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Bandon Docks at Sunset

Bandon Docks at Sunset

Believe it or not this almost purely a cell phone image. Before I got my update gear this year I mostly used my cell phone on a 4th of July beach trip in 2014 t...
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Believe it or not this almost purely a cell phone image. Before I got my update gear this year I mostly used my cell phone on a 4th of July beach trip in 2014 to the Oregon Coast. Using the Galaxy S4's built-in HDR settings I balanced the phone on a park bench and took this shot as the sun began to set behind an excellent array of cloud formations. Only slight tweaks to saturation and blurring effect were added in post. That small blip in the distance is the "Bandon Lighthouse" aka the Coquille River Lighthouse on Bullards Beach.
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