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High Jump by
pauldb I took this while on a dophin cruise in a bay in Alabama. There were alot of dolphins. Had a fun time. (Canon Rebel XSi) pauldb-1252274968.jpg |
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smile from the deep by
chris1harrison Caught this shot at SeaWorld Orlando. I loved the way the water was streaking through the water and the dolphin looked happy enough too! chris1harrison-1203117259.jpg |
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Snatched away by
Paul_Gerritsen The trainer throws the fish toward the dolphin, which opens it's mouth in anticipation of a good performance reward. The fish is in mid air when suddenly, to the astonishment of the crowd and the dolphin....the fish is snatched away in another great performance. And I happened to pull the trigger, fast like Lucky Luke... Well I guess the seagull deserved it in the end. Paul_Gerritsen-1120328236.jpg |
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Dolphin by
Freedom96 Here's another Dolphin Photo. Have a good day. Airika Freedom96-1233521156.jpg |
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Dolphin Smile by
raiden747 Taken at Expo Park on Okinawa, Japan. May it bring warmth and happiness to you :) raiden747-1188992570.jpg |
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Mother and child by
Steb Was out on Port Phillip today and surrounded by a pod of about 30 dolphins. Very exciting and very difficult to photograph. Steb-1136373412.jpg |
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Dolphins by
Paul_Gerritsen Two shots for one, hope you enjoy my little fantasy. Paul_Gerritsen-1262903073.jpg |
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Dolphins At Play by
laurengary I hope this shows some of my perceptions of the joie de vivre that we witness when we're lucky enough to see dolphins leaping & cavorting among the waves, just happy to be alive .... laurengary-1140807090.jpg |
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Storm Clouds over Curio Bay by
LynEve Curio Bay, on the southern coast of New Zealand's South Island. This photo from last year was snapped just after sunrise from the porch of the house we stayed at. At the edge of the grassy area there is a steep deep drop down to the beach. There is something different to watch all day from this spot - surfers, sea birds, dolphins and of course the ever-changing sea and sky. Canon 450D. Thank you for any comments :) LynEve-1310306994.jpg |
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Dolphin in a swimmingpool by
RAPH ..... RAPH-1213717446.jpg |
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Best Time of Day by
aboogie Sunset at the seafood and dolphin tour place on Jekyll Island. aboogie-1280320152.jpg |
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A Smiling Dolphin by
crazypelo77 Taken at Sea World in San Antonio, TX in March 2006. crazypelo77-1210390693.jpg |
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Southern Sights #18 - Curio Bay by
LynEve Curio Bay, another beautiful Catlins Coast Beach, and habitat of Hector's Dolphins, the smallest species (1.4 metres)and found only in New Zealand. This was the view from the house in the dunes I was fortunate enough to stay in. For two hours in the afternoon I watched two schools from here on the deck - the dolphins and the Curio Bay Surf School - both a joy to watch - and to see man interacting with these wonderful sea creatures was special. The dolphins are so graceful,and playful. I am sorry I have no dolphin pics to share - I did get some, but black blobs in the sea are not very interesting. They were too fast for me. There was no cell phone coverage and no TV but with a view like this who needs them. Taken with Canon 450D. Thank you for looking, your opinions are always welcome and appreciated. LynEve-1276952074.jpg |
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Dreaming of Dolphins by
mapbc From the last trip to TX, the kids at the Texas State Aquarium loved running along with the dolphins. I think the silhouettes keep them from being too personal. I think everyone can get the feeling of what it would be like playing with these animals. To doctor it up I did apply a few tricks. Tonemapping, shading, texture. It may be over the top. I like it, but you all will judge it. mapbc-1210530483.jpg |
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Dolphin at peace by
Chym Used Vue 6 to create Credit Michael Janssen for the lighting technique. Chym-1178718268.jpg |
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Leaving St Thomas USVI by
marcaribe near sunset and just sailed by this last small island. Thank you for viewing the last look at land until the next port. Want to hear something really weird, I have never seen a single fish or mammal such as sharks, whales, dolphins, tuna, marlins in the ocean during a cruise and believe me I have looked hard for any living creature. Happy spring weekend everyone! marcaribe-1304727733.jpg |
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Dolphantasy by
pixelpusher If the laws of the universe were different....dolphins could fly in a snowstorm, I'd like that! pixelpusher-1125791471.jpg |
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Play Ball by
Mvillian A Bottle Nose Dolphin at Marineland Mvillian-1206579984.jpg |
