Humpback Whales Double Breach 1 by CornforthImages

USA, Hawaii, Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) double breaching I have been back home from my most recent trip to Lanai for a few weeks now and finally made some time to edit my photos. Over the years, I have witnessed double breaching humpback whales on the horizon, but never gotten close enough to justify pulling out my camera. So, when these two whales started repetitively breaching close by I became focused like a laser on creating this image. For about 30 minutes, these whales timed their dives together before spectacularly erupting above the waves in perfect choreography. It was incredibly windy and the waves were beating me up in my small inflatable boat, but I was not going to allow anything to stop me from photographing this amazing behavior. I was also able to line up the West Maui Mountains in the background, because why not make an already dramatic scene even more stunning? I created this image using my new Canon 7DmkII and Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II lens. I processed the RAW file using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Purchase a print of this image at http://ift.tt/1IlxCx7nice wallpaper picture free download via 500px http://ift.tt/1LPV1w8

Junior by TedGore

If you are interested in joining TJ Thorne and I on a workshop in the Columbia River Gorge, we have opened up a second workshop on the dates May 13th-17th due to demand, and have two spots left. Please find more information HERE It's interesting to me how a story can unfold in a chaotic mess of branches and leaves. We all see things differently, but you know what I see here? I see this one little, skinny, unassuming branch, doing it's hardest to reach out and get as much sunlight as it can on it's two little leaves so it can grown big and strong like the rest its fellow branches. The rest of the clan gather around, young and old, to watch the little guy go. Maybe they are surprised at the unexpected performance this little runt of a branch was able to pull off, as it arcs up, pridefully positioning itself in a stance of accomplishment, chest out, head high, soaking in all that sun on it's face with figurative eyes closed in pleasure. Do you see it? The charm... the character? Or do you just see a bunch or leaves composed in a kinda sorta organized way around a setting sun... with this one weird branch getting in the way and cutting through the horizon, breaking a 'rule'? Questions I asked myself, and that were asked of me when trying to decide if I like this shot or not. I like it. Yeah, it's nothing ground breaking, but it does tell that story to me, and it also represents a great time I had, with my wife, on the island of Kauai. We had the pleasure of staying in a really nice resort just a ways up the beach to the right of this scene, and I took a stroll one evening through these groves of trees right on the shore in Hanalei bay, grabbed this shot, and returned to find my wife waiting for me on the deck, enjoying a cocktail before we headed off to have dinner. Just reliving the evening through my mind makes me want to take a deep breath of relaxation I felt while there, and it's those kinds of moments that make an image special to me.nice wallpaper picture free download via 500px http://ift.tt/1HGuA6u

Finish Work by tomkualii

A small finger of lava pouring into the ocean as the flow slows down and eventually closes up a tube.nice wallpaper picture free download via 500px http://ift.tt/1BObwUg

Glossy by AttilioRuffo

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