I went to shoot something else but then spotted this cute bundle of thorns being kissed by the rising sun. These cacti inhabit the Hills of Alabama and provide for an alternative foreground than the famous arches that are always ready to steal the show. Not this time, Cyclops!
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This hourglass has the sand but not glass. It measures time in eons rather than minutes. It hides inconspicuously among the curves of shades and highlights. I love the dunes for their infinite possibilities for abstracts.
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Aiming for a Fibonacci spiral from ten vertical panels is hard. But here you go. This was my handshake with White Pocket last summer. A mix of warm and cold, lines and curves, light and shadows, excitement and calmness. In case you are wondering what is with that f18 ... the foreground is very close and there was no time to focus and exposure bracket and pano all at the same time.
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Use your palm and cover the left half of the picture. Then the right. This is what partly cloudy should look like. There is much going on in this image, so get lost in it as you climb the rocks. Bonus for you if you find a human in there. Just realized that, at this resolution, only eagle-eyed folks will discover the Waldo.
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This is the end of the light show from "On Fire". The short but intense fireworks ended with the most yummy pinks in the sky I have ever seen.
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