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Dolphin Fountain by
MiLo_Anderson I took out the lens flare. I think it looks better. What do you think? old version MiLo_Anderson-1096429113.jpg |
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Dolphins under Glass 2 by
jojomercury More action at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. jojomercury-1174868128.jpg |
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Blue Lagoon by
SuperV83 This is Blue Lagoon island in Nassau, Bahamas. It's a beautiful natural Dolphin habitat. This is a nice little pier where some of the local staff of the habitat use to get to their quarters. SuperV83-1196995221.jpg |
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Dolphines by
elektronist Pool of dolphines in Karşıyaka/İzmir. 18mm, f11, ISO 100, 1/3 sec, -2/3EV, Nikon D3000, Nikkor 18-55, Tripod Tanju elektronist-1303234429.jpg |
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Dolphins by
vladstudio I suddenly wanted to draw a dolphin with a child, so I did :-) Referenced photo by Leandro Stanzani. As always, Adobe Photoshop only. More sizes, download for mobile phone, send as e-card: http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaper/?657 Thanks! vladstudio-1220965581.jpg |
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Bottle Nose Dolphin by
connodado Took this photo of a bottle nose dolphin at Tybee Island Georgia. connodado-1280887563.jpg |
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Dolphins by
LANJOCKEY Created this from two pictures...The dolphins are a metal structure that I snapped in a garden centre in the water feature section...The water I added and the cool blue tone was done in the Hue/Saturation pallette...Good fun creating ......Enjoy LANJOCKEY-1139425562.jpg |
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Dolphin by
Popaj Image created using Vue Infinite 6. Comments welcome:) Popaj-1183824553.jpg |
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Another View by
Freedom96 I couldn't help but to wonder what this Dolphin was thinking about. I like to think she was posing for me:)Have a nice day. Airika Freedom96-1233606192.jpg |
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Dolphin song for Pat Andre by
Quiet Dear Pat, I learned of your husband's passing today. I can't begin to imagine what you must be feeling. Whether it's a really bad or it's a peaceful feeling, I know for me that being by the sea grounds me well. When I was a kid, my father would take us in a speed boat. Although I loved the sea, I was also afraid of the speed and noise, and created a tune to soothe myself. Curiously, whenever I hummed it, we'd soon have dolphins alongside our boat as we sped. It was very comforting, so I called it my dolphin song. Anyway, as the years pass, when I find myself by the sea, I slip off by myself and hum the tune again - just once.. it brings me back to that deep seated peace and comfort that sometimes eludes me in my life. This seaside post is dedicated to you and your family. I took it in Antigua a few weeks back. The surf was thundering against the base of the cliff beneath my feet, and the wind howling in my ears, so I hummed the tune. Just after posting this, I hummed it again for you. Like sooo many others on here, Rob (RobNevin) and I are thinking of you. Quiet Quiet-1177701123.jpg |
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Dolphin Dance by
jswgpb Apop.Photofiltre. This lookded like a couple of dolphins at play to me. I worked and worked on this in 4 different programs trying to clarify it and brighten up the colours a smidge and just couldn't get it to suit me, so here's the best I came up with. Hope you like it. J jswgpb-1153942574.jpg |
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Golden Dolphin by
jswgpb Use your imagination a little.....c'mon you'll be able to see it. :) Thanks for the views and comments. J jswgpb-1178309077.jpg |
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Dolly by
mmynx34 Dolphin show at the uShaka Marine World, Durban, South Africa. mmynx34-1175620958.jpg |
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Dolphins @ Sea World Orlando by
akuns9483 I took this picture while at Sea World Orlando in July on my Bday. I love this animal. akuns9483-1185681997.jpg |
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Starfish Mania by
ShawnM This pic was taken during our trip along the Californa coast. The Pacific Ocean was beautiful as we saw dolphins, seals, countless shorebirds and of course .... starfish. This rock wasn't quite as full as some of the other rocks we saw further out but the 6 starfish on this one looked pretty cool blended in with the barnacles. It was taken on June 13, 2007 with a Canon Powershot S2IS at 1/320s, F/4 and a focal length of 72mm. ShawnM-1219615945.jpg |
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Pyramids over atlantic by
cuba3377 this is my first rendering attempt on making flying pyramids over atlantis. i plan on adding more pyramids and adding islands later on. right now, im working on getting fish/dolphins jumping out of the water cuba3377-1148793706.jpg |
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A Dolphins Freedom by
MrXwild A Dolphins Freedom Thanks Everyone your Great! . If you like this image, please vote. -- Thanks Again, -- Xwild MrXwild-1111910440.jpg |
