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A Beautiful stretch of water.

Challenge #2 in the Countryside series. Hosted by bluemoonman.

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Simple really any area of water which you think is beautifull, A lake, pond, river, canal or the sea, a smooth mill pond or a stormy sea, with reflections or without, with boats or without lets see your best photos of water.

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Sunset glides in

by mattersdorff

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Camera:	Pentax K10D
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Submitted:	Thursday, 25th October, 2012 02:03 (GMT)
Taken:	Tuesday, 26th August, 2008
Focal length:	55 mm
Shutter speed:	1/90 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
ISO:	400
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Le Kilt

Dreat shot, well done.
It would be well worth applying a bit of noise reduction to it...

Nov 9, 2012permalink

SRT201

Oh common... isn't it obvious he walked out and placed a fake bird prop in the middle of that marsh and then waited for sunset.

Kidding... :-)

AWESOME shot. You just never know when some creature is going to inadvertently change your composition for the better.

Nov 8, 2012permalink

thejohnnerparty

LOL LOL ;-)

Nov 9, 2012permalink

mattersdorff

thanks everyone for your nice comments, this photo actually won a photo of the month competition cross the entire Travelpod community when I posted it as part of a travel blog when visiting Kruger National Park, South Africa. It was shot in rapid-mode so obviously chose the picture just before the bird hit the water. The bird really did glide in so slowly and gracefully.

Nov 8, 2012permalink

jmoutinho

Congratulations on this distinction given to the photo contest.
It's a great composition, and worthy of the prize.
Greetings.

Nov 8, 2012permalink

MenM

Great Photo!
congrats

Nov 8, 2012permalink

Pixnat2

Stunning capture!

Nov 8, 2012permalink

Rajeshb

beautiful shot

Nov 8, 2012permalink

citrixfreak

Very well done!

Oct 26, 2012permalink

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