Breaking the Rules

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• skerdreux (1381)
• [2007-03-04 15:45]
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• nmess (2267)
• [2007-03-04 15:46]

Great reflections and conrast in this one. I think that the woman adds a bit of color and interest, though I doubt she walked on water, as she looks like she got her feet wet to me :-P

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• claudio74 (4290)
• [2007-03-04 15:46]

Hello Ryan
Great pic and very god note.
Great compo in a wonderful place.
really original.
Thank for sharing
regards
Claude

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• Jityna (8)
• [2007-03-04 15:46]

Hi Ryan, I think you broke the rules very well, the shot looks fantastic and you add perfect note. Good job. TFS
Jityna

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• larson (106)
• [2007-03-04 15:47]
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• wautersw (2906)
• [2007-03-04 15:51]

Hi Ryan,

please continue breaking the rules ;-), it makes a better and more creative picture. TFS

Wolf

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• tehanu_f (5341)
• [2007-03-04 15:52]
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Hahahahahaha, this is a very funny note! ))))

Despite all the rules you seem to have broken, this pic looks absolutely amazing and it is just so because you've violated those golden rules! Thou sinner! Thou shall burn in hell!))))

The horizon line being rigth in the centre creates a mirror effect and the girl breaks this effect beautifully! I dont know much about photography but I think this is a great pov, no matter what rules say. Congrats!
Fusun

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• chicken (2247)
• [2007-03-04 15:54]

Great note :-)
With the perfect reflection and the corona of clouds above the mountain this image looks very unreal. If that's a postcard of that place, I'd probably buy it - and I mean that as compliment ;-)

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• sacavem (4359)
• [2007-03-04 15:54]

Hi Ryan,

Excellent composition, very nice colours,and sharpness.The human element is very well in this photo.Wonderful landscape!good snapshot and good lightenning.

Best regards and a good sunday.
filipe

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• Mikos (4320)
• [2007-03-04 15:59]

Hi Ryan!

I really love your image, in the same way your useful note with its advices!
Great effect, but also great colours and light, and pov!

Cheers!
Miguel

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• padeg (421)
• [2007-03-04 16:12]

Hi Ryan

Excellent note for that amazing picture.
A detail makes that picture even better to my opinion : the woman is not looking the photographer, she is looking in direction of the mountains and clouds. She drives our eye inside the image. An excellent idea.
Pascal.

ps: I ordered that lens, I can't wait to play with it. Looks to be an excellent tool !

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• broglia (2565)
• [2007-03-04 16:28]

Well what are rules for - exactly ! Nice work Ryan - great colours, wonderful light, excellent composition. Just a pity you cut her feet off ;-) !!! Best regards, Roberto (Keep breaking those rules)

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• Cormac (24523)
• [2007-03-04 16:28]

Great shot Ryan! This is a real beauty, for so many reasons - the glorious color and light, the reflection, the great pattern in the sky, but most of all for the person appearing to walk on water. It's a very attention getting image, and the red clothes really make her stand out. Excellent!

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• bdayer (489)
• [2007-03-04 16:29]
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• xkolba (3769)
• [2007-03-04 16:33]

Hi Ryan,
Very good composition with beautiful colours and great reflexion! Nice clarity and perspective!
Nice work
Maciek

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• pastadog (10151)
• [2007-03-04 16:45]

Hi Ryan - Fantastic photo and excellent note; the light, the reflections, the fascinating sky, the human presence, all this well captured and put together efficiently; well done, Daniel

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• marietom (18400)
• [2007-03-04 16:52]

wouaw, c'est superbe !!!
Marie

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• jaywalker (8973)
• [2007-03-04 16:55]

Hi Ryan, A brilliant reflection, the colours are very good & superb composition, good chose of POV & overall a wonderful piece of work & a perfect exception, kind regards Wilson.

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• Vincelavisse (443)
• [2007-03-04 17:01]

Bonjour Ryan,

Wow, when you break your rules, you're doing fantastic pictures! The composition is fantastic.

