Sea

Today's Picture:

A seaside scenery in the middle of your apartment? Why not, I say. Just grab a platter, empty seashell and few pearls and you're ready. Good things come in small packages, don't they?
Well, if you don't like my way of near-sea-experiences, you can always pack away to the nearest beach, but before you go, just a tip - it's winter coming to this side of the globe :P

Puffball

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Let's face it: this is an unique picture, no matter what. You won't see any like this - or may never see another anywhere else - not even on National Geographic.
Why is that? Because they don't take pictures of dead spiders. And this is exactly what it is - a spider's corpse hung on it's own web. And the white fluffy thing? Mould. The picture was taken in an almost wet basement - dark and humid, perfect for these creepy fungi. They were eating the spider from inside out, emerging on the surface near the joints of the legs and over the entire body - quite a spectacular view. Tiny, but amazing.

Fire

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One of the last blooming flowers and a memento of a hot summer. Autumn coming in this part of the Earth - and it brings another year at school, but also 1002 new things to do, see, and photograph.

Ghost

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OMG! A ghost?! In my room!?
Can't believe it, can you? And you're right, this ain't no ghost. Just a camera trick, but still a good one - just me, my E-520 and NO Photoshop made this photo possible.

Scenery

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Day 4:
The last day of my photo trip, and time for departure. When I remembered that this will be one of the last visits here till the end of the year, I decided to take an expanded shot of the scenery that's visible from the house. And by the way, the original image is 20 megapixels.
P.S.: You better have a veeery long screen when you click on it or the effect won't be the same.

Waterfall

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Day three:
I'm out hunting for waterfalls - surprisingly found many along the road following the nearby river. But most of them weren't reachable - the gap between rocks wouldn't allow walking and the water was 5°C so swimming wasn't an option either. But this waterfall almost invited me to take a picture of it - the river was easily accessible and there was even a rock that could be used as support for the camera - almost as if it was set up.

Sunset

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The end of photo day two - it was a sunset not to be missed.

The photo is done according to all photography standards - the main object if off-center, and there's a close branch on the left to enhance the perception of depth. Also, by using AEL, the pine trees appeared as silhouettes, but since the original image was in RAW details in the shadows were preserved too - if EV compensation is set to +9. The photo is slightly underexposed due to the high HDR of the composition which would've caused severe loss of details in the image center.

Wait, did you just read all this? Well you shouldn't have :P