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Discovery

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Discovery
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I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
  • Isaac Newton

This is the first shot of a series I took while hiking on on a mountain called Mission Peak. This about halfway up. From the top, you could see the entire Silicon Valley and all the way up into San Francisco. I really liked this shot because of the colors and if you looked really hard from there, you could see out over the ocean.

Camera: Canon EOS20D
Shutter: 1/50Sec
F-Stop: f/14
ISO: 200
Focal Length: 28mm
 
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Avatar Inabottle

 02/17/06 @988

Tiny bit over exposed in the upper left corner, but still beautiful image great colors detials and shadows in this photograph, great capture. Feels almost painted

+9
 
Avatar kylemac188

 02/18/06 @017

wow, that is one beautiful shot. Great work!
 
Avatar piciART

 02/18/06 @020

Nice nice.....nice colors, cool veiwpoint!!! Nice shot!!!;)
 
Avatar Madanapale

 02/18/06 @021

Maybe a lil oversaturated....but great colors and excellent composition!...very well done Joel!!
Carlos
 
Avatar monjo

 02/18/06 @048

Nice work Joel, I like the composition and DOF. I agree with Carlos on it being a bit over saturated. Well done!
 
Avatar Mihai

 02/18/06 @062

Amazing composition! I agree with the others about the over-saturation, but still, max points from me.
 
Avatar ceph

 02/18/06 @123

ooh, beautiful clarity and colors. i once rendered barbed wire, but it wasn't nearly as pretty as this, hehe.
 
Avatar sdavis75

 02/18/06 @123

The composition and vivid colors are excellent. I wish fence post and barbed wire in the foreground were a bit sharper, but overall a great shot.
 
Avatar oldskool87

 02/18/06 @249

wow... great shot... the compo and the colors are just wow... agree about the saturation... still very nice shot :)
got my max
 
Avatar moserArtist

 02/18/06 @259

You are really an excellent photographer Joel and definitely in my favorite list of artists! ;)

Great composition!

I do agree about a bit to vivid colors. If you just turn down the saturation a bit it would have my max.
 
Avatar Foster

 02/18/06 @312

Thanks, guys, for the excellent feedback. You are all 100% correct and I've corrected it. I also threw it around in B&W and liked the results, so I put that picture attached to this one. Take a look...
 
Avatar Umanth

 02/18/06 @396

Very nice shot... beautiful!!
well done..
 
Avatar Grafik

 02/18/06 @410

great perspective and mood on this shot!
 
Avatar MrMagoo

 02/18/06 @534

Great shot! No bad points at all. I really like the colours, the mood, the dof and the contrast. Excellent
 
Avatar Passenger

 02/18/06 @590

stunning piece of work!
 
Avatar Diane

 02/18/06 @611

Wonderful colours and composition! It's slightly overexposed, but that's a minor point. +9
 
Avatar DaVo

 02/18/06 @637

Nice shot. I like it.
 
Avatar OnPix-Artist

 02/18/06 @761

Great colors... perfect composition. ;)
 
Avatar Cigaro

 02/18/06 @894

yup...have to agree:)
 
Avatar blackshad

 02/19/06 @079

agree about the overexposition
other that than... its great
lovely colors :)
 
Avatar ThruMyEyez

 02/19/06 @084

The colors and lighting work very well. The B&W seems flat in comparison to the color version. Nicely done.
 
Avatar brainstormingin

 02/19/06 @282

excellent light. and colors. so i would go for the colored version.
+10
 
Avatar LVdesign

 02/19/06 @948

I really enjoy the composition of this piece-i like the way the perspective and compo draws my eyes to the subject...its a bit over-sat. but the colors are beautiful...top marks! (thumbup)
 
Avatar Almost-Human

 02/20/06 @065

Great image...
 
Avatar Alleggra

 02/20/06 @323

I knew that valley looked familiar :) We live in the same neighborhood!

This is a really beautiful shot too. The sharp focus on the post and the barbed wire is excellent. And the fact that the valley isn't completely lost and out of focus is a wise choice. Nice work! 9/9
 
Avatar MrBlue

 02/20/06 @393

Nice gradient and DOF. Very moody.
 
Avatar folo

 02/20/06 @411

this conveys a wonderful feeling. 9/9.
 
Avatar CRoWNs

 02/20/06 @559

just so beautiful n peacefully piece :) u have a real beautiful gallery
 
Avatar bluewaterkidd

 02/21/06 @065

This is so wikit!
 
Avatar VinA

 02/21/06 @211

beautiful!!!
 
Avatar UE-Skateman

 02/21/06 @227

ridiculous capture, awesome shot
 
Avatar eremita

 02/21/06 @256

Amazing!
 
Avatar tetbautista

 02/21/06 @293

nice shot! love the compo joel!
good job!

tfs,
tet
 
Avatar audentia

 02/21/06 @402

Wow! So beautiful! All the different layers of colours are so amazing! I like the background, and the soft effect in it. Very nice!:)
 
Avatar Dutch-Memory

 02/21/06 @447

It's really wonderful....don't need any other words
 
Avatar Moni

 02/21/06 @767

Very well done :)
 
Avatar SudnDeath

 02/21/06 @951

sky is great in this +10
 
Avatar nod423

 02/22/06 @067

I love your work man!!! My kind of subject love it!!!
 
Avatar trevorm

 02/22/06 @106

Wow, I can't believe that I missed this one! Just amazing! The colors, DOF, composition, contrast...perfect. Excellent. One of my favs of yours!
 
Avatar terencever

 02/22/06 @112

damn.... you've got every element here :) I almos missed the ocean.. but the fussion is just perfect... itS peRfect i thought i was a painting when i was viewing the thumbmail...
 
Avatar Hysteria

 02/22/06 @366

Thats very pretty... I was taken in by the colours.
 
Avatar ratcatcher

 02/22/06 @733

Wow.. Can't say anything. +10/10!
 
Avatar Akira

 02/22/06 @886

I love this pic, definately better in the colour version. The contrast between the foreground and background is wonderful.

Top marks
 
Avatar DreamShadow

 02/22/06 @898

lovely colours :) i've always liked barbed wire- it gives a good contrast with the warm colours of the sky :) great shot :)
 
Avatar MrMagoo

 02/23/06 @087

Beautiful shot! Nice lighting and a very pleasing composition!!
 
Avatar ZedoCaixao

 02/23/06 @217

WOOOOOOWWWW
great details!!!!

7/7
 
Avatar MsMichelleLynn

 02/24/06 @435

Superb! Great composition, colors, DOF. So beautiful.
 
Avatar Tachikoma

 02/24/06 @800

love it
 
anibal1285

 02/25/06 @644

Beautiful shot, great sense of artistic perspective. I am agree about that is a litle bit oversaturated, the composition and the colors are greats and very good DOF.

Keep shooting.
 
Levanon

 02/25/06 @960

Beautiful colours!
I like your composition with the fence, too.
 
Avatar Zingy

 02/27/06 @747

really a good mood.
 
Avatar Aldor

 06/13/06 @768

Beautiful...just....beautiful
 
Avatar myowndamnedeve

 10/23/07 @075

beautiful color....
 
Avatar Daywish

 04/30/08 @517

Good choice of composition and such a pretty view.
 
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Full Name:
  Joel Foster
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Birthdate:
  08/15/1984 (24)
Country:
  United States
Member since:
  07/26/2004

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