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Sailing with dolphins by
Junglegeorge Scene made in Vue 3D-software. I have an shop at Zazzle where you can buy my pictures as postcards, posters, coffe mugs mousepads and other products, if you don´find what you want please send me a pm and I make one. Zazzle.com You can also visit my website and go from there Junglegeorge Graphics Junglegeorge-1173193094.jpg |
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Beautiful blebs by
EmionD ...show with dolphins...Aquapark Oiso, Japan EmionD-1150862117.jpg |
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Dolphins 2 by
fogz another shot of the dolphins at the Equatic show in Palma, Majorca. fogz-1144782702.jpg |
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El Lugar de las Ballenas by
UrsaMajor This was taken in Nassau, in the Bahamas. It's actually not on Nassau, it's on a neighboring island called 'Paradise Island' (as you can see why). If you know any Spanish, its evident that there were whales near the island (dolphins, actually). No photoshopping done on this one, either. ^ ^ (but it was very tempting to edit out the top right corner). let me know how you like it! UrsaMajor-1163599054.jpg |
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Aussieland 08 by
Helge We started out from cairns in bad wheather. After a wonderful overnight diving trip on the reef we made our way back through bad wheather again. Suddenly dolphins swam beside the boat. After they were gone somebody shouted "whale!". I never had seen a whale before. It was a huge humpback whale and he would jump out of the water several times, but you never could quite tell where it would happen. Luckely this shot caught the dramatic moment. It seemed just like he wanted to show us how wonderful life was and everbody left the boat with a big smile. Helge-1193065274.jpg |
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Dolphins under Glass by
jojomercury Underwater viewing area at the Texas State Aquarium Chorpus Christi Texas. jojomercury-1174700431.jpg |
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from across the waters by
Feetjie Table Mountain as seen from Dolphin Beach, South Africa Feetjie-1180130281.jpg |
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Dolphins by
Camerama Pacific White Sided Dolphins. I shot this hanging over the front of the Columbia III near Bella Bella, B.C. last August Camerama-1204305049.jpg |
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Dolphins by
fogz Dolphins - equatic show, Majorca - Costa D’en Blanes, Calvia - I was lucky enough to capture one image of them in mid-air - it took several attempts but I was pleased with the result. The sun was shining right at me and it was 95 degrees :~) fogz-1144000795.jpg |
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The Streak by
laurengary A variation of another image of mine, Dolphins At Play, because I really liked that image & wanted to play with it some more .....& I really liked that particular gradient too. Hope you all enjoy it ! laurengary-1141135964.jpg |
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Dolphins Flight by
Hukka55 Dolphin Watching today morning was a blast. Would have been even better if I wasn't so hung over from the last nights festivities. =) Anyways, got a few good ones, here is my best shot from that trip. Hukka55-1281697370.jpg |
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yeah, dolphins! by
gaeljet2 an ld photo that i had posted a long time ago and then erased cause i was really disapointed with the c index wiews and downloads, i reworked it to make it more real look(colors, contrast etc less strong)i hope it ll get more success this time, tell me gaeljet2-1211984013.jpg |
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swim by
Liz007 these are a few dolphins from the Bahamas.. picture taken Dec. 2003 Liz007-1083627970.jpg |
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Warped in Blue by
wintermoon This is my first attempt at Apop 2.08JK (thanks Lori) with certain select scripts (thanks Joanie). This little trippy thing actually looks like a dolphin seem from above when you see the whole thing. Sadly, the only way to do that is to zoom way back, which lost all this detail and color. I went for the lesser of two evils for now. I just started working with this version of Apop, and I think it has greater flexibility than the version I was using. I appreciate any comment, tips, (gentle) criticism from you, my friends. Thanks to all, and please enjoy! wintermoon-1247584012.jpg |
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He's having a ball! by
mattjung Messin' around, it just so happens that it looked like a dolphin holding a ball mattjung-1265251093.jpg |
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Playing with the dolphins by
mmynx34 Unfortunately not me.. but at least I had my camera to capture it. uShaka Marine World in Durban, South Africa. If you ever visit SA, be sure to make a turn there. It's an experience you'll never forget. Still digging in my "not so good, but don't want to delete"-file and thought to play around with Picasa's collage function. Hope you'll enjoy it and have a great week. Thanx to all that have commented on my previous post "The Gathering". Due to being extremely busy, I don't get the chance to do my "thank-you's" as I would like to, but know that I do appreciate all the nice comments and welcome back's so much. It's so good to know that even thoug I was quiet, I was not forgotten. THANK YOU MY FRIENDS. mmynx34-1243797318.jpg |
