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Memories Sparkle On.

Thirty-Second Descent

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This one's my frankly rather indifferent submission for this week's 52Frames "Fluid" challenge. I am claiming the EC this time though, as I used an ND filter, which let me push the exposure time out to half a minute to blur the water.
I feel like I've run out of creative energy recently, probably due to the relentless stream of nonsense going on at work.
I'm hoping that this will go away soon, one way or another!

The Boy Who Caught The Eclipse / The Eclipse

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Although only partial, this was still an interesting thing to see. I'm fairly pleased with these two.

I took a few bracketed shots that had some actual detail in the sun, including a sunspot, so I might try and merge them into an HDR photo later - I had a quick go as I was editing these, and wasn't happy with the results, so more work is required!

I'm posting this one late on here - I posted it on Instagram, then drafted the post here before I had to dash out on soundman related duties, and left without posting.
For some reason, it's had a remarkably low like count on Instagram so far.
Social media is an ugly beast. If you aren't careful to keep it in its box, it can really dent your self confidence when something you're pleased with gets ignored.

One more after the jump.

I shall endure this storm

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Storm Isha is winding up to wreak various kinds of havoc.