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Uploaded: 09/22/11 9:26 AM GMT
Stump Meditation
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A quite different take on one of the stumps in Some Old Ditch. Normally I like things high contrast but something about this just cried out for another approach.

Enjoy.

Mikel.

Comment: it is interesting what you don't see in your own shots, because you already have settled on "how" you are going to see them. The quality of visual confusion/ambiguity that this contains, totally passed me by when I was working on it because I KNEW what was what. Thanks for the feedback Bob and Mr C.

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::Dunstickin
09/22/11 9:27 AM GMT
Tis' like upside down surrealism!...

Good in this mode mate...I like it....lots!
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::corngrowth
09/22/11 9:37 AM GMT
Mikel, the shadow of the stump together with the clouds may bring some confusion when one doesn't realize that the latter are reflections . A good composed but somewhat surrelastic scene. Therefore it would have been a good item for the surrealism contest, but you're too late, my friend.

Regards, Cornelius.
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.tndr
09/22/11 2:37 PM GMT
Ha! Surprising and good!
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.Tedi
09/22/11 4:53 PM GMT
Strange and interesting capture. Very good, too.
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.mia04
09/22/11 5:33 PM GMT
I was fooled as well at first, thinking the stump was piercing the sky :-) On a second look I got it...
Good details in the stump, and overall a very provoking image, it makes you stop and look and think.
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.cynlee
09/22/11 8:33 PM GMT
Yes, I can hear it crying out. lol It looks like the spike is coming out of the sky. Clever composition, Mikel.
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.ovar2008
09/22/11 9:36 PM GMT
Imposing image.
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::palral
09/23/11 2:13 AM GMT
Mikel....

I like the juxtaposition I see between looking at a stump and reflection or a stump amongst the clouds. The monotone was a good choice and the composition is right on the button.

Roger
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.Nikoneer68
09/23/11 2:57 AM GMT
This is really top notch work.
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.icedancer
09/24/11 10:12 PM GMT
Marvelous capture and really like the B/W & wonderful reflections
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