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Perth City
Published: 2005-02-13 08:49:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 37479; Favourites: 774; Downloads: 6076
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This photograph was shot a couple of weeks back. This morning firemen finally got a huge fire threatening eastern suburbs under control - 16,ooo hectars of land was already lost. The smoke from that fire is what created the thick, orange blanket of fog you see laying over the city. Though I didn't care much for the smell, the smoke gave the light an extra warm tone this morning.________________________________________
Location: Perth City, Western Australia Camera: Nikon D70 Optics: AF-S Nikkor DX, 18-70mm Filters: Polarizer Exposure: 1/80 sec - F/7.1 Photoshop: Resized > cropped > framed > signed & titled________________________________________
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Many thanks to ~scoota269 for suggesting this one for a Daily Deviation, and to `mirrorkills for featuring it. To everyone who took the time to leave a comment and/or added this shot to your favourites, thank you so much for the feedback, critique, support and motivation.
-Thomas
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Comments: 302
Love the smooth tones and the peacefull and lovely landscape.
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One of the best things I've seen all week! The colors are astounding and the whole pieces just flows perfectly. You really optimized the techniques used to make great art! Super job! 
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Thanks for taking the time to view and leave a comment. Glad you liked it!
Appreciate the 
-Thomas
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That's the most amazing photo I've seen in a loooong time. Nice job!
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Thanks Boris, glad you liked my photo
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perfect shot. love the ducks! great field of depth.
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Thanks for taking the time to view and leave a comment, glad you liked it!
-Thomas
(I believe the term is 'depth of field' by the way, not the other way around 
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SOO gorgeous 
I love how much you captured in this... like, you have some peaceful birds... which then fades into a busy city, I love how you did that...
not to mention, the colors and perspective, and depth are all fantastic...
amazing work
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Very nice, i like it a lot. The tree are lit well and the smoked out city scape being slight 'dumbed' down is a very cool effect, pity about the circumstances. The ducks are a nice feature but work well in not detracting from the main focus. Excellent work.
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Wow! That is so pretty! I mean, what a great eye you must have to have taken such a beautiful image. I love the depth and pale colours. What's happening in the picture is also pretty unnoticeable, so it's nice how you put that in the description. It gives off a sense that wonderful things can come out of destruction. Beauty and great feats of kindness are often a biproduct of tragedy. Anyway, I like the space in between all of the trees where there is something else much smaller, the openness kind of draws your attention to see what is beyond the subtle darkness of the foreground to the brightness of the background. The reds and browns of the trees and their reflections is spectacular, and the business and rippling of the water in the front of the photo all combine to show a deep connectivity between nature and man's creations.
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Thanks for taking the time to get a close look at this, and for leaving such an extensive comment.
Glad you liked it!
-Thomas
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You are very welcome! My pleasure!
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god that's amazing. it's so beautiful, though the story behind it is really sad. it's kindof hopeful though. very nice stuff.
it's especially nice how it goes from blueish green to orange to blueish green again from top to bottom.
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It's a really awesome shot, an hommage to your hometown. Bravo !
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I am speechless. Hopefully, I'll get to see this in person soon.
Great capture.
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Man, I wish I lived there. I live at the polar opposite to you, and the weather here feels like its polar too!
Fabness
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, glad you liked it!
-Thomas
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My pleasure, keep up the fab work
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Beautiful image, the colors are so soft and soothing. Nice work.
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I love this photograph.....Just shows what result you can get if you brave the elements, ie suffocation from smoke
Can I have a print sometime?
Styg
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Hehe, yeah, I was risking my life for that photograph alright!
A print? Swap you one for..say, a 1GB compact flash memory card?
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jazus thats beautiful
but man that fire was so awful 
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I reckon..kinda pissed at myself for not going out to shoot the actual fire.
I heard even the kangaroos at the zoo were all stressed out because of the smoke =/
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wow 
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Beautiful colours and a spectacular composition!
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nice light, nice colors... great photo +fav
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this is a really beautiful shot of perth 
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That's quite a compliment, thanks a bunch
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This is beautiful, the colours are wonderful. I'm liking the reflection of the water especially.
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That's an amazing shot, it's "picture-perfect" (lame unintended pun). I love that you took advanatge of highly unusual conditions for it.
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awsome... its like two great photos in one, the lake and the city *thumbsup*
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Ooooh!! love the colours on the lake, the ripple detail and the silhouttes of the ducks.. nice nice.
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oh.. My... It\'s beautiful!!! great!! fantastic!!! Superrr!!! One of the greatest!! Nice work!! U give me a few seconds of happyness
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