Sunday 6 July 2008

the sea of sunset

Nikon D80 | 1/4000 seconds | f 1.8 | ISO 160 | 50 mm
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Nikon D80 | 1/800 seconds | f 4.5 | ISO 160 | 145 mm
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Nikon D80 | 1/800 seconds | f 7.1 | ISO 160 | 85 mm
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Nikon D80 | 1/250 seconds | f 5.3 | ISO 100 | 58 mm
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Nikon D80 | 1/1600 seconds | f 4.8 | ISO 1250 | 48 mm
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This is the land the sunset washes,
These are the banks of the Yellow Sea;
Where it rose, or whither it rushes,
These are the western mystery!

Night after night her purple traffic
Strews the landing with opal bales;
Merchantmen poise upon horizons,
Dip, and vanish with fairy sails.

Emily Dickinson. Poems, Series 1. XII The Sea of Sunset

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