TFS,

Vincent

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• maximage (9019)
• [2007-03-04 17:20]

Bonsoir Rayan,
Tout a été dit! c'est MAGNIFIQUE!
Amitiés.
max

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• Cricri (27606)
• [2007-03-04 17:45]

Bonjour Ryan,
De magnifiques reflets qui copient la beauté du paysage, de la jeune fille, de trés jolies couleurs, une réalisation parfaite, jolie votre galerie
amitié
cricri

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• mesutilgim (22137)
• [2007-03-04 17:51]

Hi Ryan,
Great, great, great ! Wonderfull compo, great colors.
TFS
MESUT ILGIM

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• gary91 (13167)
• [2007-03-04 18:01]

Hello RYan,
Your image is excellent, at least as the note is !
Go on breaking the rules so often if it is for delivering such images ! I don't know why but this image reminds me of a Pink Floyd Album (wish you were here) illustration.
I like it a lot !
Best regards, Christian

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• zumoduvas (1277)
• [2007-03-04 18:06]

Hello Ryan.

Excellent picture, nice composition and colors.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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• leiju (1591)
• [2007-03-04 18:07]
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There's not much left to say, is there?
The clouds and reflection almost assemble an engine of sorts, making the girl the pilot of the whole... quite a fun picture to play around with (in the imagination that is). May I allow myself the liberty to express my slight sorrow (too strong a word) at the fact that she is burned out, just that bit? Her reflection is quite simply perfect but her face and top of clothes seem to have melted in a bit of a burned out tinge. Not that it is extreme, and not that one would ever really care about such a tiny detail considering the rest of the image and its overall perfection, but I just wanted to point it out. Perhaps hoping you would tell me that in the original one all is even more perfect?
What a view.
Can one build a house with this kind of a sight? ;D
Excellent idea, excellent rule breaking and perfect everything else.
Thanks for once again capturing the Beauty of our Earth.
TFS and all the very best,
Julia

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• TravelerNL (2433)
• [2007-03-04 18:20]

Hello Ryan,
Usually I get bored with rules, I tend to skip them, do not read them. I'll just try and find out my self ... You did follow some other rules though ... I think ... you placed the girl at 1/3 of the height but at 1/6 of the width (is that a rule violation as well?) for the rest this photo seems perfectly fine to me. Very nice colors, beautiful reflections, good compo ... a very good photo. Well done.
Harko

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• pedrocarmo (1268)
• [2007-03-04 18:45]

Fantastic view, with fantastic reflextions.
Great photo and great note well done

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• irimi (807)
• [2007-03-04 19:11]

Hello Ryan,
Excellent composition and colors. Although I try to follow the rules I break them too :)

I have one question though. How did you get away with all those filters stacked without vignetting on that lens?

Regards,
Ahmet

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• jonathan_hart (13914)
• [2007-03-04 20:21]

hey Ryan !
congratulations for that photo !
- excellent POV (wonderful place),
- great miror effect,
- nice colors,
- very good composition,
- funny note...
what else ?
amazing!
:-D
best regards,
jo

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• sc07 (1246)
• [2007-03-04 20:30]

Hi Ryan!
Excellent picture and excellent note!! Very ironical one, I love it! Maybe your photo is wonderful precisely because it breaks the rules. I believe artistic creativity is all about this: breaking the rules. Funnily enough, yours respects at least one rule quoted belox if we consider the woman as the main subject of the composition: she is in the lower third...I love the moutain and sky reflections on the left, they look like a giant holy eye...
Seb

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• mlopes (492)
• [2007-03-04 20:54]

Super!!!!!!
I don't have really much to say... there are incredible place out there. This photo is almost perfect.
Mario

PS: i like 50-50 compositions, but hey... don't tell anyone

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• gemlik (969)
• [2007-03-04 21:27]

Hi Ryan,
WOOWW!!!
Incredible reflection,The light and color are beautiful.TFS and best regards
Bulent

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• cbrman (12742)
• [2007-03-05 1:52]

Hello Ryan,

Briser les régles est efficace de temps en temps ! Cette photographie le montre bien ! La composition bien qu'atypique est très réussie et le centrage de l'horizon est très efficace lorsqu'on veut créer un effet miroir ! Bravo pour la note !
A+

Dominique

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• vincz (17510)
• [2007-03-05 3:24]

Excellent compsotion despite (because of?) all these broken rules! very good colours, perfect reflections. A very eye catching shot. Congratulations.

