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Into-the-sunset

Sunset tonight on Blue Cyprus Lake, Florida.

Sunset tonight on Blue Cyprus Lake, Florida.
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Apr, 2014

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Beautiful!!!

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Congrats. on you win. It is an outstanding shot and well deserving of the award and win. Bob

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Great shot!!!!

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Wonderful capture and composition! Congrats!

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Best capture I have seen in a long time!! Love this!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Stick Marsh near Felsmere Florida

Time

evening sunset

Lighting

late afternoon light with sun very low on the horizon.

Equipment

Nikon D810 300 2.8 lens

Inspiration

It sort of just happened as so often does. I was setting up for a silhouette of the grass against the sky and this duck just happened to appear thankfully. the key is to be ready for moments like this.

Editing

standard sharpening and curves in photoshop

In my camera bag

Nikon D810 Nikon D800 16 to 35 mm, 50 mm 1.4 lens, 105 Macro, 70- 200mm VR11, 300 mm 2.8 SB910 flashes x 3. camcorder with rotating tripod head. Ipad,

Feedback

Try to use a tripod for every shot, with digital up your iso as much as possible. I used 500 for this shot. get out and shoot as much as possible,

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