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I captured this 3 years ago in a reserve in a mountain valley just outside my home town. Though the lane still stands, the plantations around it have burned down and the ground within the reserve is being rehabilitated to it's natural flora. So this scene will never be the same again.

Jonkershoek nature reserve, South Africa

Canon 40D
Canon 24-105mm L
F16
ISO100
0.5s

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Comments: 264

RPOdesign [2008-06-12 06:28:15 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is a great photo! I love how it gets whiter as you proceed along the trail. The white adds a great eerie feeling to it.

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aiyoshi [2008-06-12 06:25:49 +0000 UTC]

it's really beautiful..

nice view of shot..!

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Pliamm In reply to ??? [2008-06-12 05:57:16 +0000 UTC]

I do love this photo. Thank you for sharring us.

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spacepirate04 [2008-06-12 05:42:07 +0000 UTC]

thats beautiful

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Stael In reply to ??? [2008-06-12 05:39:05 +0000 UTC]

O my God this I can only see in my dreams!! where it is??

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hougaard In reply to Stael [2008-06-12 08:07:17 +0000 UTC]

read the info

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Stael In reply to hougaard [2008-06-13 05:59:52 +0000 UTC]

uh, okay, I see but it doesn't seems South Africa

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hougaard In reply to Stael [2008-06-15 16:14:56 +0000 UTC]

Why not? we have trees too

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Stael In reply to hougaard [2008-06-15 18:16:29 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I know, but it reminds me another photo I've seen a time from Germany

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hougaard In reply to Stael [2008-06-17 08:45:15 +0000 UTC]

lol dunno.

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Marusska In reply to ??? [2008-06-12 05:33:38 +0000 UTC]

Omg ... amazing

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EntropicKitten [2008-06-12 04:36:51 +0000 UTC]

Quiet, subtle awe at this pic.

This is the style i'm trying to develop for myself.

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hougaard In reply to EntropicKitten [2008-06-12 08:07:47 +0000 UTC]

's all in the processing...

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21citrouilles [2008-06-12 03:55:24 +0000 UTC]

Wondrous colours and place. This is a gorgeous capture.

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JunXLab [2008-06-12 03:37:25 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, makes me feel at peace.

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Dark-Kaomi [2008-06-12 03:10:16 +0000 UTC]

There's something magical about this picture. As well as foreboding.

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Gaby-at-the-Disco [2008-06-12 02:40:48 +0000 UTC]

this is really really nice

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Barnavsorg [2008-06-12 02:37:50 +0000 UTC]

It's wonderful! I love it!

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austinboothphoto [2008-06-12 02:09:43 +0000 UTC]

Slightly different than your usual work. I like it!

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TigerDragon00230 [2008-06-12 02:05:14 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Do you mind if I make a background out of this for a profile on a website? If I can I will give you full credit. I want to put a poem around the picture or below it on the background, if I can make it.

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hougaard In reply to TigerDragon00230 [2008-06-12 08:09:24 +0000 UTC]

Credit, link back. And you'll have make do with the available res

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TigerDragon00230 In reply to hougaard [2008-06-14 03:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Alright, thank you! I may or may not make a background with this, but if I do, I will credit, link back, and show you the finished result! ^^

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Massat In reply to ??? [2008-06-12 01:51:23 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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scoooooty [2008-06-12 01:47:20 +0000 UTC]

beautiful..

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WolfGrrl45 [2008-06-12 01:36:43 +0000 UTC]

wow, that's beautiful

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Juhua [2008-06-12 01:07:32 +0000 UTC]

I wanna go there too.

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Nitestream [2008-06-11 23:45:01 +0000 UTC]

Man what an amazing shot.

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Dshark [2008-06-11 23:39:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Thats beautiful!

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iArtsy [2008-06-11 23:28:22 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I wanna be there right now.

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Veritaphilliac [2008-06-11 23:09:03 +0000 UTC]

It's fucking amazing. Were there any effects added on it later? (photoshopping, etc..), or is this the raw image right off the camera

Just asking, cuz I haven't been able to diffrentiate between photoshopped images and natural ones for a while. This one looks kinda natural, but I'm not entirely sure.

In any case, it's a beautiful picture.

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hougaard In reply to Veritaphilliac [2008-06-12 08:13:13 +0000 UTC]

Recently I've been trying to keep my images as natural as possible while still doing the necesary processing. I did quite a lot on this. Darkened the sides of the photo, enhanced the leaf's colors...

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frosty123 [2008-06-11 22:54:29 +0000 UTC]

fantastic picture! good job!

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KeroOx [2008-06-11 22:03:59 +0000 UTC]

It's such a quiet and peaceful place...
Lovely colors too.
Nice shot !

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Roninmaru In reply to ??? [2008-06-11 22:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Beginning of the end, I'd say

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GeminiNinja8 In reply to ??? [2008-06-11 21:56:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow thats like a dream !

:fav: almost mystical xD

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InfinityOnTheRun In reply to ??? [2008-06-11 21:46:55 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous~

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JohnnyCadillac In reply to ??? [2008-06-11 21:42:41 +0000 UTC]


looks really beautiful...the colors are just amazing...


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Shivinski7 [2008-06-11 21:20:44 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful Perspective!

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mmenathalie [2008-06-11 20:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Just amazing.... Like autumn turns into a winter...

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danUK86 [2008-06-11 20:43:19 +0000 UTC]

stunning

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LicoriceMoyashi [2008-06-11 20:40:20 +0000 UTC]

too bad there's not two roads, it's a perfect yellow wood...

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wankaroo [2008-06-11 20:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow! So beautiful!:>

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rad-ix [2008-06-11 20:25:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow, impressive work!!

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pma0625 [2008-06-11 20:17:00 +0000 UTC]

lovely shot

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ProdigalKnight [2008-06-11 20:12:27 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work.

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Kladdpapper [2008-06-11 20:06:27 +0000 UTC]

The colours, the details and the shot is beautidul in every point. I love this

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DuckyPhotography [2008-06-11 19:53:50 +0000 UTC]

that is amazing the road is so distinctive
totally love it !

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SpunkOnAStick [2008-06-11 19:07:28 +0000 UTC]

I'll take the path to winter - we're 100% and getting humid here!!!

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teige [2008-06-11 17:00:05 +0000 UTC]

wow thats an awsome photo! i know youve proven me wrong about africa before but is the snow in this photo real or photo shopped?

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EagleEye666666 In reply to teige [2008-06-11 18:23:31 +0000 UTC]

oh well, yeah i guess it's photo shopped << LOL



to the work: nice done, it's nice to see how the world is different, we at the beginning of the summer here and you are starting to "freeze" hehe
crazy

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