Stepping Stone

[Roman Kurywczak]

From the Adirondacks this fall.....low in the water. I've been trying this type of image for years.....this one is closest I've come comp wise.......still searching for that perfect one.
Canon 1D Mark lll with the 18-1355 lens at f22 for 30 seconds and ISO 100 tripod flat on ground in water....graf studioball head. FF left to right.....crop off top. Saved at 67 quality

[dankearl]

Stunning colors, Roman, and the rock is really cool looking.
The horizontal water lines are a bit distracting, although with a 30 second exposure it would be extremely hard to get a perfectly still water look.
Very Nice.

[Nick Palmieri]

I like the lines in the water, it gives a sense of motion of the water. Great colors and tack sharp rock. Nice one.

[Dave Mills]

Roman, the reflections are beautiful along with good rock placement.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hey Roman, I'd say you nailed it this year! If it were mine I might clone out the brightest lines in the water - floating leaves maybe?

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hey I just noticed the lens used 18-1355mm. WOW! must have set you back a few bucks. :bg3:

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey I just noticed the lens used 18-1355mm. WOW! must have set you back a few bucks. :bg3:
Newest thing (i can dream:e3)........I'm testing it out.........only have to re-mortgage the house:w3.

[chris Bycroft]

Hi Roman,

Great photo. Well done.

[peter delaney]

still searching for that perfect one.


the Holy Grail of photography....

love the colours...

[Andrew Aveley]

superb colours and great reflections ! :eek:

[Rachel Hollander]

Roman - I can only agree with the others, great colors, reflection and comp.

TFS,
Rachel

[Gerald_Gilligan]

Hey Roman,

Nicely done...

The sharpness of the rock against the softness of the reflections keeps the eye wondering around the image to rationalize the juxtaposition !

Jerry

[Jerry van Dijk]

Hi Roman, I think you came close this year...... Great sharpness and details on the rock and you just got to love those fall colors. Two points of critique: I'd like just a little more room between the rock and the left edge of the frame and I don't like that the reflections of the trees make an odd angle with the edges of the frame. Rotating the image CCW so that the lower left line of the rock to be a straight horizontal will easily fix the problem. I tried, but had to crop of too much all around that it did no futher good to the already strong compositional elements, but here's the image just to show you the effect of the trees.
18-1355 huh? Would that still fall in the category all purpose travel lens? :bg3:
Can't wait for next fall and your definite version of the image you've been looking for!

[Thomas Lozinski]

Great image. The color is fantastic but not oversaturated. I think this might work with a more panoramic crop too, not better just different.

[Hilary Hann]

This is beautiful.

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is soooo cool Roman! :eek::5

[John Platt]

Great comp, great color, nice story.

[Mitchell Krog]

Just perfect, well done Roman