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Split Beam

Dotty Danforth

United States of America

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Counting the seconds between the Menorca, Spain, lighthouse beams and covering the camera lens with black at appropriately spaced intervals resulted in this Split Beam composition.  This was shot in 2002.

Silver

Hurricane Ian hit south Florida particularly hard.  The high winds in Fort Myers pushed shrimping boats up onto the shore, while destroying the homes of the workers with both flooding and winds.

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Honorable Mention

After (Hurricane) Ian

Milky Way reflected in the lake in New Zealand

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Galactic Reflections

A couple dressed in custom seen though slats

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Nominee

Through the Slats

The rising sun illuminates the worshipful woman, while other pilgrims walk around the Golden Temple complex.