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"His goal in life was to be an echo."

"His goal in life was to be an echo." by _ambrown.
For those wondering how I took this shot:

I propped my camera in the sand using the lens cap, as I often (stupidly) do and took a shot right after sunset at Cannon Beach using Haystack Rock and the moon as a background. I set the exposure to somewhere around fifteen seconds, while my friend Eric on the far right was standing still taking his own picture. I walked in front of the camera for a few seconds, then moved again, making the two other shadows.

If you like this picture, check out others immediately before and after in my photostream; I took a few like this.

After adding this to a couple of groups, this picture shot up to 186 on explore, and has been as high as 70. This is my second most popular photo

Thanks!

This has been posted on a few blogs, notably:
davidzinger.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/what-is-the-sound-of... 

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Thejaswi says:

Nice effect and colors. Great shot.
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Roti_Boy says:

Interesting!

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BamaWester  Pro User  says:

Very cool shot. It's so good, you get a chip. :-)

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swimfinn21 says:

wow! i'd love to know how you did that

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Gregory Pleau  Pro User  says:

Yes, I'd like to know as well. Great effect and composition.

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triciaward says:

very cool. [1-2-3]
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Meredith_Farmer  Pro User  says:

Fascinating.

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Erik Kolstad says:

Cool creativity. I like it!
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Leley  Pro User  says:

Astronomical.
Very cool....
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olopez says:

Nice effect.
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wwwigz says:

Excellent idea =)

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Liva [deleted] says:

this is fantastic!!!! :))
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TravelnFotog  Pro User  says:

Wow! Cool!

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amortize  Pro User  says:

very good indeed, though my personal favourite is another one you took at the same time.

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airchayes [deleted] says:

very cool! good job!!

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LINDAC928  Pro User  says:

very cool indeed
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lawroberts  Pro User  says:

fascinating
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Good work!
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Scandiholegg says:

It's just like the Popplagið (the pop song) from Sigur Rós
Great photo!!
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biroe  Pro User  says:

very creative!
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macwagen  Pro User  says:

daggum!

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pete4ducks  Pro User  says:

nice job
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* raymond  Pro User  says:

what a great shot! thanks for telling how you made it. i'll have to try it sometime.
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Henry Roxas  Pro User  says:

cool shot. I like it a lot.

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pixability  Pro User  says:

Its a very cool shot, the sence of perspective created by the "shrinking" person is excellent. Love the long exposures.
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Sparkle.... [deleted] says:

"floating fast, like a hummingbird...."
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spacially.idealique says:

that is cool!
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Caia and her imaginary friend says:

very nice :) I've tried this...numerous times, but the results just don't tend to be as interesting as this...it's the lack of beach, let's leave it at that :P


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John McDonald  Pro User  says:

I just love long exposure shots!!


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Cap'n Surly  Pro User  says:

cool shot
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sunburnsideup  Pro User  says:

This is fantastic, seriously! I love the long exposure ghost shots, but I've never had such success with mine.

Great title, too... one of my favorite songs. "Remember to remember me..."

Bravo!
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Mayr  Pro User  says:

Really a very cool shot here. That's some of the best ghosting I've seen and the composition is perfect.

I'm an admin for a group called Box Full Of Letters, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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freeloosedirt  Pro User  says:

Very nice.

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Mayr  Pro User  says:

Thanks, again, for adding this to the Box Full Of Letters group. :)
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JWas  Pro User  says:

Totally different vibe than my shot. Love that.

And this. Great take on it, too. Well done!
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manyfires  Pro User  says:

that's awesome!
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Haaaagi. says:

there is so much going on in this photo...

i love it.
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Blue celt  Pro User  says:

Superbe effet !
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cltan47 [deleted] says:

good shot
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Siin__LimiTes ! says:

fascinating photo !
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Bryzhius says:

nice
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virgo200745  Pro User  says:

I just found I had faved this without commenting. Obviously it left me speechless! Congratulations, and thank you.
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davidmete☼. says:

nice shot, i love it...

enhorabuena :)
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Mohammad.A.S [ OFF ]  Pro User  says:

stunning idea =)
so creative dear :)
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