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Sunset Play by
SR21 This was taken on our second sunset on our New Year weekend. The evening before we had said how nice it would be to see a dolphin swimming by. Well we got what we wished for and more, five came by and two of them liked to jump! He was at least 900 hundred yards away so his image is not as clear as I would like...but it was special!! :) Steve SR21-1262726899.jpg |
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Synchronicity by
indian Dolphins at the Vancouver aquarium entertaining the crowds. Loved how synchronized this pair was and also liked the look on the handler's face in this shot. they have seen these amazing creatures do this everyday but you can still see the amazement on their faces. indian-1248761484.jpg |
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Dolphin duo by
jamesbenoit Taken at the Aquarium in Vancouver, during a dolphin show. jamesbenoit-1143420219.jpg |
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Seperate two by
mmynx34 An OOB of a picture of two dolphins I took at the uShaka Marine World in Durban, South Africa mmynx34-1214512525.jpg |
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Beach Sculptures II by
allisontaylor A partial of the Osprey Sculpture on Biloxi Beach. From the City's website: Biloxi's Katrina sculpture project began in January 2007 when Mayor A.J. Holloway and city Public Affairs Manager Vincent Creel spoke with Mississippi “chainsaw artist” Dayton Scoggins about sculpting marine-related figures from the dozens of standing dead trees in the median of Beach Boulevard in Biloxi. The trees were victims of the saltwater storm surge of Hurricane Katrina 16 months earlier. In March 2007, after MDOT crews "topped" the dead trees, Scoggins made the first of two sculpting visits to Biloxi, creating egrets, seagulls, pelicans and dolphins from a collection of trees just west of the Biloxi Lighthouse. Scoggins's initial five sculputres -- a $7,000 investment for the city -- inspired Fort Walton Beach, Fla, sculptor and frequent Biloxi visitor Marlin Miller to approach the city about donating his time and talent to sculpting more standing dead trees in the center medians in Biloxi. Miller, who exhibits sculptures at shows nationally, wanted to leave his mark on Biloxi and return the favor of Biloxians who had helped his community recover after Hurricane Ivan a couple years earlier. Miller's efforts represent the majority of the 20 works of art in Biloxi -- 15, plus one in progress, in fact.. During his multiple sculpting visits, he has refused any reimbursement or payment for his public works of art. allisontaylor-1245380000.jpg |
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For bench lovers everywhere. by
ronsaunders47 Ah ! the garden bench. So basic but can serve so many purposes. Select one of these and you can spend the hours contemplating the horizon. Taken from the parapet of an old Victorian fort in Yarmouth IOW.This place is a well kept secret from the holiday visitors, a place for the locals to picnic and chill out. Notice the wooden sculture of a dolphin . Ron. ronsaunders47-1160826621.jpg |
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MBG - Niki in the Garden - Nana on Dolphin by
Hottrockin Niki was inspired to create this sculpture after visiting SeaWorld. She became enchanted by the interaction of the trainers with Shamu, returning over and over again to see the show. Date completed: 1998 Origin: USA Medium: Polyurethane foam, resin shell, steel armature, and stained and mirrored glass Height: 12.5 ft. Weight: 1,100 lbs. Any and all comments and critiques welcome!! |
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Got Fish ? by
ran Dolphin Reef at Israel (Eilat) ran-1078247475.jpg |
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Dolphin by
brunette_rach This is my first creation of fractal images, hope you like it! : ) brunette_rach-1086517462.jpg |
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aPod by
Skynet5 of Dolphins. They are bottlenose, but beyond that I'm not sure if there is further naming I should attribute. They swam along the shore, beyond the breakers and around the pier yesterday in Imperial Beach. I was walking down said pier, trying to get good pics of a pelican fishing, when I noted their dorsals breaking the water. This is one of the better ones. I know composition isn't great here, but they liked to all come up at once and it was hard to spot just where that would happen. One thing I really like is that 5 of the six visible are out of the water! Enjoy! Skynet5-1202536275.jpg |
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Dancing Dolphins by
vamoura Another great mystery of UF that shows a spectacle of dolphins dancing under the spotlights! Hope you all like it! vamoura-1117074061.jpg |
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Dolphin by
Battousai_FaD Another image in 3d! hope you like it! Battousai_FaD-1144840880.jpg |
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Friendly dolphin by
