
4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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Sunrise over Downtown Seattle skyline. Taken a little after 5am on Saturday, June 28, 2008.
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4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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4th of July fireworks explode and shimmer over Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA. July 2008.
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Small bird with a red breast perches on tree branch in Discovery Park, Seattle, WA. June 2008.
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Mount Rainier as shot from Discovery Park on a clear, cloudless day. Just beneath the volcano, you can see the West Seattle Bridge and some orange cranes at the Port of Seattle. June 2008.
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Pond at the Japanese Garden, Seattle, WA. The image was digitally manipulated to simulate an Orton slide sandwich. Basically you overexpose two copies of the same image, blur one of the copies, and then stack them together to create this effect. This was my first attempt.
The Orton technique is explained in this Nature Photographers article by Darwin Wiggett.
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