Diamond Valley Lake I

Photography \ Nature | 03/17/08 @944 | Tommyguns | critiques (25) | views (838)

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Good day people! Here is my latest submission from a company sponsored photo shoot I was asked to attend. My company (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California) built this lake in Riverside County and needed new photos for our archives! The lake is called Diamond Valley Lake and serves as San Diego's main source of water. This manmade reservoir contains about 800,000 acre-feet of water, or about 260 billion gallons of water. Its deepest point is 260 feet deep and the perimeter is over 26 miles long. This is one of a series I'll be posting here for the Diamond Valley Lake Wildflower theme! Enjoy!

Best Regards,
Tommyguns

Nikon D200
HDR (+1, 1 -1)
RAW NEF
1/60, 1/30, 1/100 @ f/16
ISO 100
Minor Photoshop Adjustments include sharpening, contrast and saturation.

Your C/Cs are welcome and appreciated!

See the larger version for best detail!

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Comments (25)

ThruMyEyez

03/17/08 @948

Love all three zones, the great details in the foreground, the lake, and the great sky. Looks almost like a painting. Wonderful photo!

workster

03/18/08 @041

Nice work. Top marks from me.

waheednasir

03/18/08 @230

stunning - beautiful...

Byonder

03/18/08 @235

Not bad. It's a pretty vanilla landscape shot though. Typically, for me to truly enjoy a photo I need to find at least one part that really sticks out and grabs my attention. The execution of this shot is great, but for me it's missing that element.

moserArtist

03/18/08 @260

A boat in the lake would be that extra item maybe!

Nice HDR and peaceful composition.

No moon?

MsMichelleLynn

03/18/08 @366

Very nice work Tommy. Your HDR treatment is wonderful. I'd like to see a wider band of those flowers in the foreground and perhaps a shift of the entire scene to the right. Perhaps off-centering the lake a bit and having some of the background peninsula moving further into the image would provide more left/right/interest to the composition.

But ... I enjoy it as is!

Michelle

Jafus

03/18/08 @629

Wonderful HDR & Wonderful compostion!!
topmark

ARZILLIER66

03/18/08 @653

Nice work Tom!

great color

ogu

03/18/08 @702

Cool with the road ... Great work

Wysiwyg

03/18/08 @718

I think you met your company's goals well. If I had a hand in building this lake, I would use this to show it off too.

HuseyinKARA

03/18/08 @728

Very good work.

GTO

03/18/08 @742

great HDR...it lacks a little bit in contrast IMHO...maybe next time add a polarizer also...

Almost-Human

03/18/08 @824

Great work

ANY CHANCE OF A TUTORIAL ON YOUR HDR WORK !!!!!

Daykan

03/18/08 @840

Really wonderful!!!

beatrizmatar

03/18/08 @869

Beautiful work +10

Roadrunner

03/18/08 @959

Nicely done HDR. I could also use more contrast and colour in the sky. The view is awesome.

Vasco

03/19/08 @544

Very nice HDR.

Tommyguns

03/19/08 @685

Thanks all for your comments.

@GTO: I had a polarizer on my camera for this shot.

@WYSIWYG: Thanks for the comment.

@Brian: I will get you an HDR tutorial!

Tommyguns

everseen

03/19/08 @830

I know nothing about hdr, but this one rocks. Very nice colors indeed.

Jacobine

03/19/08 @958

Same as everseen says

cupcake

03/20/08 @028

Very Good Tommy.
Top Mark

Hysteria

03/20/08 @343

Love the windy road in the HDR.
Spectacular, Magical, Amazing.. speachless.....

purplerose

03/25/08 @577

Wonderful.

EDi

03/29/08 @542

Great work. With the lake, and photo.

cemagraphics

04/30/08 @330

Colors are very nice

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