As per the norm, save your retinas: click here for a version on a black background, where you'll see shadow detail that landscape photographers strive so hard to achieve, but, are then let down by colour schemes on sites such as this one with retina-burning bright backgrounds.The light.
Cloaked, robed, hooded, hunched, and, huddled. Can you see the acolytes?
I made this image in almost knee-deep water. This is Matai Falls, in the Catlins region on the South Island of New Zealand.
This image, along with
A Moment Forever Caught in Time, may be my two achievements thus far where I feel the light could not have been caught any other way.
My goal is to capture light in such a way that my photographs resemble or recreate the light found in neoclassical paintings, particularly those by Rembrandt and Eybl. While I have a long way to go to anywhere near perfecting that kind of lighting in the photographs I make, I relish moments like this where planning and waiting for the right light all comes together in execution with the click of a shutter.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2s f/11.0 at 40.0mm iso200
And the name adds so much to the beauty... there is something so magical about Latin 
`ChewedKandi has certainly gone out of her way to keep the vector community on the right path. Always making sure that her talents are infinitely scalable, Sharon has put her bezier curves to excellent use, and firmly anchored herself as an inspirational leader. We're absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for June 2013 to `ChewedKandi. Congratulations, Sharon! Read More
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, cheers 
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