Winter Widescreen

Water, Ice, Air



Fence post and frost


Two experiments with 16x9 aspect ratio crop


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  1. Peter18 January 2012 at 18:10

    Really like the picture of the green oasis, the island, as though shot from an aircraft, very delicate nuances in tone and colour.

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