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Dont Turn Your Back

seascape twilight beach wave cloud sunset bw santabarbara california photofool

Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you — Robert Kiyosaki

Was hoping for a nice evening on the beach after the recent rains, but it was too windy. Had to wipe the sea sprays off my filter a few times to get this shot. The color version is nice, but I like this black and white version better.

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Camera:: Canon EOS 5D

Lens:: Canon EF 17-40mm F4L USM

Filter:: Lee 0.9 hard-edge GND

Tripod:: Gitzo GT3530S 6x + RRS BH-55 LR ballhead

EXIF:: [F19] [3/10s] [17mm] [ISO 100]

Exposure Mode:: Manual

Date Taken:: December 20, 2007

Published:: December 21, 2007 at 12:30 am

Category:: Black-White, Photo, Portfolio, Seascape

Tags:: beach, California, cloud, Portfolio, Santa Barbara, sunset, twilight, wave

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Barry McG 12.21.07 / 5am 1

Gorgeous
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Reciprocity 12.21.07 / 5am 2

Perfect – that_s a fantastic line of the waters_ edge.
A very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year Mike.

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dr_know | Visual Magix 12.21.07 / 6am 3

looks awesome in b&w
Dean Forbes 12.21.07 / 6am 4

great job with the B&W! Happy Holidays!
fatal Cleopatra 12.21.07 / 7am 5

gorgeous! great movement. love it in b&w
Sandmania 12.21.07 / 7am 6

Fantastic B&W. Have a great weekend too!
ojoyous1 12.21.07 / 8am 7

Awesome words……………….. seriously stunning shot! Such powerful motion to this! Brilliant!
snowymcice 12.21.07 / 8am 8

This is a great long exposure. A very good photo and would look well on a big canvas.
j-a-x 12.21.07 / 9am 9

Wow. That just rocks.
Miss Branquinho 12.21.07 / 9am 10

That_s really magical!!!
Atilla1000 12.21.07 / 10am 11

wow.. love your shots.!

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adrians_art 12.21.07 / 10am 12

Terrific b/w Mike all the tones are there!
El Onofre 12.21.07 / 10am 13

Wonderful!!
reverseZeR0 12.21.07 / 10am 14

love the tones.. and lines… and lighting… beautiful composition.

happy holidays :-)
tipper 12.21.07 / 11am 15

Love the softness in the foreground; appears to draw you into the scene.
*S_M* 12.21.07 / 11am 16

really beautiful :)
Sparkshot 12.21.07 / 11am 17

Great black and white shot
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy 12.21.07 / 11am 18

Great black and white shot, I love the motion in the water
ben124 12.21.07 / 11am 19

Excellent shot.
Nice black and white expression !
Rob.Hudson 12.21.07 / 12pm 20

That line made by the breaking wave is awesome. The light of the breaking water also serves to even out the darkness.
Darien Chin 12.21.07 / 2am 21

i love the quote…

powerful image
Gary* 12.21.07 / 2am 22

Beautiful Very Merry Christmas to you :)
mauronster 12.21.07 / 2am 23

lovely…
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ^__^
ars_bit 12.21.07 / 2am 24

Beautiful
Pilou@ttitude 12.21.07 / 2am 25

Couldn´t be better!

Thanks a lot my friend!!!

I_m wishing you and your loved ones a merry christmas, happy holidays and a good start into the new year!
Chee Seong 12.21.07 / 3am 26

Fantastic work! Very nice B&W treatment.

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ViaMoi 12.21.07 / 3am 27

Nice exposure.
Single Page all my images here….
Emma Roos 12.21.07 / 3am 28

I love it, so powerful in B&W. Happy holidays!
s0ulsurfing 12.21.07 / 3am 29

stunning, such a powerful sense of movement and great drama, first class photography
lucy_nka 12.21.07 / 3am 30

Spectacular image.. brilliant.
myfear 12.21.07 / 4am 31

Wow! sooo amazing! Have a wonderfull and peacefull christmas time! Take care!

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Uggla 12.21.07 / 4am 32

this goes really really well in mono! great tones and exposure!
Hutchy99 12.21.07 / 4am 33

Very nice, fantastic sky.
LucaPicciau 12.21.07 / 4am 34

Fantastic!
brian doucette 12.21.07 / 4am 35

Excellent work Mike. Love the light and tones.
detphoto 12.21.07 / 4am 36

very powerful shot… love the movement of the foreground water and the depth of the image. fantastic tones and the mood of the image goes right along with the text you chose. shame more people dont face their fears and embrace what is good…
Muchi2007 12.22.07 / 5am 37

Thanks, same wishes here… :-) Great b&w treatment… :-)
whoops vision 12.21.07 / 5am 38

brilliant image ….

