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Punchbowl Falling into Midnight

Punchbowl Falling into Midnight

My summer take on Punchbowl Falls - nothing special here in my opinion, but I do like the scale of this shot, which is two horizontal photos stacked together an...
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My summer take on Punchbowl Falls - nothing special here in my opinion, but I do like the scale of this shot, which is two horizontal photos stacked together and blended. I love how the water looks like it is pouring into a midnight blue pond of emptiness...
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/16 ISO 100 Shutter 66/1 Focal Length 240/10

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Sep, 2015

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