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Cracked Earth

Cracked Earth

The sun sets over "Little Rann", Gujarat, India.

The sun sets over "Little Rann", Gujarat, India.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/11.0 ISO 50 Shutter 1/20

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Mar, 2014

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7653

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Awards

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Contest Finalist in Off The Grid Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in Textures Photo Contest

Contest Finalist in End of the Earth Photo Contest

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Superb Composition

+268

Absolute Masterpiece

+127

Top Choice

+113

Peer Award

+74

Outstanding Creativity

+54

All Star

+20

Magnificent Capture

+13

Jaw Dropping

+10

Exceptional Contrast

+7

Superior Skill

+5

Genius

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Excellent compostion.....

great textures!

superb composition .. love the texture light and balance

Great shot. Congratulations.

Very nice, congrats on your feature!

Ultimate

Cool one!

Holy crap!

Fantastic use of light and texture! Congratulations on your Feature!

Beautiful texture capture.Congrats!

Great perspective

Very cool! Great shot!

Platinum

Amazing place....great capture. Love the low POV.

Fabulous perspective

Cool shot! :-)

I love this amazing shot! -S

Love this shot...Congrats!! :)

PRO+

Stunning!

Way to go Brad!!! :)

I love every pixel of it!

Well done!!

great shot

I love the bleakness of the picture....

Excellent landscape, the textures are really spectacular.

WOW!

Platinum

great shot. Congrats. - Jake

Stunning, love the trails on the cracked earth that head off to the horizon

wow

Platinum

Great photo

voted ..

Nice shoot !! :-)

Platinum

Very cool capture! Congrats on being a finalist!

PRO+

Very creative! Congratulations!

Was muddy..

Total desolation! Awesome!

Not much to say: beautiful!

Amazing!

Beautiful light. tones, and colours as well as the textures ... they all make for a great shot. Congratulations on being a finalist :)

Excellent composition and congrats on your feature

Simplistic beauty. Very dramatic. Love this. Congrats.

Platinum

Congrats on being a finalist! Great shot!

Love the texture and the smooth!

It looks earth is going to end now.
Congrats.

That's it!

4th place and your picture I personally think should have been tied for 1st place. You guys picked the best scenes for what I picture when I think "End of the World" congrats :-)

Beautiful texture!

PRO+

Great capture, bravo!

Absolutely Stunning . . . dramatic, emotional, thoughtfully provocative. In short, Genius.

wonderful shot, great textures

I can't find the words to express how I feel about this photo of yours. It's incredibly fabulous.

PRO+

This is amazing!

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