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Energy - Man and Nature Connected

An oil platform burns off excess combustible gases while the sun sets off the coast of California.

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Ilija Gospodinov 2 weeks ago

Phenomenal.

Shahriyar Farshid 1 month ago

Wow, Fantastic idea!

Waqas Shah 2 months ago

nice shot

Marin Marinov 4 months ago

According to the biological theory for the origin of crude oil, it is a product of rotten organisms, which according to another theory would not have existed without the sun... so we can call Oil - "trapped sun particles".
That said, I see the picture as if the platform is sucking resources directly from the sun, despite what the normal perception tells that the smoke goes upwards from the platform.
There is no picture in 1x that has excited me so much as this one! Well done David!

Maxime Daviron 4 months ago

Excellent !

Saleh Kazemi 5 months ago

really great and nice shot and idea...

Boris Tulone 5 months ago

Stupenda

Sally Kamille Liversage 5 months ago

Such a clever shot.

Danilo Faria 5 months ago

Perfeito

dimas danny satria 7 months ago

wow... this is really great...

ferass bahnasy 7 months ago

meaningful !!

Slawomir Zylak 7 months ago

beautiful photo!!

Neil D. 8 months ago

I was directed here, and it was well worth the effort: the colours are magnificent and the illusion of the gases filling up the Sun is fascinating!

Gary Macleod 8 months ago

brilliant

keller 9 months ago

really nice

Cosmin Marcu 9 months ago

maybe one of the most unexpected combination of elements I ever seen in a beautiful result.

MP Murthy 10 months ago

amazing !!!!

Emilio Pe�a Mart�nez 10 months ago

Impressive

Victor Kostuk 11 months ago

Good!

Farshad Davari 11 months ago

very singular... perfect

Inthra Supachayakul 12 months ago

Perfect !

Alex K 1 year ago

The sun is like a balloon. Amazing photo!

behzad barati 1 year ago

Nice.
Finally i Found every night that we lost the sun, sun was coming here and has being recharged. :d

parviz falahatkar 1 year ago

you have good looking , it seems that sun is made by man.

Anelia Sirkova 1 year ago

Imagination makes the composition or maybe the composition creates imagination? Wonderful!!

Dmitry Laudin 1 year ago

Perfect!

////saeid\\ 1 year ago

It's like you blow the sun, good looking!!

Stjepan Sunjic 1 year ago

Just may be the best photo on 1x

Luca Schroembgens 1 year ago

hey hey!! you are an artist. this is verry very interesting!

Javier Miqueleiz 2 years ago

Huge David!

codydiffee 2 years ago

where can I buy a print of this?

Jay70s 2 years ago

Perfect Sc-Fi job!
wonderful imagination and composition.
TFS & Regards,

Elisabeth Gustafson 2 years ago

I am actually lost for words.. Really amazing shoot..

Lev Tsimring 2 years ago

has a very different, ominous, feel now, after the oil rig collapse in the Gulf of Mexico... Terrific shot!

David Orias These rigs have always been a little ominous to the locals since the 1969 oil spill we had in Santa Barbara. Thanks.

viskambin 2 years ago

oil is directly connected with the sun energy
actually the oil is sunlight pockets
today this oil platform would be present in very different "light"
photo is great, the light bending and the concept, good work

David Orias In my area we had one of the first large oil spills in 1969, so these platforms have always been regarded as threats to our coast since then. Thank you.

Rui Moreira 2 years ago

Perfect !

David Orias Thanks

NeGiN 777 2 years ago

WOW
cool

David Orias Thanks

LHaines 2 years ago

Wow. This is stunning! Me and my buddy are going on a road trip to California in the summer, glad to know I have a lot to look forward too. Great capture.

David Orias I hope you have a great trip. The sun won't be in this position until the fall and oil platforms are fortunately only located off just a few spots off the coast. I hope the morning fog that is prevalent on the coast in the morning won't wreak havoc with your photography.

uomuni 2 years ago

is this a great zooming to get the sun this size or is it the real size? :)

David Orias I used the longest telephoto combination I feel comfortable using which is a 600 mm lens with a 1.4X teleconverter. This was cropped from the full sized image about 30%.

Behnam Rajaee 2 years ago

really really nice, god job my bro.

David Orias Thank you Behnam

h.nikzad 2 years ago

Amazing!

David Orias Thanks

Fab. B 2 years ago

Stunning
What a beautiful capture

++
Fab

David Orias Thank you

Reza 2 years ago

Amazing moment..!!
Reply

David Orias Thank you Reza

Northman 2 years ago

Great one!

