:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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puppeteerHH [2008-01-10 21:57:46 +0000 UTC]

stunning

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hougaard In reply to puppeteerHH [2008-01-15 07:42:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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danUK86 [2008-01-10 19:47:26 +0000 UTC]

great shot

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hougaard In reply to danUK86 [2008-01-15 07:42:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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deep--blue [2008-01-10 17:43:51 +0000 UTC]

Very surrealistic, I like it.

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hougaard In reply to deep--blue [2008-01-15 07:42:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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kihsleek [2008-01-10 10:03:46 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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hougaard In reply to kihsleek [2008-01-10 11:06:13 +0000 UTC]

mkay....gonna try one last time....!

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Adriaan-DeJongh [2008-01-10 09:01:50 +0000 UTC]

It's better, but still it's not special LOL. You must be thinking 'Adriaan is just one hell of a whiner, it's never good!' and ehh, yeah. I don't know what it is that I don't like about this photo... But that it might be unbalanced like b-photo says might be the problem...

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The-name1ess [2008-01-10 08:49:01 +0000 UTC]

Poor tree... Beautiful photo

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LensQtr [2008-01-10 08:24:19 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful scene !
I liked it with the great colors

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gardezlou [2008-01-10 07:44:19 +0000 UTC]

great shot .. very nice work

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b-photo [2008-01-10 05:40:59 +0000 UTC]

fantastic clouds and its reflection..
however, why do i get the feeling that this pic is pretty unbalanced....hmmmm

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devikafernando [2008-01-10 04:54:39 +0000 UTC]

awesome shot!

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APrudentMuse [2008-01-10 00:05:59 +0000 UTC]

oh that is so pretty :]

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storl [2008-01-09 23:39:10 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! It kind of reminded me of this song...[link]

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Pecetta [2008-01-09 21:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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aHchoOx [2008-01-09 20:31:45 +0000 UTC]

Ripples in the water are a nice effect. Good contrast of the sky . What is vibrance??

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Adriaan-DeJongh [2008-01-09 19:55:30 +0000 UTC]

I don't exactly get why there is some kind of blurred part around the right tree... You either uploaded a lousy quality or you photoshopped it terribly O.o Anyway, I think it's ruining the photo. When I took a closer look I could see the edge between the left and the middle photo... quite a shame!!

Dude, you can do sooo much better... Well, that doesn't count for the clouds cause they are srisly fantastic, again

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hougaard In reply to Adriaan-DeJongh [2008-01-10 07:11:41 +0000 UTC]

damn....well....fuck! sending it to scraps then i guess....gonna have a busy weekend so i'll submit on sunday

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Adriaan-DeJongh In reply to hougaard [2008-01-10 08:50:36 +0000 UTC]

Well, or your reputation move it to scraps You don't have to do it all over through.... just GIEF MOR PICS PLX!

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pixel-def [2008-01-09 13:12:36 +0000 UTC]

great shot! excellent colour.
bigger photo!

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pixel-def In reply to pixel-def [2008-01-09 13:23:40 +0000 UTC]

thats better , thankyou

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