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One of my favorite places to photograph the play of light on moving water is at the Geddes Dam on the Huron River, and under the Dixboro Road bridge which crosses the river just downstream of the dam. All of the structures, as well as the vegetation, provide subjects for 'fractured' reflections. Especially in late afternoon there are opportunities for geometric abstracts involving light and shadows. Along the banks a number of rocks, partially submerged, offer shots of water foaming around them and pouring over them. The tailraces of the dam give views of surging, roiling water, and of collected debris, depending on whether water is flowing. The water that emerges from the tailraces often contain rafts of bubbles that are interesting in themselves, or can decorate the various reflections.

If certain images, looking just at the thumbnails, seem to be duplicated, please open them up. One will be an 'original'. The other(s) will have been treated with various filters or other special effects.

I decided to upload and collect (older images) all such pictures to a single gallery, to give me and other viewers a better sense of the place, and the inspiration it gives me as a photographer. I have also created a "Geddes Bridge..." gallery in "Places - Near/ Ann Arbor area parks" for scenes of this area along the river ( http://arctangent.smugmug.com/Places-Near/Ann-Arbor-area-parks/Geddes-Dam-Gallup-Parker-Mill/19450863_PFZNQp )
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Reflection Abstract
(September 15, 2011 #11)
The light colored parts treated with Poster Edges.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Reflection Abstract
(September 15, 2011 #9)
Treated with a sequence of Accented Edges and Poster Edges, then Shadows/Highlights

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Clouds of foam dot the liquid terrain of the river's surface.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Choppy water - choppy reflections.  Look closely and you'll see bits of red and white from a 'DANGER' sign.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Half and half.
I used Picnik to flip and "fix" this picture.  I was curious to see whether the reorientation was disorienting (often they are), and was pleasantly surprised with the results.

Unfortunately, having Picnik do these operations always results in a loss of resolution or picture quality.  Oh, well.
Half and half.

November, 2010.
Gallup Park dam at Dixboro Road.
Repeated warnings.

November, 2010.
Gallup Park dam at Dixboro Road.
At the new Dixboro Bridge.  Detail of retaining wall #4.
This shot is more about the way the colors of the wall light up the water, and the ripples transform the reflections into a pleasing abstract.  Other shots of the wall seemed more about the detail of the formed steel plates and the way they were rusting, so I chose to put them initially in the New - miscellaneous gallery.

November, 2010.
At the new Dixboro Bridge.  Detail of a retaining wall #3, narrow symmetrical crop.

November, 2010
Huron River, Gallup Park, Ann Arbor
Reflection Abstract
(September 15, 2011 #11)
The light colored parts treated with Poster Edges.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Reflection Abstract
(September 15, 2011 #11)
The light colored parts treated with Poster Edges.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Reflection Abstract
(September 15, 2011 #11)
The light colored parts treated with Poster Edges.

Under the Dixboro Road, Huron River, Ann Arbor
Canon EOS 50D |
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Original size: 4752x3168 |
Current: 800x534 |
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Keywords: lines bridge river reflections clouds signs pillars colors september railings photoshop abstract filters shapes overall accented edges huron river post processing pp poster edges 2011
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