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• tjanze (5668)
• [2007-03-05 3:31]

Hi Ryan!
Wow! Walking on water.Excelent photo and good note.
I like horizon in center in this case.Amazing symetry and reflection.
Rule:Brake the everydays rules and you will find something new.
Regards!

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• dkeus31 (23398)
• [2007-03-05 6:08]

Hello Ryan,
Nice composition, funny note; sometimes breaking the rules also works well.
Regards
Didier

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• Framboisilla (5386)
• [2007-03-05 9:56]

Hello Ryan,

Wonderful this sharpness and these reflection !!! A beautiful composition, very dynamic, colorful. I like it !

Regards,
Stéphanie.

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• jjcordier (13985)
• [2007-03-05 10:06]

En transgressant les règles, on réalise des merveilles photographiques....Superbe!
Amicalement
JJ

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• dmarizz (1600)
• [2007-03-05 11:30]

Hi Ryan,
it would be useless to add another comment containing expressions like amazing, stunnig, brilliant idea or whatsoever... as they positively fit your job. Regarding the Rules, to be honest it would be better (to me, obviously!) not the break the second one, as the dark sky makes the composition a bit fake. But, apart this, it is amazing, the colours are stunning and you had a brilliant idea with that pretty girl "walking on the water". I envy your skilfulness, Dario

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• kushi (0)
• [2007-03-05 12:52]

suberb,,congratulations

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• PerR (1287)
• [2007-03-05 13:24]

Hello Ryan.
Excellent photo. Great composition and POV. Perfect light and colour. And one more thing: rules are to be broken!
Maybe you could have changed.. no.. I don't think there was anything to change.
Thanks for sharing

Regards
Per

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• vinci (564)
• [2007-03-05 15:38]

Hi Ryan,
Grande photographie ! Du bel art !
Tu as choisi d'aller au-delà des "règles", mais quand on parle de photographie, on peut parler d'art ! Et là, il n'y a plus de règles, sauf d'être créatif et d'oser ! La composition que tu partages est symplement magnifique !
Merci du partage et à bientôt sur TE

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• gramma (3427)
• [2007-03-05 15:48]

Hi Ryan,

Superb image ! Reflection is perfect, like colors and composition. I like particularly the colors and the presence of the woman on the right. Really good work, congratulations !

Christophe

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• Stan (2766)
• [2007-03-05 16:17]

Bonsoir Ryan,
Great note for a great image! Nice and perfect mirror effect. Well done!
Serge

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• luisafonso (13026)
• [2007-03-06 4:36]

You did it again Ryan! But this time with great style! :) You broke all the rules and I love it! Specially because it was you that done it :))))) Boy, this is a dream. You forgot to mention the burnt trousers broken rule ;) It's a great shot my friend, one of the most beautiful landscapes I've seen lately. I need it for my calendar :) as I am trying to break some rules there too.

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• pboehringer (18164)
• [2007-03-06 10:51]

Hi Ryan,
excelent moment to break the rules. Rules and guidelines are for those that doesn't know it better. The master knows when rules and guidelines are a hindrance to achieve something new and meanfully artistic. Any more words necessary?
Cheers, Peter

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• fayeulle (22824)
• [2007-03-06 11:25]

Hi Ryan
I am amazed, first by this fantastic note, second by the note, third by the nomber of filters you used here. You would ask Adam to increase the nombre of lines of filters because at this moment, only one is possible !
Very good job
Cheers
JP

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• anesugur (13816)
• [2007-03-06 17:19]

Hi Ryan,
This is a beautiful composition.
The light, reflections and colors are excellent.
Very well done.
Best regards. Uğur

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• IgorDeleze (14236)
• [2007-03-07 3:35]

Hello Ryan,

What to say .... It's difficult to write a comment in french for a so great picture and for me it's impossible in English...

Continue to break the rules !

Greetings.
Igor

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• Ann75 (0)
• [2007-03-07 15:35]

Hello Ryan,

Wow, amazing shot! Go ahead and keep on breaking the rules...it seems to work for you...hehe! I love the colours very much, the lighting is also amazing and the reflections on the water are stunning. The red jacket on the girl makes for a nice touch. Great compostion with great quality! Great work, Ryan!

