Dams
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Dams

November 2020

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Entry 7868529
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Super color and clarity to this photo. It gives such a great feeling of "bigness" I really like the landscape in the background as it gives such depth to the shot. You structured it just right to make the dam the focal point and reason for the reservoir. The hardness of the concrete stands in nice contrast to the softness of the landscape.

Entry 7868853
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Such a powerful image! The structures are art, huge functional art. The sky in the background makes this a dynamic living photo, I can almost feel the wind. The green moss along the bottom of the piers breaks up the silver and gray of the rest of the photo. The perspective with the receding piers gives depth to the shot.

Entry 7870890
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Wonderfully captured.! This can be a hard place to get a good photo with the shadow and glaring light making balance hard to achieve. You've gotten the lighting and balance just right to capture the beauty of the area. Great color and clarity. Great movement of the water.

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I really like the soft treatment in this photo.,it gives it kind of a dreamy look. The muted colors are really pleasing. Really a nice perspective. The sky behind and movement of the water give it a dynamic feel, this is a living place.

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Entry 7877467
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Nice, old tyme look to this picture. The mood really fits the image. Wonderful lighting and framing of the subject. The warm tones really bring out the old wood and brick. The background sky and trees give depth to the image. It feels like you just stumbled on to this scene while on a Sunday walk.

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Entry 7888814
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Makes you dizzy! Such an interesting different perspective! I can't image having a house that close to where the water comes down. The green fields and trees are in nice contrast to the hardness of the concrete. The roads and uneven lines in the field soften and add interest.

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Entry 7919331
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Excellent color, depth of field and clarity. The dam i clearly the focal point even with all the beauty going on around it. Everything from one side of the picture to the other is in sharp focus. The leading line of the river up to the dam draws your eyes to the dam. The variance of greens gives this such a deep lushness. Everything but the dam and road across the dam is soft and round giving a really nice contrast from the natural to the industrial.

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This is so elegant in its simplicity. The curve of the dam is mirrored in the hills and water. The lighting on the face of the dam gives it a nice soft rosy glow. The clouds hanging over the mountains gives it a dynamic living feel.

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Please enter your photos of dams constructed across water, which can be some of the most scenic of man-made structures. Photos can be in colour or black and white.

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