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10-OCT-2008

10/13/08 - Mountain Meadow

This a "no hand of man" version of the the PAD two days ago - http://www.pbase.com/image/104352928 - and was taken a few minutes before the previous version. The fog hadn't burned off as much yet in today's version and the sun was just a bit brighter at the moment.
No "Hand of Man" is often a restriction in nature photography contests & exhibits. They will accept minor deviations (like the barely visible fence in the upper meadow and two fence poles near the trees at left) but anything more is pushing it. Besides always trying to shoot both horizontal and vertical formats, where possible I also try to remove the hand of man.
Of the two versions, I prefer the one from two days ago with the hand of man - the leading lines of the foreground fence make for a stronger image IMO even if it's less "natural". Since my style wants a foreground element, the best that I could do with today's PAD was the dried up Queen Anne's Lace front and center - which doesn't work very well.

Nikon D300
1/25s f/22.0 at 18.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time10-Oct-2008 09:30:41
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D300
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/22
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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lou_rozensteins13-Oct-2008 22:04
It's a lovely composition with great colour! Voted.
Sue Robertson13-Oct-2008 21:49
What a glorious landscape!.. v
Marco Valk13-Oct-2008 17:27
beautiful landscape shot
Guest 13-Oct-2008 15:42
Superb landscape with a foggy background to add to the beautiful colours ;)