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Log Chute 2
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A Log Chute is a man-made trough used to carry logs over rough river landscape to a downstream sawmill. At one time Ontario(Canada) had thousands made of maple/beech/hemlock. Now there's only one remaining. Log Chutes were always attached to dams built by the logging companies. These dams, of timber crib construction, held back the water until the spring log dirves when thousands of logs would be flushed downstream in a mighty torrent. A reconstruction project spanning 1999-2005 saw the chute returned to it's former glory. Constructed of 50,000 board feet of locally felled and milled Hemlock. Additonal information can be found at www.standhopemuseum.on.ca

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.21citrouilles
01/22/07 9:06 PM GMT
Thank for the info. I find this image very interesting. Love the flow of the water and the wonderful clarity. The only problem is the bit of overblown highlights at the top. Beautiful angle of shot. :)
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.iloridaa_enjekat
01/24/07 3:02 PM GMT
For being such a simple photo it really conveys a lot of information. The shutter speed you've used allows the rushing water to illustrate its power and the clarity of the shot allows the contrasting timber and calm water to be as strong a visual as the water in motion. I also like the way that the strange workings of nature come into play through the tooth-like icicles at the bottom of the support timber. As for the highlights at the top, a little Photoshop burning would take care of that, but, I've never been too turned off by highlights -- that is, after all, the way our own eyes sometimes handle bright sunlight and I always like reality in a photograph. This is a very nice piece.
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hipfan
01/24/07 7:29 PM GMT
this is a great picture , the rush of the water and the clarity are great. you did an excellent job
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.Zyzyx
01/25/07 2:04 AM GMT
Great shot, detail, color, framing are right on the mark, and I also like the "Bit O' History"
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Anastasiatheo01
01/25/07 2:13 PM GMT
I like the way you've captured the swift motion of this water, but what I like best is the ice formations, like a chain of crystal beads, or like glass teeth!

Anastasia
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::RobNevin
01/28/07 3:39 PM GMT
Thanks for your kind comments on this simple picture. It was an easier picture to take than it was to walk through knee deep snow to find a good vantage point!

Fair comment indeed about the exposure and yes it's easy enough to correct. I don't spend much time "goofing" with my pictures and they're mostly presented raw from the camera. Taking pictures with dominant snow in brilliant sun is a definite challenge. One that I'm working to master.

Thanks for the feedback, always appreciated.


Rob
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