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  • Fresh Spring Day - Michael Beaty<br /> <br /> <br /> What I like about pictures like this is how they can convey the beauty of a scene that not everyone sees while standing looking at it. My wife says I should have a bumper sticker that says "I brake for trees". That was how this shot was found. While driving through the countryside near Paso Robles I saw this tree in the field. With a careful selection of angle and cropping the pictures looks as if there is nothing else around for miles. I just love it.<br /> <br /> The image is a blend of three exposures that all were increasing underexposed by 1/3 of a stop. This was so I could get a much detail and contrast in the clouds as possible. I also had a circular polarizer and a neutral density gradient filter on the lens when I shot the images.<br /> <br /> In Lightroom I cropped, sharpened, added a few saturation ticks, and adjusted for the lens distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting.
  • It took me a while to get this shot right. I sat with my camera on a tripod and a remote shutter release attached. Every time a bird would come by I would snap a picture. I was finally rewarded with this image.
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  • <h2>Arenal Volcano</h2> Costa Rica We were in the Arenal region for a wedding and stayed at the <i>Lost Iguana Resort</i>. This was the view from our room at sunrise.
  • This was one of the butterflies that were at the Los Angeles Natural History museum in the butterfly pavilion.
  • Another image from the Butterfly Pavilion associated with the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
  • <h1>3 Lost S Souls</h1> <h3>Amateur Black & White</h3> <i>Something about the picture</i> The body of water in the picture is the Salton Sea in Southern California. This was on the South East end of the lake.<br><br>This was one of those pictures that make it so I should have the bumper sticker "<b>I brake for pictures.</b>". I had been in this area to visit the volcanic mud pots and found this one the way.<br>It was mid afternoon when I came across these trees. The sky was a thin overcast and the day had that heavy humid summer thunderstorm feel to it.<br>This scene struck me as iconic for the lake. To me it feels like a dead lake and this is sign on the door that says so.<br><br><i>Photoshop info:</i><br>I used the black and white filter to convert the color image. I purposely altered the contrast so that the sky would nearly blend into the water and the trees would stand out.
  • <h2>Desert Rocks</h2> </br> From Joshua Tree National Park. </br> This is eight images stitched together. Each image was taken with the camera in portrait orientation.
  • <h2>Leaf Cutters</h2><h3>Tabacon, Costa Rica</h3> We were staying at the <i>Lost Iguana Inn</i> and went for a walk in the nearby jungle. We came across several lines of these ants. This was the only one that we found crawling across a branch. <h2>Honorable Mention</h2> Orange County Fair 2008
  • Linda and I were out to get a natural looking picture of here. This one was done only with natural light.
  • <h2>Bachelor and Three Graces</h2> <br>Mariposa Grove, Yosemite
  • <h3>Reflection in the Merced River</h3>As we drove into the park from the entrance road that runs along the Merced River. Just after passing the entrance gate we started to notice the beautiful scened of the Merced River. We noticed this pool and stopped for some pictures. We were rewarded with some amazing reflections in the water.
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  • A view of the desert floor from the Tuli's home in Phoenix.
  • <h2>Cle Elem Barn</h2><br>This is said to be the most photographed barn in Washington state.<br>I can't say anything about that, but I did like it for a picture.<br><br>Special thanks for Paul and Diana for this picture.
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  • This was a working harbor in Maine called Seal Harbor. It was right in the middle of prime lobster fishing territory.
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