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The Pond

The Pond

This is Sand Pond in the Sierra's Nevada Mountain Range. This Northern California pond was created by the hydraulic mining of gold. I have another shot in...
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This is Sand Pond in the Sierra's Nevada Mountain Range. This Northern California pond was created by the hydraulic mining of gold. I have another shot in my gallery at a different time of year. I could sit here and look at this everyday and never get tired of the tranquility.
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camera

NIKON D800

settings

settings

Aperture f/5 ISO 125 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 780/10

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2017

Views

592

Likes

+152

Awards

Winner in Marvolous Mountains Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+33

Absolute Masterpiece

+27

Superb Composition

+24

Top Choice

+6

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

All Star

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Absolutely beautiful...lovely rich color and crisp detail. Wonderful edit

MARK, wonderful Image--Great Colours, DOF and love the Chevron in the tress--Excellent Capture My friend

Just absolutely beautiful....always a great place to decompress!

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Stunning!

God's Country. Magnificent.

Mark...this ...is....STUNNING! Wow!

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a really beautiful scenic Mark.

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Stunning! So peaceful looking!

Awesome. Looks nice and peaceful. Can imagine the sound of the wind in the trees

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Beautiful shot.

Breathtaking!!! One for the wall, too!!!!!!

Breathtaking beauty!!!!!!!

This could be the cover of a calendar!! :)

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I love fog, I love rocky mountains, thus I love this picture!

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What a beautiful scene - great capture, Mark!

Beautiful!!

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Simply stunning capture! Wow!

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Excellent composition and detail.

How gorgeous - wow!

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