Explore / Interestingness / December 2007
Joshua Easton 12.22.07 / 5am 39

Explore Numero Uno :D
Love this. Very cool
denis collette 12.22.07 / 5am 40

Your piece of art raise up all the world!!!
#9 on Explore for this wonderful beatitude my dear friend!!!

CHAMPAGNE, ICE CREAM, CHOCOLATE, PEANUTS, POPCORN, CANDY FLOSS !!! :)))

Congratulations! Félicitation! Felicitazione! Felicitación! Glückwunsch! تهنئة 恭喜 Felicitação! Čestitke! Blahopřání! Gratulation! Felicitatie! Õnnitlus! Onnittelu! Συγχαρητήρια! כל הכבוד! Gratulálok! مبارکPowinszowanie! Felicitação! Честитке! Lyckönskningar! Поздравляю! Tebrikler! Поздравления! تبریک おめでとう Til lukku or til hamingju

* Be happy & Merry Christmas!!! :)))
sourceseeker02 12.22.07 / 6am 41

Sourceseeker say_s the shot is captivating, and expresses an emotion in me_ that is deep with-in.
Wendine 12.21.07 / 7am 42

Found it on Explore. Really love it, especially the motion of the sea.
danibegood70 12.21.07 / 8am 43

I love this photo
DiggPirate 12.22.07 / 9am 44

Very surreal and mystifying…
payaso loko 12.21.07 / 9am 45

happy!!
bella foto
blakelipthratt 12.22.07 / 9am 46

Gorgeous
.db. duane{photography} 12.22.07 / 10am 47

incerdible

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bristol_bound 12.22.07 / 10am 48

Nice work, love the movement in the sea.
valpopando 12.22.07 / 10am 49

nocomment !!!!!!!!!!! bellissima
Maureen F. 12.21.07 / 10am 50

Oh great shot !!!

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lets run studios 12.22.07 / 10am 51

rad shot!!
Starkiller1 12.21.07 / 10am 52

Ooo wow. I didn_t think you could run a black and white filter though something and still leave it so smooth looking.
bj_photogirl 12.22.07 / 11am 53

beautiful!
l_enfer 12.22.07 / 11am 54

So Brilliant!!!! lovely presentation!
BenGoode 12.22.07 / 11am 55

Wow!!

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bazpics 12.22.07 / 12pm 56

excellent. luv the movement in the water. good angle of shot used to capture this great shot.
Christine Lebrasseur 12.22.07 / 1am 57

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Seen in the Top 10 of 500 "interestingness" photos of the day, Felicitations :)
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nguyentruongthi2003 12.22.07 / 1am 58

A
hawkeye_flickr 12.22.07 / 1am 59

Spectacular image!
Jozef. 12.22.07 / 2am 60

Excellent
Josef. 12.22.07 / 2am 61

Excellent
risemeagain(busy with study,sorry~) 12.22.07 / 2am 62

Amazing~
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Roger...... 12.22.07 / 2am 63

wow, beautiful!
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Lester John Feliciano 12.22.07 / 3am 64

beautiful capture!
K h a N 12.22.07 / 4am 65

amazing shot ..
the coloured one is better ..
i like the motion effect ..
Congrats :>
deceptxrsq15 12.22.07 / 9am 66

cool !
good job !
robotography 12.22.07 / 11am 67

Brilliant

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jot.de 12.23.07 / 11am 68

amazing movement!
Demion 12.23.07 / 2am 69

Very impressive and dramatic
Hermes Singson 12.24.07 / 9am 70

fave! awesome BW!
A@lbi 12.24.07 / 9am 71

Merry Christmas!
mrlemonjelly 12.24.07 / 4am 72

Fantastic.

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Mingfong 12.25.07 / 6am 73

For me, it is a great metaphor of time, especially when it is in BW.
joao_prestes 12.25.07 / 8am 74

strong wind, congratulations !
tiempoparado 12.26.07 / 1am 75

muy buena!
ExNihilo 12.26.07 / 2am 76

crazy perspective and depth.
Liisamaria 12.25.07 / 4am 77

Beautiful!
Thaozilla 12.26.07 / 9am 78

wow! breathtaking image!
alexia.baty 12.27.07 / 11am 79

very beautiful!
Phijomo 12.28.07 / 9am 80

Fantastic, Mike. Love the exposure and it works really well in B&W! Great capture!!!
B-mer 12.28.07 / 9am 81

Beautiful picture. I love the movement.
denaid 12.30.07 / 5am 82

Fantastic tones and motion.
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soho.1006 12.31.07 / 8am 83

love those clouds!

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