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Searching for tranquility

This image is one that I captured about 3-1/2 years ago during a walk through the gardens of Gillette Castle in East Haddam, CT, which is a great site to visit year round.  My eye was caught by the multitudinousness of the water lilies; to a degree, I found the view of this pond slightly less than tranquil, which gave me the idea of creating this image, where the eye will never rest.

I am curious to find out how you perceive this image… let me know!

Technical Details

Shot with a Canon 5D MkII using a 24-105 L lens.  I pushed the shutter speed to about 1/3 second to be able to get the zoom blur at this level.  As the camera was handheld, the tricky part was to ensure that something would stay still.

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23 responses to “Searching for Tranquility”

  1. GeorgieMoon Avatar
    GeorgieMoon

    That’s a great photo, I like the centre focus, and the rest feels like you are falling….. I’m pleased that you tell us the camera settings for the photo.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you! Where camera settings are helpful, I don’t mind sharing 🙂

      Reply
  2. Remember Me Avatar
    Remember Me

    Respect my friend for your multitudinousness in this matter!

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      LOL…couldn’t think of a shorter word that captured the idea 🙂

      Have a great weekend!

      Reply
  3. debra hall Avatar
    debra hall

    such a cool shot!

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you!

      Reply
  4. calensariel Avatar
    calensariel

    It feels a little like we’ve just made a hyper jump to light speed! 😀 But it’s an interesting picture the way it draws your eye to the middle.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      With some help…I did recover your comment!!!

      Thank you for the interesting approach into light speed…makes me wonder how the water lilies will grow once they hit light speed…

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  5. calensariel Avatar
    calensariel

    Hm… My comment didn’t show up. If it doesn’t, you might want to check your spam because it’s done that to me on a couple other blogs just recently and I had some folks’ comments in mine, too.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      It’s rather odd, because I saw your comment and tried to respond to it, but then all of a sudden I got an error message and it was gone.

      I never got a notification about your comment, but that’s not unusual, as your comments are approved by default.

      All rather strange…

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  6. pranabaxom Avatar
    pranabaxom

    I am assuming the photo is cropped. Like the way it shows as radiating spokes from a central hub of tranquility. Canon 5D MkII is heavy and you did a wonderful job taking this beauti handheld.
    By the way, what you mentioned regarding Calensariel’s comment had happened to me a few days back. I saw a comment from one of the bloggers that I was responding to and suddenly the comment vanished. I thought of checking the trash but did not know how to do it. Afterwards I was checking something in my /wp-admin and the comment showed up there. Not sure if this is a bug.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you! It’s cropped just a bit, as I wanted it a little closer to an 8×10 format. Practice has definitely helped me get better at controlling the axis of rotation on the lens; it doesn’t work the way I want every time, but with the advantage of being able to get a feel for the result quickly, digital does make for a great way to experiment.

      Thank you for your insight on the disappearing comment. I will take a look in /wp-admin and hopefully I will find it.

      Have a wonderful weekend!

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      1. pranabaxom Avatar
        pranabaxom

        Thanks.

  7. Chronicles of a Blogaholic Avatar
    Chronicles of a Blogaholic

    Very cool capture.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you very much!

      Reply
  8. creatingahome Avatar
    creatingahome

    I really like this photo.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you!!

      Reply
  9. blg2011motherof2 Avatar
    blg2011motherof2

    Love the photo. Very mesmerizing.

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you…it does have a certain ability to draw the eye in.

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      1. blg2011motherof2 Avatar
        blg2011motherof2

        That is very true. It’s hard to look away.

  10. Gina Avatar
    Gina

    Really nice shot. Love the colors. Reminds me of how the starship Enterprise went into warp speed!

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    1. jansenphoto Avatar
      jansenphoto

      Thank you! Yes, there is a sense of reaching warp speed organically.

      Reply
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