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Photographer’s Note

The Savages.
Talybont, Powys. UK

Most unusually, I decided to take my camera for a walk at 7.30 this morning. Actually, this is completely unheard of. More usually, at about this hour, I'm doing battle with a half-man half-unicorn on the outskirts of civilisation, or greeting foreign dignitaries at the door of an underwater tea party - if you take my meaning.

Taking a break from these exertions; peeking beneath the ra-ra skirt, not seeing a beautiful emerald pool, waiting for the savages. Am I still dreaming?

Regards

Tayon, Sanderson-Brown, lrw1966, phwall, cobbydale has marked this note useful

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Tayon (1840) 2008-07-16 6:43

Hi Colin

great work with a inusitate image and full of fine details.
good colors, sharpness and POV.
I think you used the flash too.. am I right?
a perfect composition!

TFS

Taba

mark_mk (246) 2008-07-16 7:39

Hi Colin,
a vey nice shot, excellent choice of the vertical format and the shutter speed of 4 sec. gave you a wonderful blurred water, jsut how I like to see it. Great POV and superb colros. Very nice, I like it a lot!

Take care
Mark

rossofuoco (6412) 2008-07-16 8:01

Hi Colin.
Ottimi colori e ottima composizione.
Ciao Renzo

Sanderson-Brown (1697) 2008-07-16 9:03

Hi Colin,
a great expression of nature's strange ways. Good exposure to get the correct lighting. Have to give waterfalls a try one day!
tfs
regards
Paul

lrw1966 (1632) 2008-07-16 9:18

Colin Hi:
This is quite interesting, wonderful composition with crystal clear colors,detail and impressively presented.
Congratulations, very well done.
Larry
USA-tfs

phwall (5821) 2008-07-16 15:33

Hi Colin,
Impressive shot, I too have yet to experiment with slow shutter speeds. Interesting you choose f/14.0 for the aperture. Was this to get the sharpness into the shot. As you can tell I'm still quite the novice. Beautiful balance you have acieved here, the vertical crop works very well. Very pleasing to the eye. You must have nature at your back door.
Cheers
Peter

wolf38 (13187) 2008-07-16 20:52

Hello Colin. A piece untouched nature, - a kind still life. Very beautiful colors and light. It is a photo for eye and soul. Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

CMJC (3186) 2008-07-17 4:47

quel contraste entre le 1er plan et l'arrière plan! on croirait deux mondes différents... mais en harmonie toutefois grâce à cette grosse pierre moussue. chaque plan aurait pu faire un cliché à lui seul mais l'association naturelle qui plus est est superbe. le format vertical s'imposait bien évidemment...

cobbydale (1928) 2008-07-26 3:22

Wonderful and original shot Colin. With the silky waterfall and the dangling green tendrils of the ra-ra skirt it looks quite surreal - this would have made a great cover for a 70's "concept album" by a band such as Yes. Nice work.
cheers
Leon

Sam_CH (3255) 2008-09-10 10:48

Hi Colin. Looking at your beautiful gallery, (especially your picture of USA), I found this one incredible.
There is something strange, magic in that one, looks like a painting.The different colours fit well together. I like it a lot. Good job. Kind messages.
Samuel

mmohan (286) 2008-11-10 11:21

Hi Colin
Very nice POV and composition.
well done.
Manoj

mporterf (461) 2009-07-29 14:04

Colin,

This is a gorgeous photo and it spans so much info & detail. Well done. It's a shame you didn't keep shooting vertically and stitch the photos together for a vertical panorama.

My wife and I are visiting Wales in September and hope to see scenes like this one. Can you recommend any similar locations of beauty that are not tourist traps?

TFS,
MP