Leaves in a stream

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Critique Style Requested: Standard

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Description

I was taking photos along a favorite creek when I saw this. It was an appealing but of chaos. I was in a spot where I couldn’t set up the tripod so the shot was handheld.

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I decided to use a fast shutter speed, and on balance I think that was the right call, but I’m not sure the water in the shot looks like water. Does it?

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ISO 2000, 213mm, f/11, 1/500th sec.

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This does take a bit to figure out it’s water, Don. Sometimes those titles come in real handy to lead the viewer in the right direction. This is a wonderful small scene with really neat lighting highlighting the leaves here and there.

Did you mean to put this in Everything Else? Looks more like a small scene landscape image to me.

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Thanks, Dennis. It’s useful to know that the water isn’t obvious.

I put the image here because it didn’t seem to fit in any other category.

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No problem, Don. Thanks.