Platycryptus undatus jumping spider – 21 Dec 2015 – Flickr http://ift.tt/1Mv0wKP
Humpback Whale Breach 232 by Cornforth Images USA, Hawaii, Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breach
I took a gamble when I decided to ship my 12’ Achilles inflatable boat and 15hp Honda outboard motor to Lanai last fall. I had never gone whale watching in the area, though, I had seen a ton of whales from shore during my previous winter visits. Since my boat was so small, I needed the weather to cooperate and crossed my fingers that the whales would provide me with some dramatic photo opportunities. Once I was there, I required an enormous amount of patience and dedication to be out on the ocean every day, but never in my wildest imagination did I expect to encounter as many breaching whales as I did. I have probably observed over 1000 breaches over the last decade, but after my two trips to Lanai this winter that total is now closer to 2000! This image of a repetitively breaching humpback was created in the ‘Au’au Channel on the north side of Lanai on an overcast day. I really like how far the whale is out of the water and all of the spray and its blow are perfectly frozen at 1/2000 second. The island and cloud backdrop also makes this image much more interesting to me than just a simple horizon. A lot of people have commented to me over the years how much nicer my breaching whale images are from Alaska compared to Hawaii or Tonga because of the background. I hope that my regular readers won’t get bored with all of the new breaching images that I will be sharing in the coming weeks. I created this image using my new Canon 7DmkII and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II lens. I processed the RAW file using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014.
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Degrees of Abstraction by James Neeley Georgia O’Keeffe used the forms, shapes, patterns and colors of the natural world in her wonderful abstract art. If we, in photographing the world around us, see only the grand landscape, looking beyond these same elements that inspired O’keeffe as well as her friend Ansel Adams, we will miss much of the beauty and “essence” that can be captured by our lens and sensor!
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Blue sunrise! {EXPLORED} by David.Keochkerian DRI 3RAW, dxo, cs5
Belle ile en mer, morbihan, breatagne, france
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Sig Nordal 