Submitter's name:	Joel Wilcox
Title:	Winter sunrise
Gear used:	OM-4T + Zuiko 35-80/2.8 + cable release; Bogen 3221 tripod
Diaphragm:	f16
Shutter speed:	auto + 1.3 stops exp. comp. (probably about 1/2 sec.)
Film used:	Fuji Provia F
Technical information:	Lens was zoomed close to 80mm
Subject information:	Sunrise on new snow
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Nice! Deja vu to ADITL3? ;) Now, if grandmaster John Lind taught me well, the rule of thirds was applied splendidly in this shot.

Comment left by: Chung Seow Lim (boochap@pacific.net.sg)

Wow...

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

Lovely, just lovely.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Great use of colour

Comment left by: Ian Nichols (i.a.nichols@blueyonder.co.uk)

I do like the way that a bit of mist enhances not only the depth but also the undulations in the terrain in shots like this. Sumptuous colours, just like entry 3.

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

What's not to like? Nice work.

Comment left by: Jim Caldwell (jamesfc@gte.net)

Great colors and foreground detail. Nicely composed!

Comment left by: Moose (dreammoose@attbi.com)

Such luxuious tones and textures. Subtleties must be even more glorious in the original.

Comment left by: OMaddict (no e-mail specified)

Nice as-is, but cut off the upper half and you're left with the best picture of this TOPE. I'd buy the poster...

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

Yes . . . rule of third indeed . . . and very powerfully used. Very well composed; obviously visualized beforehand or perhaps in the making, but definitely considered before pushing the shutter release. I wouldn't crop the top much, if any . . . it would move the powerful sun position too much. I like the imbalance with the trees combined with the sloping ground. It provides an anchor on the left as the eye drifts off with the horizon line to the right and into the haze. The sunrise colors in this are very nice. Red-yellow sky contrasted with the snow which retains a blue cast from the overhead skylighting to keep its feeling of coldness. Noted the exposure compensation to keep the sun from blowing it out. You must have some experience with shooting into one. Nicely done! Also an example of great flare control on the part of the lens; there's some detail right to the edge of the sun's disc.

Comment left by: Ken N. (no e-mail specified)

Looks like a Joel Wilcox shot. Don't remember getting that much snow this winter in Iowa, though. Very nice shot.

Comment left by: Roger Wesson (roger@worldtraveller.f9.co.uk)

Beautiful - one of my favourites. Perfect exposure, and a huge sense of 'wish I'd been there' with that hazy sky and misty landscape. Looks like the sun must have been dimmed down by the mist, which was lucky. Getting up at the crack of dawn has reaped fine rewards.

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

This must have been a cold and early wake-up! I wish I had been there, but my efforts would probably not have matched this photographer's. It has strong composition and lovely colours with nicely graduated tones.

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

I think the 1/3 spot on composition, 1/3 amazing color and 1/3 lovely subject add up to a whole lot of beauty. But that's a different rule of thirds ;-) Very good!

Comment left by: Jez Cunningham (no e-mail specified)

Like it!

Comment left by: Ahmed (nomailsassd@yahoo.com)

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