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Published: 2004-03-24 08:34:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 3234; Favourites: 83; Downloads: 1128
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Description + Decided to take the afternoon off and travel down to Africa for a sunset. Took the new lens along, figured I'd give it a proper testing. Not much more to it.

+ Enjoy!

+ Update: Made print available in several different ratios. 18x24, 16x20, 10x15, 8x10, 8x12, 4x5, 4x6 Enjoy!
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Comments: 139

Dynamoe [2006-02-12 04:25:25 +0000 UTC]

How very primal in it's beauty.

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achfoo In reply to Dynamoe [2006-02-18 07:53:58 +0000 UTC]

Interesting way of saying it. A new perspective in appreciation is always....appreciated.

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Udodelig [2005-12-19 20:07:31 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful shot.

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HabaHaba89 [2005-09-18 11:16:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh! This is pretty!
My friend sent me the link here.
And at the same time when this picture opened, my Winamp started to play Lion King - Cirle Of Life!
Just at the same time! I was like

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achfoo In reply to HabaHaba89 [2005-09-18 21:40:56 +0000 UTC]

Now that's cool. I wish we could embed small sound files to accompany our photos for just that reason.

By the way, who sent you to look at the photo? I'm all curious how and who links to photos around here.

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HabaHaba89 In reply to achfoo [2005-09-19 14:39:10 +0000 UTC]

My friend gave the link through the messenger.
Simple thing. Harmless thing. I get the links through private messages. Not in public.

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Its-Only-Art [2005-09-17 13:56:42 +0000 UTC]

Whoooo Fantastic shot Great colours

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busty [2005-06-15 17:18:46 +0000 UTC]

really great colour of the sky!

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Dr-Zook [2004-11-16 06:52:40 +0000 UTC]

Very nice

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Mirveka [2004-10-17 10:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Beautyfull sunset^^. You had lot of luck to snap this.

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MyLittleWorld [2004-09-12 14:31:41 +0000 UTC]

WONDEFULLLL!!!!!

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sapphyreblade [2004-07-23 00:19:34 +0000 UTC]

I love shots like this... wow... awe-inspiring even...

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Pelichio [2004-07-13 08:23:20 +0000 UTC]

Just amazing As always

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natasha-marie [2004-07-13 07:17:22 +0000 UTC]

damnnnnn. that is awesome. as everyone else has said it does look like the lion king.


so you just took a quick jaunt down to africa, eh? ...I'm going to uhmmmm VENICE tomorrow for the afternoon. brat.

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dalla [2004-07-13 06:05:14 +0000 UTC]

I love that vibrant orange that this piece delivers. The front-on angle is awesome too, great piece!

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cweeks [2004-07-13 00:51:35 +0000 UTC]

wow ... i thought simba would trot across. very cool.

ever use graduated neutral density filters?

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Lucibel [2004-07-12 23:38:56 +0000 UTC]

100% Africa

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achfoo In reply to Lucibel [2004-07-16 01:53:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome to hear I got the feeling across!

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YAZ77K [2004-07-11 20:49:45 +0000 UTC]

great shot ... even here a day the sky will be like that ... i hope ... mmm [link] ... i have also a 28/300mm (45/480mm) tamron ... the season of sunsets has open! good raid ... the tamron really sucks ... but it's not really bad to make sunsets ^_^ LOL!!!

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modest-rye [2004-07-01 22:21:01 +0000 UTC]

wow, as easy as taking an afternoon off to go to Africa for a sunset? ...

anyway, very great timing for the sun to be in that position, and a great pick of what tree for it to hide behind. amazing colors.

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achfoo In reply to modest-rye [2004-07-02 03:47:06 +0000 UTC]

heh, to be honest, it's just an afternoon in the backyard of my apartment complex in Orlando. Amazing what a pretty tree on the horizon can do, eh?

Thanks for dropping by!

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gilad [2004-06-12 09:08:13 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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ph0enix [2004-06-11 08:31:47 +0000 UTC]

damn, nice nice mate - looking very smooth, mailny becaus of the limiuted colours i think, anyways, i thought you wernt suppose to point digital cameras at high intenstiy light sources... eg the sun

eh, either weay it looks great, print would probally be stunning

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achfoo In reply to ph0enix [2004-06-12 04:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Ya know, I remember hearing that as well. But since when have I listened when in the pursuit of photographic endeavors?

Besides, a setting sun is much less dangerous than looking straight up at noon, ya know?