sonicfan A dolphin we met in Honduras sonicfan-1199244004.jpg |
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The Real... He Floats On Air by
Con_ Another oldie... from 2005. The Dolphin jumps up then comes down... but I have him frozen in time with this shot (Vancouver Aquarium). I am posting this so that the artists among you can get an idea of how to present a Dolphin's jump. I got this jump with my G2... and a lotta luck! But again I am pointing you to a most interesting photographer and artist. If you have the time & patience... http://www.flickr.com/photos/greyrose/page0/ she's got many pics and ideas for you to enjoy. :o) Thank-you fra99y for the lead on the disappearing Dolphin! It appears I was much luckier getting this pic than posting it! :o)) Con_-1192025576.jpg |
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More Dolphins! by
Skynet5 Here's another from the day I saw the Dolphins, hope you all like it! Skynet5-1204005380.jpg |
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Dolphin Swim by
PamParson the fabulous fountain in the lobby of the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel & Resort.... my entry for the Symmetry contest. PamParson-1255223656.jpg |
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Dolphin by
derekw I was going through my pics and found this one I took at Sea World in San Antonio in 2005. derekw-1183440993.jpg |
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Boat in Roatan by
sonicfan We took a nice boat ride to see the dolphins in Roatan, Honduras sonicfan-1199571634.jpg |
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The Tease @ SeaWorld Orlando by
akuns9483 I went to SeaWorld Orlando once again and was able to get this excellent shot of this female dolphin wh came only a few inches from me and another young lady and was then scared away by a male dolphin. This one shot was pure luck. I didn't even use my zoom I was that close. Thank for any comments akuns9483-1213760323.jpg |
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My Dolphin Swim by
bigsista1957 For the first time in my life I had a swim with two dolphins. I never showed a pic of myself, but had to show this one. It was amazing and a forfillment of a wish. bigsista1957-1145035138.jpg |
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Poseidon's Trident by
laurengary Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His brothers and sisters include: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers, Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea, Zeus ruled the sky, and Hades got the underworld. The other divinities attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of horses. The symbols associated with Poseidon include: dolphins, tridents, and three-pronged fish spears. ........ Apophysis 2.02 & Apophysis 2.04beta with some post work done in PhotoShop. I hope you all enjoy ! All comments welcome, of course ! ;o) laurengary-1154211166.jpg |
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Sailing by
nancymcarney I took this photo when i was on a dolphin cruise in Destin, Florida. nancymcarney-1212147579.jpg |
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Dolphin Lover by
CK1215 Yes, another one of my photoshop liquified creations, this time I did use the smudge tool alot. I am trying to be come the "Liquified Queen". I hope one and all enjoy. CK1215-1154006983.jpg |
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Qualified in Submarines by
Skynet5 This is my first pair. The ones they pined me with. They will always be special. I never wear this set, it stays on the night stand during inspections or events and such. I have fancy sterling silver dolphins for my uniform. These stay close to me. They remind me of what it really means to earn the right to wear them. The shiny ones look great but don't speak for the hardships they represent. No matter how hard they may be to acquire, these fish are one of the highest honors our nation can bestow. Modern submariners have a legacy of pride and tradition like no other. After Pearl Harbor, with no real fleet to deploy, those men held the line in the pacific. 52 of them still patrol just to be sure. And for those I am thankful. I thought of this as a post last evening, for Veterans Day, but I wanted to use natural light-so you can guess why I'm posting now. Skynet5-1226522329.jpg |
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Neon Dolphin by
hear_me_roar Two Dolphins jumping.... Thats what I see! hear_me_roar-1211930015.jpg |
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Dolphins' Playground by
Akeraios This piece just kept growing. I started with one "impossible" cube, then made a whole jungle gym of them, then I thought it would be nice to have some dolphins playing. The top half is physically possible, with just some strategically placed breaks in the bars and the right camera angle. Then the breaks had to be moved for the reflection because it was a different angle. The dophins were rendered separately - they're actually reflections too, since the "water" wasn't clear. And I gave the whole thing a rippled, dream-like look in Paint Shop Pro. Akeraios-1354669217.jpg |
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Edge of the Storm by
