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I had just begun to learn about HDR photography, which is complex even though there are several software packages that make it seem easy. Without proper setup, it's not that easy. The setup has to be just right. With the lighting just as I wanted it, I watched birds fly across the beach where the water breaks to the sand. I noticed the perfect shape of the waves and wanted to capture it in my photograph. I took a series of shots and decided which ones I wanted to keep together to merge into a single image. When the sun set, it got cool. the only noise was that of the waves, gently touching the soft face of the sandy beach. There were few others around to take in the beautiful sight. An elderly couple was silently holding hands while a young wife, rested her head on her husband's chest with one hand around his back and the other resting on his chest. The beauty of the scene was no match for the beauty of the human spirit.

Our goal in our photography is to capture, not only a visually appealing image, but also the detail of the scene. Although we can not deliver the smell, touch, taste and feel of each subject, we hope you will be able to look at the subject and let your imagination fill in the senses that can't be captured in a photograph, but can in photography. We specialize in waterfalls, cascades, and landscapes. Our work has been explained as a play on light and dark. We are self taught photographers who have been shooting images only since December of 2009. Pete has the added challenge of being red-green colorblind. Nevertheless; some humbling compliments of our work include 'Stunning,' 'Amazing,' 'Truly a Beautiful Work of Art,' and of an image...