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ph0enix In reply to achfoo [2004-06-12 08:18:34 +0000 UTC]



well, bet of luck with fututre, err.. photographic endeavors

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crawdaddy79 [2004-06-08 10:57:43 +0000 UTC]

That's extremely nice looking.. Very Japanese-ish (?).. Looks almost like the logo on the back of the Karate Kid outfits.

Making this a new favorite.

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crawdaddy79 In reply to crawdaddy79 [2004-06-08 11:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Heh.. Just realized that I somehow missed this one when you first put it up. /me so silly..

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paulomcr [2004-06-08 07:21:10 +0000 UTC]

nice...is this a cover for nature magazine? cause it could be...very nice.

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dineleeeee [2004-06-08 06:42:47 +0000 UTC]

brilliant

sometimes i wish my camera could take photos like that

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b0x0rz [2004-06-08 05:42:58 +0000 UTC]

you got me fooled (almost) with the africa comment lol. stil... looks like a sunset at the dark continet. wicked indeed.

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spot [2004-06-08 02:31:13 +0000 UTC]

I hear Elton in my mind!

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CH3-CO-O-CH3 [2004-05-21 09:32:28 +0000 UTC]

awsome colouring, great sharpness, really awsome piece, .... but i dun understand ur comment really... u went to africa for an afternoon? where do u live LOL? brilliant piece

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achfoo In reply to CH3-CO-O-CH3 [2004-05-26 22:12:01 +0000 UTC]

lol, no Africa for me. (But a lot of people thought so!) I actually live in Cental Florida and was lucky to have the sun setting behind a tree in the distance. Yay for big backyards at apartment complexes!

Thanks!

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CH3-CO-O-CH3 In reply to achfoo [2004-05-27 08:40:50 +0000 UTC]

very nice!!!!.... florida ey? cool! i am gonna spend about 2 weeks in america next year... from new york to florida and back

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jkandjc [2004-05-21 05:27:03 +0000 UTC]

oooh beautiful. great composition and balance!

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camouflaged-angel [2004-05-17 01:48:13 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Amazing shot! Love the radiant colour!!!

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liquidonyx [2004-04-21 18:29:58 +0000 UTC]

This photo is so incredibly awsome!! The colours are just....... wow! And the tree suilette makes it look even more amazing!

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keiross [2004-04-12 20:53:35 +0000 UTC]

The colours man.......

This looks like it is something straight out of a film.

Quality

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stix4life [2004-04-11 01:55:05 +0000 UTC]

absolutely stunning dude. Its like you have captured the heart of every human living on the world placed it all as one beating mass behind a huge tree full of life sharing itself with the world....

hmm.. i dont makes sense..

Translation: - Great Work!!

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repetition [2004-04-10 10:53:09 +0000 UTC]

But its a pretty damn cool picture love it

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repetition [2004-04-10 10:52:48 +0000 UTC]

Its not on my favourites hmmm strange ....

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achfoo In reply to repetition [2004-04-10 16:02:36 +0000 UTC]

Odd, it was in my message center. Did you fav/unfav it? lol Oh well.

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repetition In reply to achfoo [2004-04-10 16:07:56 +0000 UTC]

I didnt do anything to it! But it sure is an amzing piccie well in!

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vonny-t-h-m [2004-04-08 14:43:59 +0000 UTC]

ohmy god that is beautiful. thats such an amazing sunset. beautiful, beautiful angle.

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serpian [2004-04-07 10:50:18 +0000 UTC]

wow brilliant composition, the colours are awesome and this reminds alot of the lion king. which of course rocks. keep up the photos!!! or photographs as experts call them.

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amir-malka [2004-04-03 18:52:20 +0000 UTC]

beautiful capture of amazing sunset, reminds me of "Lion King" in some way. that tree infront of the sun is so great...

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amir-malka In reply to amir-malka [2004-04-03 18:53:37 +0000 UTC]

oohhhhh...silly me. I didn't see the title at forst sight...lol

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NerdyMind [2004-04-02 15:39:41 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful rich colors and warmth here *yay!*

how does one get to africa from florida > _>...

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achfoo In reply to NerdyMind [2004-04-02 15:54:15 +0000 UTC]

By using the imagination, of course!

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meta474 [2004-04-01 06:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Great shot, great shot. Good work. The horizon-effect making the sun bigger is awesome, as is the color. Definitely a fav.

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