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Sunset Sail by ~RogerMoore:iconRogerMoore:

Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Waterscapes

©2003-2009 ~RogerMoore
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This wonderful shot, taken on Mindil Beach, Darwin, in August of 2003, was almost never taken, and once taken, resulted in a fight.

Tyson (a mate) and I had wandered down to Mindil Beach for the Annual Beer Can Regatta, and to our disappointment, we'd missed it. The good news (if you can call it that) was that according to the opinions of those present we didn't really miss much at all.

Feeling like we'd wasted our time, we grabbed a Snow Cone each and decided to hang about for sunset.

I had to clamour amongst about six or seven different photographers, and one guy even came and stood directly in front of me!
I asked him politely to "please move sir" but he ignored me. Given as the sun was sinking quicker than the Titanic, I walked up to him and said, "Hey mate, get out the way will you? I'm trying to take a photo."

I was rewarded with my politeness by " F**k off!"

Several punches later, I had him walking off, and I took my shot. It was definitely worth fighting for.

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~Paladin33 Dec 26, 2003, 8:22:56 PM
Wow this is a great shot. Very clear too even the sand is. I love the view also and the color of the sky the positioning of the sun. Great job.
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~fee-clochette Dec 27, 2003, 3:56:33 AM
very nice sunset and great contrast with the boat!!

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"La différence est cette chose merveilleuse que nous avons tous en commun"
"The difference is that beautifull thing we've all got in common"
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~skyking Dec 27, 2003, 6:19:24 AM
Another very cool image. Kudos, my friend. :thumbsup:
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~RogerMoore Dec 27, 2003, 6:30:30 AM
Thanks skyking, and thanks also to you other guys. I appreciate the kind words.

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If it's good, enjoy it.
If it's great, let others enjoy it.

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Roger Moore
Amateur Photography Enthusiast

Clubs: ~photo-challenge~ australia
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~winter2040 Dec 27, 2003, 8:26:53 AM
for sure it was worth... the colors are incredible... i just can't believe it was taken out from the cam!!!

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"On and on goes the clock; Unaware of the human desire to control time (as if it'd give a shit!)
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~RogerMoore Dec 27, 2003, 8:43:28 AM
well, I don't have any kind of decent image editing software here at all. I'm on a family member's internet for a few weeks.

All I have to prepare these images is Microsoft Windows Paint. I use it to add a border, or crop an image, and even then it's quite an effort.

So you can believe me when I say that none of my images has been touched in any way at all.

Thanks a lot for your praise, winter2040 and all others, makes me feel gewd...

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If it's good, enjoy it.
If it's great, let others enjoy it.

_______________________
Roger Moore
Amateur Photography Enthusiast

Clubs: ~photo-challenge~ australia
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~ageai Dec 27, 2003, 9:51:57 AM
my goodness this is so beautiful :omg:
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~tuxsuti Dec 28, 2003, 10:58:03 AM
very very pretty.... i like it a lot..6.^ love the way the sun is right behind the ship.. its very captivateing

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"Only faceless love is eternal."
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
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~joachimfh Jun 3, 2004, 11:54:35 AM
abolutely enchanting! a little less cliche with the ship there, that helps, i mean otherwise it would have little value i think, or much less.. i would try a totally different angle, i think that moment had much more potential, but dont get me wrong this is good :) :clap:
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