Friday Deep-Sea Picture (06/15/07): Small World

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I am a really amateur photographer.  I took a few classes a couple years ago and got the basics down.  The kid in me, or maybe the scientist who works on body size, loves miniatures.  Every since I heard of tilt-frame photography, I new I wanted to give it a try because of its surreal ability to turn landscapes into a tiny world.  Here is a recent picture of Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey using this technique.

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