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IMAGE OF THE YEAR

Wave Foam Colors and Reflections
Image copyright Duke Coonrad

While in Cannon Beach on vacation with his wife Kathy and their Tibetan Terrier “Bugsy” in October last year, Duke Coonrad spent many hours on the beach walking and letting Bugsy tear around. Strolling along the beach on the last evening following a thunderstorm at low tide, he watched the rogue waves break over the flat surface and noticed large amounts of foam were left behind when the wave receded. Upon closer examination, he discovered that the bubbles formed in the foam were multi colored and reflected him when photographing the foam from directly overhead. The image was captured with the Canon XLT digital body with an 18-55mm lens.

Duke Coonrad, a retired investment banker and former Denver assistant District Attorney, has been photographing seriously for approximately 20 years. Since 2001, he has been shooting exclusively digital. He currently uses Adobe Photoshop CS to color correct, adjust saturate resize and apply output resolution, on all his photographs. He photographs with Canon 20D and XLT bodies, with lenses ranging from 15mm to 500mm. His favorite photographic subjects are travel, wildlife, flowers, landscapes, and, of course, his grandchildren. Besides Seattle and The beautiful Northwest, Duke’s other favorite photo locations are Yellowstone National Park and The National Bison Range in Montana. He teaches digital photography courses including basic Photoshop at the Mercer Island Community Center and the Bellevue Club. He is currently represented by Tom Hazeltine who publishes 5X7 photo cards with Seattle and Northwest Scenes and Wildlife.

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