PP: Tropical Paradise

Challenge #7 in the The art of real photography series. Hosted by Paul Kowalow.

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*VOTING NOTE*: do not give less then 3 stars (negative vote) unless the entry is poor or does not fit the theme. Otherwise give 3 or more stars (positive vote). Read the voting tips for details! *DESCRIPTION*: Submit a picture of a tropical landscape: let it be your favorite beach, forest, jungle, or human settlement. No animals as a primary subject! As always, make sure to PP to make the photo more interesting. ** Submit only well composed pictures. No snapshots!. See additional rules. **

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Announced:

Friday, 29th January, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 5th February, 2010 – Thursday, 11th February, 2010 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 12th February, 2010 – Thursday, 18th February, 2010 (GMT)

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Pictures only from the tropics, as defined here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics.
Entries from other regions may be disqualified.
No animals as primary subjects!
Name the location, please.

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Sunset on Mauna Kea

by Denny Colvin

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The dormant volcano Mauna Kea (Hawai‘ian for “white mountain”) on the Big Island of Hawai‘i gets its name from the winter snow cover at the 13,803-foot summit. This view is looking northwest past the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, toward 10,023-foot high dormant volcano Haleakalā (Hawai‘ian for "house of the sun") on the island of Maui, with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Although at 19°49′14.39″N latitude, the sub-freezing temperature was decidedly non-tropical on this September day.

Camera:	Olympus E-3
Lens:	ZD 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0
Submitted:	Thursday, 11th February, 2010 03:24 (GMT)
Taken:	Wednesday, 3rd September, 2008
Focal length:	60 mm
Shutter speed:	1/125 sec
Aperture:	F4
ISO:	640
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