There are two things I really like about opening a bottle of champagne, the pop and the vapor. For one reason or another I have not been about to capture that initial release of vapor in the way I envision. Here is a view looking directly into the bottle just after that initial release with […]
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This impressive mountain range is not all that it seems. In truth it is just a small crystal of gypsum catching the afternoon sun on the kitchen window sill. Aside from various glass household objects to craft the light the way I wanted no other tricks were involved. It’s just a matter of perspective. Photo: […]
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I have captured a few images like this one with seaweed washed up on the beach. The challenge in an image like this is depth of field. It is not easy to have both that jetty shelter in focus as well as the bedraggled clump of tangled weed in the foreground. Even though choosing the […]
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Yes it really is just the overhead power-lines across from our place. However … It was the very last golden light from the setting sun which sneaked through a rent in the grey sky. Just for a the briefest of moments the light it produced was surreal and brought this ordinarily dull and grey power-line […]
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Day 622, The Watcher, http://wetshutter.com http://robertrath.com #photooftheday #selfie #shadow #photographer As I stood in the darkness peering through the viewfinder of my camera I could not help feel as if I was being watched. I raised my head and looked around, … nothing. Then I thought to look up and towering over me I saw […]
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