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Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition was published by Rocky Nook in November 2013. In this book, author Jack Dykinga teaches the art of creating interesting, well-composed images. He provides solutions to the challenges that often get in the way of producing great photographs and he emphasizes the importance of training the eye to exclude the extraneous. Dykinga encourages us to look at photography as a way to communicate. As he says, “Photography is a marvelous language that crosses linguistic borders as a universal, powerful, and direct communication. As photographers, we see something we find interesting and simply want to share it.” Readers will learn new ways to create interesting and powerful compositions that communicate their intended messages.
Cottonwood trees (Populus sp) in autumn with curved boughs with understorey of Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus) Long Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October.
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Jack Dykinga / Cottonwood trees (Populus sp) in autumn with curved boughs with understorey of Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus) Long Canyon, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October.
Autumnal landscape with Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest, and Blue Hen Falls, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, USA, October 2006.
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Jack Dykinga / Autumnal landscape with Sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest, and Blue Hen Falls, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, USA, October 2006.
Havasu Falls cascade behind Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) glowing in reflected canyon light, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Havasu Falls cascade behind Fremont cottonwood trees (Populus fremontii) glowing in reflected canyon light, Havasupai Reservation, Arizona, USA
Water lily (Nuphar variegatum) leaves, Seal Cove Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, November.
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Jack Dykinga / Water lily (Nuphar variegatum) leaves, Seal Cove Pond, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, November.
Red oak (Quercus rubra) and lichen covered White pines (Pinus strobes) Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA, August.
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Jack Dykinga / Red oak (Quercus rubra) and lichen covered White pines (Pinus strobes) Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota, USA, August.
Sedges (Cyperaceae) forming curved reflection patterns with reflections in a small laguna, Chacabuco, Chile, February.
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Jack Dykinga / Sedges (Cyperaceae) forming curved reflection patterns with reflections in a small laguna, Chacabuco, Chile, February.
Canyon pool with Water Shamrocks (Marsilea mucronata) floating. Coronado National Forest, Peck Canyon, Atascosa Mountains, Arizona, November.
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Jack Dykinga / Canyon pool with Water Shamrocks (Marsilea mucronata) floating. Coronado National Forest, Peck Canyon, Atascosa Mountains, Arizona, November.
Rivers of red algae across bacterial mats, at sunset, Grand Prismatic Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Rivers of red algae across bacterial mats, at sunset, Grand Prismatic Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Glowing gases rising from Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Caldera, in evening with Milky Way in the sky above. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, August 2010.
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Jack Dykinga / Glowing gases rising from Halemaumau Crater, Kilauea Caldera, in evening with Milky Way in the sky above. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, August 2010.
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park with severe storm clouds at sunset amid vast grassland, South Dakota, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Park with severe storm clouds at sunset amid vast grassland, South Dakota, USA
Silhouette of sea stacks at sunset with patterns in the sand left by the receding tide, Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
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Jack Dykinga / Silhouette of sea stacks at sunset with patterns in the sand left by the receding tide, Second Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
Crystalized salt formation across the Death Valley National Park valley floor with morning light on Badwater, the lowest point in the US at 86m below sea level with Telescope Peak in the Panamint Moun...
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Jack Dykinga / Crystalized salt formation across the Death Valley National Park valley floor with morning light on Badwater, the lowest point in the US at 86m below sea level with Telescope Peak in the Panamint Moun...