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Photo of the day : April 2011

Stingrays!

One of the best parts of my recent vacation was swimming with, and hand feeding, the stringrays at Stingray City, a sandbar off Grand Cayman Island where a large population of them congregate. While they look "frisky" here, they were quite gentle, and reminded me of puppies begging for food (squid).
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Olympus S1030SW (R.I.P.)
ISO 80, 5mm, 0 ev, f/5 1/640
 
rusty2192 said:
Well, considering you have posted a few shots from Hop-town, I am about 99.999% sure where it is, but I'll play along and see if anyone else has a guess. I may just have a slightly unfair advantage, even though I have never been to this site specifically ;)
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Looks like no one else does. Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, KY.

This is a really powerful shot. Great composition. I think the only thing that could make it better would perhaps be a little fill flash on the statues. I've really been enjoying your work. Just curious, if you don't mind me asking, what brought you to Hopkinsville? That's quite a ways from Atlanta.
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It's my old Kentucky home! Born and raised here. :) I was trying for HDR on the statues, but they still came out too dark because of the bright sky.

Mine for today. Taken at the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

IMG_3158 by Rusty2192, on Flickr
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Nice!

So, have you ever visited Patti's 1880's Settlement near Kentucky Lake dam? This duck has. :)



If you want to see some of my other Kentucky (not just Hoptown) photos, they are in this set. I have more to process and upload still, too.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22077805@N07/sets/72157626298757907/with/5599017197/
 
The evil tree wizard is up to his old tricks



Morzine, France.

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(7d/70-200mmL)
 
Ferrell's Hamburgers in Hopkinsville, KY, is the home of the best burgers in the world!

 
Stingray #2!

Rowbear said:
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Rowbear: Wow! That must have been incredible to have been there!

jeevesofRKdia said:
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Today's shot was taken from a boat underneath a bridge. I totally got lucky on this one. :rolleyes:
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jeevesofRKdia: I would say a shot like this takes more than just luck!

Here's my luck shot for today:
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I was floating in water was somewhere between 3 and 4 feet deep when this stingray swam underneath me. Part of the luck was that we backed up the camera's every night. When this camera went AOL two days later, we still had our memories from this day. :)

Olympus S1030SW (Waterproof! Forerunner of the Olympus Tough)
ISO 80, 5mm, f/5, 1/640
 
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Old print I just rediscovered. Forgive the dust--it seems to have become a permanent part of the only print I have. Negatives lost in a prior move.

Left half of the shot is from a kitchen window. The right half is the reflection on the fridge.
 
Planet Earth's emergency exit

From the decommissioned power station at Thorpe Marsh, UK.
It reminded me of the door Jim Carrey used to exit his 'world' in 'The Truman Show'.
 

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