Greetings,
Ann

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• AnimeshRay (8655)
• [2007-03-07 16:51]

Terrific symmetry!! Lovely color...
You know, some say that 'rules are there to be broken'!! :-)
Wonderful image.
Animesh

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• robiuk (9480)
• [2007-03-07 18:23]
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Ha - there's another rebel! Good!
;-D
Hi Ryan,
Everything's been said, so it's hard to be
original and I don't want to go over the
top now by spilling a torrent of adjectives.
I would consider it a perfect landscape shot,
if only the girl wasn't in the frame.
(personally have nothing against her, of course,
just not my cup of tea, if you know what I mean).
Is this really a water surface or have you
'photoshoped' it? (no pun intended, just honestly
curious as you didn't mention a thing about the
subject of your photo).
Cheers,
Robi

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• Scharan (11117)
• [2007-03-07 19:08]

Que foto sensacional Ryan...
Maravilha de cenário e cores lindas e intensas.
O reflexo é perfeito. Exclente trabalho, meus parabéns!!!
Grande abraço,
Vera.

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• cdmonson (1263)
• [2007-03-07 19:50]

Hi Ryan:

Wonderful note! And I love the picture as well. You have a talent for making the Great Salt Lake look quite beautiful. I haven't been out to the lake's shore in years--maybe I'll have to head out there this year. I like the inclusion of the person in the water. It adds some color and variety to an otherwise simple shot. Well done.

Clark

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• Elaine_Blath (8396)
• [2007-03-08 4:17]

Hi Ryan,

fantastic note ;-) made me quite cheerful this morning...yes so many rules broken and yet a good and pleasant to look at photograph...well done!!

Take care, Ivana

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• greg64g (17371)
• [2007-03-08 5:39]

hi Ryan

Wonderful exemple that's there is no rules in photography, the landscape is so wonderful. you have so many talent.
i have also the combinaison cokin CPL and sigma 10-20 on a 400d but i am not very happy of the result, my old hoya (broken) looks better.
cheers
greg

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• baba_flies (4072)
• [2007-03-08 9:04]
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Hello Ryan! I am late, but better now than never to drop a few lines on this outstanding photo bringing out the soul of this place. It is only some months ago that I was invited for the pre-opening of the film documentary "Bonneville400" directed by the famous Swiss photographer Hannes Schmid, making a film about the Honda Formula 1 racing team attempting a speed record on this salt lake. My friend was working for the editing company as a trainee, and so I became the lucky one getting a very private inside-look among family members, friends, film people ... and I was of course "gone", fully inspired after the film. The documentary is not so much about "speeding" but the passion behind it, the salt lake as a nature spectacle and its people trying out all sorts of "speedy" things on this lake. And as you point it out, the flooded areas became a real problem for the Honda team.

I got all carried away, sorry for my side trip. This is truly excellent work of yours, and I am sure the Bonneville400 team would love your work too. Barbara.

www.bonneville400.com

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• sindineta (93)
• [2007-03-08 9:20]

Hi Ryan,
I like this pic, it makes me feel a bit lonely but also free, all details are very well done. Good work!

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• cozy (939)
• [2007-03-08 13:46]

Hi Ryan,
Spectacular photo! If this is the result from breaking all the rules, then carry on breaking them!!
Regards,
Costa.

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• Amphitrite (1196)
• [2007-03-09 14:00]

Hi Ryan!
Superb shot...:))
Composition, reflection, colors, nature, light, sharpness etc. excellent.
Great WORK. WEll Done!
Pinar

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• sebinho342 (17015)
• [2007-03-11 13:54]

Hi Ryan, well i have to say you that i've already seen this picture at least 10 times already ;) ... A famous one, no surprise to see this killing shot in your gallery, just few members can post kind of shots like that, you are one of them. I won't talk too much on that picture cause i guess everything has been said ... just wanted to congratulate you ... so talented Ryan
Keep on dude ;)

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• kensimage (6948)
• [2007-03-11 23:57]

You young kid photographers nowadays just have no respect for the rules. Why, when I was your age I'd'a been taken out to the woodshed and beaten, just for violatin' the rule o' thirds. If I got just one li'l comment without a green smiley, mah butt was shooed off to bed without supper. Furthermore, I walked five miles through the snow to get to photography class and back--uphill both ways. And I didn't complain, neither. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, youngster!

