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"Refraction" - my "signature" photo... ;)
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this is the one shot i consider my most unique, yet it's one i took purely on a whim, one of those "i-wonder-if-i-can-get-a-picture-of-that?" kind of things. it's also one of the few i've actually bothered to register with the US copyright office... anyway, i was at a local park, and a young couple was walking in front of me on the path. the girl was blowing bubbles, leaving a stream of the sparkling spheres floating in the air behind her. most of them drifted off, or landed and popped, but this one lit on a stalk of wild grass and didn't immediately burst. i was there looking for birds, and had my Sigma 80-400 on my 30D, but i figured what the heck, and scurried up to try a shot. i got off 3 frames before the bubble burst... taken from ~ 6 feet away, shot freehand at 350mm, 1/250 @ f/5.6. yay for stabilized lenses!! anyway, this shot has won me some pretty nifty contests, and even appeared in National Geographic magazine a couple of years ago! not bad for a photo i almost passed up, and took only out of idle curiosity!! Big Grin

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~ Rocky
Any camera will record what you see, but YOU have to SEE!
Canon 5D & 40D; Canon 100-400L, Tamron SP17-35 and SP24-135
www.northwestnaturalimagery.com
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#2

That is a beautiful picture!!

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
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#3

Yes, worth a copyright. Smile

Lumix LX5.
Canon 350 D.+ 18-55 Kit lens + Tamron 70-300 macro. + Canon 50mm f1.8 + Manfrotto tripod, in bag.
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#4

Great shot, simple yet wonderful.
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#5

Did you know that the droplet would reflect like that, or was it luck?
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#6

Amazing shot!

"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera." ~ Dorothea Lange
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