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Islands in the Stream
Published: 2010-01-08 01:55:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 46913; Favourites: 3963; Downloads: 0
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Ofu Island, The National Park of American Samoa.Credit Hemingway for the title. I'm not sure if the old man of the sea ever made it to the South Pacific, but I'm sure he would have really enjoyed the Manua islands here in American Samoa. These are some of the most magnificent islands in the world and they are way off the radar of most travelers and photographers.
The owners of our island lodge have only seen one tourist since we left there in early October! It's a remote and wild South Pacific paradise you can have all to yourself...
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Outstanding shot Michael, the dividing composition between the water, and the land is superb. Looks like a beautiful Island, would love to visit some time.
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Your beautiful work has been featured here: [link]
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This is so cool! That;s a great shot! I love how you show the beauty of the landscape above and below the tide!
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are their sharks and stinging jelly fish in that water that u know of??? generally, very nice looking ocean water has creepy creatures, but idk about this one, do u kno???
wow this is gorgeous, did u use a Nikon with underwater housing or Canon D10 or what im curious lol....
last question (sry for all these annoyin questions, lol) did you photoshop this at all??? sry i cant find the answers in the description plz write back 
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Thanks for the comment! This is actually a very safe place (despite witnessing a Tsunami there). There are a few small reef sharks here and there, but they are basically scavengers and don't pose a risk to people. I've never seen a jelly fish and I don't think you have to worry about the dangerous ones you see on the Great Barrier. It's like a little garden of eden before anyone bit the apple. A true paradise and very safe. The only photoshop work I did was cloning out a couple water spots on the lens and very minimal dodging of the top of the sand ridges. Colors, etc are all exactly as you would see them if you were there. I used a Canon 5D MK II inside an Aquatica housing to get this.
-Mike
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ahh wow!!!!! i hope i can visit there sometime!!! wow! the background looks like something from a preprogrammed computer desktop picture, lol
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hey nd coment on the picture, love how the tide has made those patterns in de sand..... so pretty....
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OMG, thirst thing that came into my head when I say this was "Ofu?" and then I read it. That is such a beautiful island! Spent christmas 2001 there. Would love to come back
Great picture!!!
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There's sand in my......,but it's worth it! Beautiful picture!
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Good fortune smiled down on us all when we found this in our inboxes. Love it, especially the patterns of the sand, shows the true artistic carving talent that the sea has.
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That's an amazing picture. The fact that you can see underwater and the land. And the water is so very blue! It's a breathtaking shot. Truly Wonderful!
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Great picture, must have taken a long time to get it just right like that.
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very nice looks like one photo of the month of national geographic very good work
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i've seen this kind of a photo before (with the water like this) but this one is great too!!!
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simply breathtaking picture. wonderful job.
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I'm using an Aquatica housing with a Canon 5d Mk II. I can highly recommend this housing. It's about midrange as far as housing prices go.
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Would love to get it when I finally get my 5d
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