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21-JUL-2006

That Sinking Feeling, Guangxi 2006

Guangxi 2006

Canon EOS 20D
1/2000s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time21-Jul-2006 14:36:08
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1/2000 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent100
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White Balance (-1)
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality (6)
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Guest 27-Aug-2006 01:17
A frail leaf brushes against the face of the stream.Tangled among the hairs of light blowing across her cheeks.Until the balance shifts with the next breath.
Phil Douglis24-Aug-2006 18:28
I usually dislike photos that are tilted for the sake of effect. It is a photographic cliche, a conceit that has outworn its welcome. They make me feel as if I am on the deck of a sinking ship. And that is precisely why I love the tilt here, Kal. You use the cliche to make the only point it can make -- that something is slipping away from us. Given this subject, it is the ideal use of frame. You wanted a sinking feeling, for him and for us, and you got it. It is a perfect example of my contention that form follows function. We don't use form for its own sake in photography. We use it to help us express the point at hand. And you do just that here.
AL24-Aug-2006 15:30
Interesting dof and angle. Your perspective made me feel like I'm the one sinking, soon below the water and eye level, while the boatman is the one sliding away, soon off your frame. Amazing.
Guest 24-Aug-2006 14:53
Fantastic title for this wonderful image. The "Sinking Feeling" of the image is fascinating. Very well thought and done!
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