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Photo of the week: the shallows

A lagoon in the afternoon, a storm building behind the island and water clear enough to count the coral heads.

Photo of the week: the shallows

There is no trick to this frame beyond patience. The photographer waited for the small boat to draw its wake into the gap between the jetty and the edge of the frame, and pressed the shutter once.

Shot straight into the light, which the textbooks say to avoid. Sometimes the textbooks are wrong.

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