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  1. 10-15-2008, 11:12 PM #1
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    Fall in taxachusetts (1 pic)

    Location: Wachusett Reservoir, Old Stone Church, West Boylston, Ma.

    Some cool history behind the church. Here is the wikipedia clip: "From 1896 through 1905 West Boylston endured the building of the Wachusett Reservoir and the destruction of its mills and farms. When the Wachusett Reservoir was completed, the church remained standing as the last remnant of the town which was once in the valley, but was now flooded by the new reservoir."

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  2. 10-15-2008, 11:29 PM #2
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    That is STUNNING
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  3. 10-16-2008, 12:34 AM #3
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    Nice shot.
    70-200 2.8 IS? Guessing off the exif.
    This would make a nice Obama "Change" background
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  4. 10-16-2008, 06:12 AM #4
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  5. 10-16-2008, 07:19 AM #5
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    I used to party in the woods near there when I was a lot younger.

    oh and nice shot.
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  6. 10-16-2008, 09:16 AM #6
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    Great shot.

    I wish there were 4 seasons in Santa Barbara. (sometimes)
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    Nice shot....Pretty sweet in B/W as well



    (Sorry, had to play a little....hope you don't mind.)
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  8. 10-16-2008, 10:27 AM #8
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    nice shot. great colors, though it doesn't look quite level.

    and that is not a very good b/w conversion.
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    Alright Mr. Fancypants... let's see better then.
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  10. 10-16-2008, 10:54 AM #10
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    Thanks for the compliments everyone.

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    Nice shot.
    70-200 2.8 IS? Guessing off the exif.
    Nope, just the regular 70-200 f/2.8, non IS.

    Quote Originally Posted by smalls View Post
    nice shot. great colors, though it doesn't look quite level.
    What do you mean by that? Landscape photography is not really my forte, and I had a lot of trouble trying to render accurate colors from the RAW file. No matter how I worked it in PS or LR, I couldn't get the reds and oranges to pop as nicely as the Jpeg counterpart.

    I also toned the church separately from the rest of the image. It was slightly cooler than the rest of the scene. You can probably tell that the colors of the church + reflection don't exactly match.
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    He means the horizon line isn't level (ie the shot is tilted)
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  12. 10-16-2008, 10:59 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by advres View Post
    I used to party in the woods near there when I was a lot younger.
    Hah, yes, me too. I spent many summer hours jumping off the rail bridge near there. We didn't know it was illegal until a friend of ours got arrested for it one day.
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  13. 10-16-2008, 12:49 PM #13
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    nice picture
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  14. 10-16-2008, 05:45 PM #14
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    dipstik - spectacular! I love the colors you guys get with all the deciduous trees out East. Kinda almost sort of makes up for the skiing...

    To my eye, this is a much better B&W of that, but it still can't match the color version. JMNSHO
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    Beautiful shot!

    I agree the colors make the shot. The horizon looks level to my eye.
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