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Watergate
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Copyright: Albert Zaldivar (albertz) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 262 W: 4 N: 361] (1486)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-25
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon D50, 52 mm Circ. Polarizer
Exposure: f/11, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): symmetry [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-03 5:55
Viewed: 593
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This watergate was taken at the same place where i took my previous posts (Bangpain Palace). I was kinda disappointed with the sky and was contemplated if i could do something with it using Photoshop. I tried to use the famous gradient technique using blue as the foreground, picking the right color is not that easy. After long hours of trials, i think this is the best i could do.

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Hello Albert,

Very sensitive picture of a perfect keept corner! The gras is beautiful just like the watergate in the center. You were right to increase the saturation!


Have a great day!

Hello Albert.
Nice photo with good composition and lovely reflection. A delightful garden. You did some good PP to get some colour into the sky. I think that it looks like a bright sunny sky, but the landscape below does not look like the sun is shining, despite some bright green colouring. The bridge shows no shadow at all. So, despite the nice composition I find it looks a little strange.
Regards,
Andrew

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  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1833 W: 78 N: 2384] (10957)
  • [2008-05-03 7:13]

Hi Albert! I was glad!-)))for your visit, I knew in your gallery a lot of interesting points that I want later to study, Here I love your amazing picture with the symmetry and want him to have in my collection? on the subject symmetry
Thanks
Georgios

POV is great and so are the colors.
I like the reflection,very clear and sharp!
Great composition!

Have a nice day!

Alexandra

Hello Albert,

a very interesting shot, I wonder if there is a secret behind the watergate?
Colours are great!
TfS
Harriet

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3605 W: 226 N: 4778] (15209)
  • [2008-05-03 10:32]

Hi Albert,
There is lovely light and color in this well-framed composition. I love plumeria trees but have never managed to capture one as beautifully as you have here.
HLJ, Pat

Hi Albert,
Very nice picture, sharpness and colours are amazing! I like very much this composition presenting an aesthetically pleasing integration of elements.
Thanks for sharing,
MCV

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  • dumbo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 223 W: 52 N: 118] (1270)
  • [2008-05-04 1:05]

Hi Albert,
I like the beautiful colors of this photo and I also like these great water reflections.
The sharpness of this photo is really good and this composition is nice.
Well done!

Best wishes,
Eino

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  • Nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2029 W: 0 N: 4719] (22954)
  • [2008-05-04 2:16]

Hello,

Quel reflet, mangigiqzue de très belles couleurs printanières, un beau buisson tout en fleur, un superbe cliché.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

Hi Albert.
I like this shot a lot.
I like the water reflections, the composition and the perspective giving depth to the pic.
Well done.
Best regards.
Bobo.

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  • UlfE Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1392 W: 14 N: 1382] (5573)
  • [2008-05-04 10:07]

Hi Albert,

A wonderful scene. Really well-composed with the blooming tree in the foreground and with superb reflections in the pond. TFS!

Cheers,

Ulf

Hi Albert!

I am very surprised to read in your intro that you are quite new to photography, all of your photos so far, are of a very high quality. We should thank your wife, I think, because she infected your with the "virus" of photography. One more time a beautiful reflections, great framing and composition, excellent light managment and beautiful colours! Congratulations!

Best regards,
Hercules

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  • trekks Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1241 W: 114 N: 1979] (6842)
  • [2008-05-04 20:06]

hi Albert

Really looks like a postcard, very still and peaceful place. Lovely garden concept and well composed shot.

tfs, bill
later

Hi Albert, another fine composition from you here, your pp work is pretty decent, well done!!

have a nice week,
Fabio.

The composition is very good with the inclusion of the flowery tree in the foreground. The colours are good with some lovely reflections in the water. I'm not convinced by your changes in the sky because of the reflections. The sky would have been reflected too. I can see from the reflected sky that there was some detail with clouds and some blue. One thing you could do next time is to try a ND grad filter, so the exposure between land and sky is balanced out. If that is not an option try shooting in RAW and the detail in the sky could possibly have been rescued.
Kath

Hi Albert

Very great amount of detail and a very spectacle reflection. It seems that you have mastered the art of capturing reflection. Those reflections are really perfect. Love the sharpness and color of this shot. Great composition and fantastic POV.

Regards,

Lopshang.

hello Albert
I went 4 times in Thailand,but never in Ayutthaya,when I look at your pictures,i think that it was an error!It seems to be so beautiful!Here,the reflection is superb,and I like your POV very much,including the flowered tree on the left!The vivid green of the grass is superb,and makes a nice contrast with the blue sky!This one is maybe a little bit strange,as the blue doesn't seem natural!Anyway,it's a really beautiful photo!
Have a nice evening.
Pascale

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  • alford Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 812 W: 43 N: 1013] (3738)
  • [2008-05-05 21:59]

Hello Albert! I think the sky is ok as it is. What really attract the eyes are the reflections and those 'golden' grasses. Love also the way you composed the shot to highlight the curves of the water. rgds.

Hi Albert and thank you
Very beautiful photo with nice colours reflections and POV
Well done
Best regards
Nick
e.g. Sorry no points until 20/5

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12338 W: 246 N: 16219] (64846)
  • [2008-05-08 3:18]

Hello Albert,

Work with photoshop call for what experience, but through a lot use shall in the future all better.
Depth and perspective are very well, also the colours are pleasant for look it, when your different hours to this picture have worked than earn you absolutely two points.
Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

Albert,
This is a well composed shot. The reflection adds nice depth and balance to the photo. The lighting and colors are fine as well.
TFS,
Asa

Hello Albert. The photo with the dominating colors green and red is impressing. It works by its clarity and peace. Also the composition is outstanding. Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3817 W: 8 N: 2528] (20295)
  • [2008-05-15 10:33]

Albert,
The cmposition is really nice, with beautiful lighting management and starting from a nice poit of view. Well done!

Abraço

Paulo

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4629 W: 120 N: 429] (40717)
  • [2008-05-19 23:02]

Hi Albert,
beautiful place and view. Good POV, very nice reflections. I like it. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

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