The photo really creates its own kind of space, kind of a dream world, enhanced by the way the girl stares off into the distance. It could have been an album cover for 70's "drug rock." Beautiful colors! I might actually agree that the sky is a bit dark, but we'll certainly let you off with a warning on the violations this time. Regards, Ken.

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• jmcl (11664)
• [2007-03-14 0:42]
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Hi Ryan,

Striking .. the colors and tones .. the immense distance of that mirrored water .. the lone person .. really thoughtful against the powerful sky and stark distant mountains ..

You know I have been thinking a bunch about the relationship of the rule of thirds in music and visual arts .. in music if I move the point of high tension from the "golden mean" to the center I create what we call an "arch form" .. A really great example is the first movement of Gorecki's "Symphony #3 - A Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" .. it creates a meditative almost ritualistic effect .. it requires the listener to come down with you for just as long as they went up .. it requires a bit more involvement on the listeners part .. but with all "art" the more the viewer is involved the more reward they find.

take care,

John

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• bakes888 (11755)
• [2007-03-14 3:40]

Hi Ryan. I think the rules are misnamed, I think they should be called guides, and as such they should not be hard and fast. As you have shown. Great photo. Excellent landscape, I love the human presence. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

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• Talia (242)
• [2007-03-14 15:59]

great shot! You are seriously talented my friend! I think i actually learned something from your note as well! I heard Utah was beautiful, but this is spectacular. I love the colors!
Talia

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• bach37 (128)
• [2007-03-15 5:02]

You have a very unique sense of humor!
Good one my friend.
Best regards,
Márcio Costa

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• Dubsie (331)
• [2007-03-16 4:41]

such symmetry!! awesome! Really really an exquisite frame. Great work Ryan!
TFS,
Durba

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• DarkoG (2223)
• [2007-03-19 3:10]

Good note and interesting rule breaking photo.

REgards Darko

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• designsoul (21302)
• [2007-03-19 9:26]

LOVE it! And your note is just as phenomenal, Ryan. Being of the Hun persuasion ;), all I can say is that laws are to be broken with gentleness, when you know how to, with good results. And this is a proof of that. Fantastic work. No wonder it has brought in so many critiques, accolades, so well-deserved.
Keep on breaking rules, please! But not the last one... :-)
Bravo!
sasa

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• dolin (15647)
• [2007-03-21 5:22]

Waouhhhhhh....just impressive and wonderful !
No more comment for this somptuous capture !
Great great work......BRAVO
fred

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• dilane (8733)
• [2007-03-22 16:29]

Hi Ryan,
I think like sherdreux
what beautiful picture
good compo, colors, .......
regards dilane

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• zeca (16542)
• [2007-03-24 3:08]

Hello Ryan!
Congratulation for both your picture and your interesting note! The image is beautiful and I think that the rule of good light works a lot! ;-D
Regards,
Zeca

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• veve (4221)
• [2007-03-24 5:44]

Hi Ryan,
Very fine photo!
Excellent mirror effect and wonderful light!
Great composition!
Have a nice weekend,
Veronica

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• Mistral (11522)
• [2007-03-25 14:45]

Great image, Ryan
for an outrule photograph!
little add here not already written: the purity of your image and the water still gave it a sort of ethereal mood, really great.
A smile
Luca

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• plimrn (15209)
• [2007-03-26 0:24]

Hi Ryan,
Your rule breaking was clearly rewarde not only with the stunning perfection of the photo but also with the outrpouring of acclaim. HLJ, Pat

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• Serendipity (1043)
• [2007-03-27 9:41]

Rules are made to be broken !
Very good choice, and magnificent picture.
Regards
Marc

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• xavshot (45415)
• [2007-03-27 15:29]

Bonsoir Ryan
je découvre cette photo ce soir et j'avoue que j'aurai bien aimé en être l'auteur. Le personnage est excellent placé et apporte une belle touche de couleurs à ce paysage grandiose. La photo est magnifique. Bravo !
Xavier

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• pilpel-adom (2770)
• [2007-04-01 14:04]