dragnfly While on Sanibel Island, my husband surprised me with a sunset dolphin cruise. However, once we got on the boat and headed out to open water, the captain informed all of us that a storm was approaching and he was going to try and outrun it. All the way out we were watching these storm clouds gather. The captain assured us that we were safe and werent in any danger. Once we hit open water, so did the storm. Any of you that have seen the opening of Gilligans Island, pretty much knows what we went through. It was very intense and scary. The wind was howling and the waves were crashing over the side of the boat. Everyone onboard was wet and freezing. The captain tried to get us back to the dock, but the ocean was way to rough and the winds too high. He was, however, able to get us into a little cove. He called his boss and they sent a van to pick us all up. No one had to pay for that cruise and we all walked away with pictures like this one and lots of memories. dragnfly-1319320958.jpg |
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Dolphin Division by
Flmngseabass Another Paint.net creation for you:) Enjoy. Flmngseabass-1307922400.jpg |
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Gazing in the Horizon - Simply Peaceful by
mafecp21 I was having a blast showing my little one the dolphins on our whale watching tour in Newport Beach, CA and while my husband took him to the other side of the boat I started taking my artistic pics and thought this one was the best of all! Hope you enjoy it mafecp21-1332471831.jpg |
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Sail Away by
raexrae Sailboat off of the St. Pete Pier, St. Petersburg, Florida. Taken with my phone, but beautiful none-the-less. We ended up seeing dolphins just to the right of this view, but they were too quick for the camera phone's shutter. raexrae-1255276728.jpg |
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Mimi & Delilah by
RickM At Gulfarium on the Emerald Coast. Mimi makes friends with a 39 year dolphin. RickM-1356073316.jpg |
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"darkness crossing over" by
samanthadelsignore the cloud in the back looks like a dolphin,and its dark samanthadelsignore-1264960100.jpg |
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The Show by
Saulius Dolphin presentation at Zoomarine-Algarve theme park TM, ® AND ZOOMARINE LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF ZOOMARINE Saulius-1317414641.jpg |
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Kaliakra — a view from the fortress by
sonyatod Kaliakra (historical names: Thracian: Tirizis; Turkish: Celigra Burun; Italian: Capo Calacria; Romanian: Caliacra) is a long and narrow headland in the Southern Dobruja region of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, located 12 km east of Kavarna and 60 km northeast of «the sea capital of Bulgaria», Varna. The coast is steep with vertical cliffs reaching 70 m down to the sea. Kaliakra is a nature reserve, where dolphins, cormorants and pinnipeds can be observed. It also features the remnants of the fortified walls, water-main, baths and residence of Despot Dobrotitsa in the short-lived Principality of Karvuna's medieval capital. The cove Bolata with a small sheltered beach lies just north at the mouth of a picturesque canyon, also part of the nature reserve. Kaliakra was the site of the naval Battle of Cape Kaliakra on 11 August 1791, part of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. The first modern lighthouse on Kaliakra was built in 1866 by the Compagnie des Phares de l’Empire Ottomane; the present one (a 10-m cylindrical stone masonry tower with lantern and gallery) was erected in 1901, with focal plane height of 68 m and a white flash (every 5 seconds); it also has a radio navigation emitter and a foghorn. Near Kaliakra, there is a large mediumwave broadcasting facility, which went never in service as planned. Currently (2009), several wind power facilities are under development in the vicinity. sonyatod-1259391511.jpg |
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Colorful nook of Kaliakra by
sonyatod Kaliakra is one of the first protected areas in Bulgaria, declared a nature reserve in 1941, now covers a land area protected territory and territorial sea with an area of 687.5 hectares. Kaliakra Reserve is the only in Bulgaria, including marine areas and marine protected. Nature Reserve has a unique landscape and is the only place in Bulgaria, where he met steppe grasslands (steppe Kalekayrya). In 1981 in the sea caves below the nose is still meeting monk seal. You can see dolphins, cormorants Aristotle, the golden blackbird, Hoopoe, Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear and other rare species, a total of 32 bird species the plateau part and another 12 on the rock ledges. North of the cape are two small wetlands — and Bolata Taukliman (Bird's Bay). This interesting waterfowl nest — little bittern, little grebe, ducks. Immensely rich are these places during the passage, where more than 150 species of birds stop for rest and meals. Surrounding rocks are a refuge of the owl, Long-legged Buzzard, endangered reptiles included into «Red Book of Bulgaria». sonyatod-1259595381.jpg |
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Mother and Babe by
ted3020 Edisto Island in South Carolina is a good nursery for Dolphins. ted3020-1325428453.jpg |