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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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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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  • 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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  • I like being able to take a picture and turn it into something that looks more like a painting.
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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.
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  • This is Louise and I sitting out by the campfire looking up at the stars. What you see in the background is the Milky Way. Some clouds are at the bottom of the picture.
  • New Years Eve 2009/1010 at the Golden Gate from Mount Tamalpais State Park.<br><br>...and for Barbara. No, it is not Photoshoped.
  • The Golden Gate bridge from Battery Park.
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