Well, I guess that after 785 views and 74 critiques, my own 5 cents are a bit late...but even so.
Must say it is some pretty damn awesome picture...(HuHuhu...)
;)
Seriously, this is one those images you just can't forget, especially because it is so technically flawless...In this case, as it is a reflection, THE RULE says "transform it (the reflection) into a mirror" and symmetry so fits here...ha!
Na, no rules indeed, do what ever you want as long as you deliver you're artistic mind and soul across the screen to us all...
Impressive shot, so perfect...
Well done!
Chen

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• tcht (7116)
• [2007-04-05 2:13]

Hi Ryan
thats a very very clever composition here! first, without the woman, this's already a real stunner with fantastic lighting and symmetry. the centre horizon maybe a bit 'boring' as you put it, but the reflections and lighting r good enough that we can ignore the horizon.
then, by adding the person the scale of the place's well presented. furthermore the reflection of the woman adds an extra, invisible 'horizon' to the image, located at the lower-third, which in effect balances out the central nature of the natural horizon. also, you've placed her on the classic two-thirds location. some rules might've been broken, but many are still being obeyed - at least thats how i interpret it ;) congratulations!
Best wishes
CheukHin

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• Didi (27842)
• [2007-04-19 5:58]

Hi Ryan
You forgot the rule : Do not center the main subject:))
About walking on water I think that Jesus did it.
Very nice composition.
I appreciate well your artistic creativity.
Cheers.

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• vapours (7461)
• [2007-05-15 7:36]

Love it Ryan, and having that person in the shot just adds so much as far as showing the size and amount of space in the scene. The reflection is brilliant..you could almost flip the image and nobody would know.

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• Delfin (1279)
• [2007-05-17 16:06]

You are the best, Ryan! :-)

Delfin

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• hookery (615)
• [2007-05-22 2:37]

Una foto perfecta, gran trabajo! y gracias por las reglas!

Yuri

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• watercoolant (96)
• [2007-06-01 8:59]

Incredible composition! The horizontal line bisecting the picture just makes it surreal! And thanks for the rules!

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• rozy975 (3035)
• [2007-06-03 19:54]

This is just gorgeous!
Nothing to add.
Well done!



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"An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind." Mahatma Ghandi

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• Polonaise (15244)
• [2007-06-06 17:05]

OK, Ryan...
The next time i will be near Wendover, Utah, I'll try to remember all those rules...
In the meantime, let me enjoy your photo - immensely...
Great (family (:-)))) stuff, man !

Technique - beyond competition...

All the best
g.

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• eyesthetix (599)
• [2007-06-15 5:47]

WOW!!
Well done.
Best regards, Daniel

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• dbyoungster (41)
• [2007-06-16 21:16]
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• brevbrev14 (19507)
• [2007-06-23 4:01]

Hi Ryan, this image is out of this world!
fantastic!!
so great the reflection here, it seems to be in a dream!
absolutely stunning work!
BRAVOOO!
ciao!
Valeria

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• delkoo (23371)
• [2007-06-23 7:18]

hi ryan
amazing shot, here is something surnatural, lovely reflection and great effect of the woman walking on the water.
I am fond of colours as well and surprised by the many filters you have added to get that visual impact.
very well done
cheers

didier

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• kiks (3435)
• [2007-07-02 5:52]

Conclusion: have the guts to break the rules and you'll get a great photo like this one. Thanks for doing it.
greets
Kiks

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• capthaddock (27873)
• [2007-07-07 21:02]

Hi Ryan - I know this place, but never seen it under such a dramamtic light (I guess I should spend the night in Wendover next time rather than Elko), fantabulous, and the note is one of the best I've read lately.

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• khawaaja (1008)
• [2007-07-07 21:08]

Great photo - rules are there to be broken, but it is also important to know the rules before you break them!

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• mphotographies (1281)
• [2007-07-10 0:36]

Tastefully done Ryan! Breaking the rules makes a photographer challenged, amazing how the woman cuts through that perfectly balance horizon...it's a breakthrough!

Cheers!

Jom

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• banyanman (7274)
• [2007-08-10 8:45]

Ha ha, maybe you should have tilted your horizon too, Ryan. An amusing post as well as a stunning photograph.

