An orange leaf with droplets, surrounded by white fog. A beautiful image for beautiful use, perhaps. Share and enjoy!
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Sunshine illuminates a leaf with sparkling droplets… in black and white! What could be better than that? Enjoy.
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A yellow, stuccoed home, at night with lights. Not too sharp but oh so spooky. I appear three times in this photo, if you can find me.
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A deep golden sun lights up a bunch of black vines. This one’s good and sharp with not much grain, and the composition adds an artistic touch.
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Leaves through a pipe… you’d be confused if I didn’t give it away! Good luck using this for something. I was careful to keep the greens printable while editing.
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Winter trees against a night sky. The sky is white because I used a long exposure. This one’s got no grain, but some motion blur as it was a windy night.
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A dandelion clock with the sun right behind it. There’s another clock on the left, in the shadows. You could use this for something related to sunshine, or a dandelion-themed presentation. 
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I run into a lot of photography purists, but I don’t believe any of it myself. Photography is nothing but a series of manipulations. You’re manipulating the scene by composing it any differently than a non-photographer. You manipulate the appearance of the scene by zooming in or out. You manipulate your viewers’ outlooks by composing to exclude unsightly objects. Motion blur, shallow depth of field, under or over exposing… these are all creative manipulations on your part. You may not have as much creative control as with painting, but you can still be quite expressive. …
This is what the pool looks like… at night. Got up at 4 A.M. to shoot this during my vacation; I set the camera on the edge near the pool, dialed in a 30-second exposure, set the timer, and then waited. There were some lights on in the house on the left, which gave nice light. You can see the trees are blurred from the wind, as is the water in the pool. Ready for a swim?
Canon Rebel XTi, EFS 18-55mm, 30″, F3.5, 18mm, ISO800, 2008-06-29T03:50:44-04, …
Source image, compiled from the Canon Rebel XTi RAW file using the default settings in PhotoFiltre Studio.
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