Shadows in the sand
Uploaded: July 18, 2007
150 mm Macro lens, 1/60 sec, f/9
Mike Dawson July 18, 2007
Beuatiful lines and comp. Great eye for simple beauty! #694115Dominick M. Dimacale July 18, 2007
Monika, this is beautiful, great capture and find, I will not be suprised to see this again later on...Dominick #4525127Jennifer L. Alder July 19, 2007
Monica-- I LOOOOOOOOOVE this!! OMG, Perfect texture, lines, light, shadow- absolutely a brillaint image! :) #4525216Dr. Harmeet Singh July 19, 2007
Lovely image.Great capture. #4525744Monika Sapek July 19, 2007
Thank you so much, Mike, Dominick, Jennifer and Harmeet! I took this photo while camping on the beach this month. The feather’s shadow and these sandy patterns in the late evening light really appealed to me, and I am pleased you like it too! Thank you!Ron Skinner July 22, 2007
Great Photo!!! Very graphic, the lighting really shows the texture of the sand and feather! #4540951Monika Sapek July 24, 2007
Thank you very much for your comment, Ron!Tammy Scott November 26, 2007
Congratulations on a very beautiful finalist! #5129085Su Sana E. P November 26, 2007
Congratulations on this outstanding Finalist, Monika!! Such a stand-out image this is!! #5131646Laurence Saliba November 26, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Monika!!! #5132277Monika Sapek November 26, 2007
Thank you so much for your kind notes, Tammy, Susana, and Laurence!Laurence Saliba November 27, 2007
Congrats again as a winner this time Monika!!! #5139337Su Sana E. P November 27, 2007
Huge Congratulations on this beautiful Winner, Monika!! #5139592Murry Grigsby November 28, 2007
Congratulations on your wonderful image and win Monika!! #5141605Tarun Bose November 28, 2007
Big big congrats Monika for your excellent winner. Well done. #5143238Cheryl E. Molennor November 28, 2007
Congratulations! Very cool #5144712Lori Carlson November 28, 2007
Wow! So very cool, Monika! Love those shadows!! Your talent always shines! :0) Congratulations! :0) #5144901Sharon Day November 28, 2007
Awesome image, Monika!!! Congratulations!!! #5144929Gail Sullivan November 29, 2007
Monika...love the high contrast, gritty look to this...congrats! #5147289Nick Lagos December 02, 2007
This is a wonderful image Monika....congrats to you #5158894bob cornelison December 07, 2007
Congrats Monika!Stephen Zacker January 31, 2008
Wonderful simplicity and striking shadow. Congratulations #5425390Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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