Textured granite boulders at Petrova Island with a dark headland and storm clouds overhead, diffuse light unifying stone and sea. — Lazovsky Reserve, Primorsky Krai · May 2008

Granite Shore Before the Storm

Smooth granite boulders fill the foreground of a grey May scene on Petrova Island. Diffuse light gives the pale stone and slate-grey water a near-monochrome harmony, while a break in the cloud near the horizon reveals a distant dark headland.

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Nikon D20015mmf/81/20sISO 10010 May 2008

Calm Water Distant Headland Storm Clouds Framing Low Horizon Wide Angle Perspective Overcast

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