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Waiting for train spectrum by Leszek Bujnowski

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:50:28 -0400

Waiting for train spectrum by Leszek Bujnowski

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buddha & clouds by Nathan Wirth

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:30:05 -0400

buddha & clouds by Nathan Wirth

From time to time ... I bring this Buddha statue with me to whatever beach I happen to be visiting (in fact, it rests in the trunk of my car). This particular visit to Drake's Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California (on a beautiful, cloudy late afternoon - about an hour or so before sunset), I found a handful of compositions that my statue seemed to fit with perfectly. The surf was crashing with more than a touch of the dramatic -- for me, the perfect conditions for the kind of photos that I like to create. I have tried a number of compositions with this particular curve of rocks (which spends a good part of the year under the sand), but none were to my exact liking. I placed the statue down, hoping to capture the water swirling in between the rocks and around the statue, and my plan was granted by the fickle fancies of chance; however, chance also dealt a card that I was not quite expecting. One of those waves swept in and claimed my statue, sucking it into the tides and down between that opening between the rocks that you can see, an opening that was surprisingly deeper than it might look here. Additionally, because of the effect of the long exposure, you can't see how truly insistent the waves were. They rolled and retreated with a repetitive and forceful rhythm that yielded little opportunity to get in for a good look. The water and sand swirled as if in a heated argument, so much so that I could not make out where the statue was. I stood on the edge of the curve of the right rock, hoping to find it, but it soon became obvious that I had lost my statue to the sea. I walked away, not sure how to feel. Losing the statue to the tides seemed rather Zen ... but I could not shrug off the tingle of disappointment. Not wishing to lose the light, I continued with some other compositions elsewhere on the beach, but I kept thinking about the statue, wondering if I had lost it simply because I refused to get soaking wet. After about a half hour of hemming and hawing, I decided to return and sacrifice my dry warmth, now willing, if necessary to wade out into the water and see if I could retrieve the statue. I once again walked along the right curve and, rather suddenly and wonderfully, saw the head of the statue poking out of the water a few feet away from me-- in an area of water that was not very deep. I stepped in-- about two feet deep-- and scooped up my statue-- and then returned to finding more compositions for my beloved Buddha statue.

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#006 by 911

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:08:00 -0400

#006 by 911

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Million Stars Night by OaKy Isra

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:56:54 -0400

Million Stars Night by OaKy Isra

When the sky is clear it's a great chance to shoot startrail. This shot taken a the front of Luna Park, Milson Point. this image combine with 313 shots, 15seconds for each shot. then merge in Photoshop

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Long exposure by Bunnawath B-FOTO

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:27:24 -0400

Long exposure by Bunnawath B-FOTO

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Javan Lutung by Irawan Subingar

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:42:23 -0400

Javan Lutung by Irawan Subingar

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Blue dawn by y2- hiro

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:26:39 -0400

Blue dawn by y2- hiro

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Morning fog in the forest by Guillermo Carballa

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:11:19 -0400

Morning fog in the forest by Guillermo Carballa

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taking a break by Mark Bridger

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:58:49 -0400

taking a break by Mark Bridger

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Retrato a un árbol by Alvar Astúlez

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:13:20 -0400

Retrato a un árbol by Alvar Astúlez

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Magical hat ... by Essa Al Mazroee

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:07:18 -0400

Magical hat ... by Essa Al Mazroee

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Greenfinches Fighting by Steve Mackay

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:39:09 -0400

Greenfinches Fighting by Steve Mackay

I wish for a better DOF and higher shutter speed....it's quite a large crop too :-)

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fisherfriends by Mathias Wartbichler

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:11:09 -0400

fisherfriends by Mathias Wartbichler

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The Magician by David Lloyd

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:14:34 -0400

The Magician by David Lloyd

During dusk at Linyanti in Botswana, we’d already lined up some elephants approaching single file, but given we were likely to see these again, we decided to visit a lone male lion which has just appeared instead. The light had become appealing at five-thirty, and we’d been with the lion for barely ten minutes when a leopard took his place at the base of a nearby termite mound. And just when we were thinking how nice it would be if he were to sit on top of the mound, he promptly jumped up and sat on top of it. I recently learned that this leopard was well known in the area by the name of 'The Magician'.

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Seaspray by Cain Pascoe

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:30:39 -0400

Seaspray by Cain Pascoe

Lots of spray on my filters trying to capture an interesting splash upon the rocks. Taken in my home-town Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia.

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Totem by Alonso Díaz

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:15:21 -0400

Totem by Alonso Díaz

www.northphototours.com www.alonsodr.com P.N. del Gorbea (Bizkaia/Vizcaya - Euskadi/País Vasco) Sony A900 Carl Zeiss 16-35mm Filters: ND8, reverse GND8

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Mercedes by Thomas Deter

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:15:39 -0400

Mercedes by Thomas Deter

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Bathing in clouds by La Mo

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:35:34 -0400

Bathing in clouds by La Mo

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Shadows from beyond by Jorge Maia

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:15:05 -0400

Shadows from beyond by Jorge Maia

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Happy Spring by Christin Gilbert

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:06:23 -0400

Happy Spring by Christin Gilbert

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