Cheers . . . David

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• Bluejeans (17251)
• [2007-08-20 14:46]

Ola Ryan ficou fantastica esta tua foto , um espelho perfeito , muito boa a definição da foto , bom enquadramento , parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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• deud (1590)
• [2007-08-27 23:24]

wow! what a beautiful image! great note. exceptions rules! tfs

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• AiresSantos (22815)
• [2007-08-28 1:35]

Wonderful picture, Ryan !
Great colours, lovely reflections and very interesting note
TFS and have a nice day
Aires

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• Seb82 (2179)
• [2007-09-14 10:22]

hi ryan
a very amazing reflection's shot!! impressive!!
you're an excellent photograph!!
i adore>>>> in my favorite
SeB

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• hispic (3576)
• [2007-09-23 10:16]

Hello Ryan,
Fabulous shot!
This photo gives me the big surprise, and I could find the various new ideas.
Especially, it make an impact that a woman is standing in the lake.
Everything is perfect!
Regards,
Hisashi

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• yuo (242)
• [2007-09-27 2:52]

Hello Ryan,

amazing. great great picture.
thanks nice note.
i think it it best of trekearth.

TFS!!!
Yuo

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• rbcy1974 (20182)
• [2007-09-29 9:54]

Hello Ryan
I have just discovered this one
and its magnificent
yOu are proving that tehre are always exceptions to the rules.
Horizon: great
COlours: Great
Light on the hills behind: great
Lady in red: priceless
Really awesome
Regards
Daniel

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• ChrisJ (55282)
• [2007-12-16 0:50]

Hi Ryan

This one popped up randomly in your gallery. It caught my eye... & held it. Outstanding symmetry & reflections with superb color & sharpness. Tfs!

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• ALIRIZA (13486)
• [2007-12-17 3:52]

Hi Ryan,
200th point from me. What can I say more? I an say only SUPRBBBB!... Well done my friend...
Have a nice week...
Ali Rıza

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• danos (16977)
• [2007-12-17 5:31]

Hello Ryan,
indeed you broke the rules of photograph with all what you report in your note, but i have in front of me and see, an exceptional composition.The rules are goods, in order to enter certain variables, but finally that I see from your job here, it is not panacea.Excellent your composition with gorgeous reflections.Well done Ryan as your broken rules too!!

Regards,Danos

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• donluicu (21387)
• [2008-01-28 12:37]

hi Ryan
thisis a very interesting shot, nice compo...
and great note: yes, rules are made to be broken

regards

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• veronika (5968)
• [2008-01-28 12:40]

Hi Ryan,
splendid picture and great note, made me smile :))
What an idea, i like it!
Vero

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• ruisc_pt (4487)
• [2008-01-28 12:41]
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• McHughImages (38)
• [2008-02-17 7:11]

Hi Ryan,

This shot is just amazing - great note too. Punchy colours, excellent mirror image, great positioning of elements and what is the person looking at, therefore full of mystery.

Keep breaking the rules and TFS.

Best Regards,

Malc.

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• avene (5018)
• [2008-03-02 11:59]

cannot resist adding my 2 points here :) the photo is just too much to simply look at and say nothing.
not to repeat what others have written, I'll leave it at "amazing"! the landscape and its reflection look like some sea flower (the clouds are the petals, aren't they?). great work, Ryan, my sincere compliments.
best,
Kristine

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• npecanhuk (2978)
• [2008-04-03 10:24]

Wow, that's professional stuff!
Like so much reflexes... but this one is "hors concours"!
Just marvellous! Awesome!
It surely deserves all the points it has here!
Congratulations!
TFS
Neyvan Peçanhuk - Brazil

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• Dragut (835)
• [2008-04-04 7:26]

Hi Ryan

Funny rules, in fact there 's only one rule. The pleasure and the pleasure.....and the pleasure of photography.
Good picture and your construction 50/50 is here very well done.

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• vixchris (75)
• [2008-07-08 0:08]

Ryan
Great, both photo and note,
Cheers, Vicky

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• MLINES (8458)
• [2008-07-08 0:45]

Hi Ryan, An excellent result and amusing notes on the rules! The effect is stunning. The sky and the lady walking on water are good to see.
TFS. Murray.

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• SKOYA (85)
• [2008-07-14 11:56]

As for the horizon rule you didn't technically break it as the subjects legs meeting the water creates a second invisable horizon.. great shot.