PHOTO OF THE DAY: The beauty of nature

photo of the dayPhoto depicts the Jaco Falls

Photo by Sean Ensch

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23 Comments

  1. December 1, 2013

    Well :wink: and 767

  2. forreal
    November 30, 2013

    @DNO,come like you guys go need to ask for videos instead,for this types of photo shoots,instead of a photo,and i think it would look a lot more convincing and extremely beautifull,you no what i mean,the water rushing and so on,that’s possible right?video of the day.

  3. My2Sense
    November 29, 2013

    For those who don’t know, this is a photography technique… it’s called a “long exposure” photograph. Typically, moving elements in the frame and blurred and stretched.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-exposure_photography

    You may have seen other photos of streets or cities that show long lines of light along the streets.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34264971@N03/4242625296/sizes/l/in/pool-52240257802@N01/

  4. forreal
    November 29, 2013

    is this a real photo photo

    • Bayside
      December 2, 2013

      Long-exposure photography:
      When a scene includes both stationary and moving subjects (for example, a fixed street and moving cars or a camera within a car showing a fixed dashboard and moving scenery), a slow shutter speed can cause interesting effects, such as light trails.
      Long exposures are easiest to accomplish in low-light conditions, but can be done in brighter light using neutral density filters or specially designed cameras.

  5. November 29, 2013

    j,aime trop bien sa manque quelle que pare 8)

  6. Madam Jay
    November 29, 2013

    Gorgeous!!!

  7. ****
    November 29, 2013

    Everyone keeps saying Dominica the nature island of the Caribbean, yes,it is so true, can we live on beauty alone, the island is “HARD”, everything is going sky high, no increase in salary, they cutting lights on cable Company, we need money, not beauty alone, can beauty full our stomachs, and pay our bills, I am beyond fed-up of this place, the economy is terrible, Dominicans overseas and visitors come on a holiday, and say, oh they want to stay let them stay for a month plus, and see how it is.

    • Anonymous
      November 29, 2013

      You need to work hard, stop depend on handout and tired complain.

      • artfield
        November 29, 2013

        work hard? to make it in da you have to beg borrow or steal

      • ____________
        November 30, 2013

        @Anonymous The begging and handout syndrome created and fed by Skerrit does not encourage anyone to work hard; NOT EVEN YOU. Why then are you always at the Red Clinic?

    • "O" STRESS"
      December 1, 2013

      ?????? Think of what we can do for our country, not, what our country can do for us.******* so easy to sit behind our computers and see all kinds of pictures always easier said than we can do.

  8. Officer Rick
    November 29, 2013

    Obvious Photoshop water looks like hospital milk…

    • Bayside
      December 2, 2013

      Google “long exposure” if you would like to know more.

  9. Kubuli Kountry
    November 29, 2013

    Was this photo shopped? This doesn’t even look real to me. Like a drawing or something. Maybe the photographer would like to explain to us simple folk how he got the ‘pikchore’ to look like this?

    • November 29, 2013

      This was not a snapshot from a point and shoot camera, this was a manually set from a dslr camera. In dark lighting like in the rain forest, the exposure time (length of time the lens lets light in to make an image inside the camera) of the photo needs to be lengthened to allow enough light in. If you know what the aperture or f-stop means (usually f4-22), it means how closed the lens is to letting in light, think like an eye squinting. So with this photo, I had a very small aperature opening, requiring the lens to be open for longer to allow enough light in to make the photo not just dark. This one was roughly 5 seconds, which turns moving objects such as clouds, water, people, turn in to smooth blurred looks. Google “long exposure” if you would like to know more.

  10. HTC ONE
    November 29, 2013

    This can’t be the same Trafalgar falls I visited as a kid, its smaller now…. global warming I guess soon it will be dry. Skerrit will think of something to fix this.

    • Ms Twitter
      November 29, 2013

      Einstein, this is the JACO FALLS! It says so plainly underneath the photo….SMDH.

    • Anonymous
      November 29, 2013

      Can you read? If yes, please do

      • Tapir
        November 29, 2013

        My point exactly anonymous…..This is clearly Emerald Pool…get your locations HTC ONE

    • HTC ONE
      November 29, 2013

      Thanks for the correction Tapir. My honest mistake.

  11. Gandalf
    November 29, 2013

    Looks like a pastel drawing :)

  12. Cyrique
    November 29, 2013

    This is truly the Nature Island of the Caribbean. Breathtaking. I’m so proud and privileged to be a daughter of the soil!!!! God bless DOMINICA.

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