David Orias Thanks

Frederick Lim Cung Wei 2 years ago

Great work

David Orias Thank you Frederick

Siavash 2 years ago

WOW great picture...loved it...

David Orias I am glad you liked it, Siavash

Eren Abice 2 years ago

what a capture..! amazing!!

David Orias Thank you Eren

Alexandra Muresan 2 years ago

great photo!

David Orias Thanks ALexandra

Karlis Keisters 2 years ago

Amazing!

David Orias Thanks Karlis

simun ascic 2 years ago

powerful work!

David Orias Thanks Simun

Ali Morshedlou 2 years ago

Great shot,Fantastic idea
Well done...

David Orias Thanks Ali.

vockul 2 years ago

Great shot!!!

David Orias Thank you Vockul

junaidi sudirman 2 years ago

extraordinary moment
:)

David Orias Thanks Junaldi

Biliana 2 years ago

wow incredible smoke color toward the sun!! amazing !!

David Orias The clouds really helped with that color. Thanks Billiana

King Douglas 2 years ago

Very cool.

David Orias Thanks King

RICHARD20D 2 years ago

Very well thought out and nicely taken. I would contact the Oil Company and I could see a sale here on a boardroon wall.

Regards Richard

David Orias I have to figure out who owns that platform. There are several in our channel. Thanks Richard.

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

Very beautiful David, the combination is striking. :) My best, Phyllis

David Orias Thank you Phyllis

Nuray GONULALAN 2 years ago

Excellent...Cong...

David Orias Thank you for the comment Nuray.

martin zalba 2 years ago

Increíble! Felicidades por este fotón

David Orias Gracias Martin

Jordi Gallego 2 years ago

Simplemente genial.

David Orias Gracias, Jordi

pjgarcia 2 years ago

Congratulations! Beautiful sun and colours, and curious moment. There is some kind of blurr below the platform, the rest is amazing.

David Orias The blur may be a combination of things including depth of field, movement of the water, although the shutter speed wasn't that slow and water vapor just above the surface to the ocean. Thank you.

Matjaz Cater 2 years ago

Great capture!

David Orias Thanks Matjaz.

Ovik 2 years ago

amazing....!!

David Orias Thanks Ovik

Richard Ford 2 years ago

Did you need to put on one of those silver reflective UV/IR filters as used in eclipses? Or did live view come in handy? Not sure I'd put my eye to the viewfinder for a shot like this! ;-)

David Orias The horizon was shrouded in just enough clouds that the exposure wasn't too bright. f/11 at 1/250 second is not a lot of light when you think about the exposure on a sunny day. That said, I did use the Live View for focussing. Thanks.

Csehák Szabolcs 2 years ago

Hello!

I join the others, really very good photo, creative and apt! ;)

Grat!
Csehák Szabolcs, Hungary

David Orias Thank you

David Orias 2 years ago

Thanks everyone.

Raymó 2 years ago

PRO ;-) ...... wow Amazing!!! bless from Iceland, Ray

David Orias Thank you. I hope to visit Iceland. You have some wonderful natural features to photograph there.

A.madestra. W 2 years ago

wonderful...
Regards

David Orias Thank you.

William Grey 2 years ago

perfect

David Orias Appreciate the comment, William.

Bob Patefield 2 years ago

Very clever indeed.

David Orias Thank you , Bob.

Faddoush 2 years ago

Amazing shot, one in a million!

David Orias Thanks Faddoush. I took a series as the sun set, so I have a few others, but I really liked this one among the few I took.

moses stell 2 years ago

fantastic!

David Orias Thanks Moses

Vic. Parsons. 2 years ago

Outstanding image!!!! Very well seen and executed, bravo :-)
Regards Vic.

David Orias I appreciate the comment Vic.

Shlomi Nissim 2 years ago

wow!!!...10X.COM

David Orias Thanks Shlomi.

MMarie 2 years ago

you have a fantastic eye.

David Orias Thanks MMarie. I was basically a witness.

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

This is truly amazing, very very well made...!
/Wulff

David Orias Thank you Sir.

Stergios 2 years ago

This is fantastic!!!

David Orias Thanks Stergios

Eitan Vaxman 2 years ago

Nice one, Very good. I not sure about the sun centralization, but it very good.

David Orias I know what you mean. I thought I might break that rule for this photo. Thanks Eitan. This is cropped a little so there is the ability for an editor to crop it so that the sun isn't so near the center.

Massimo Della Latta 2 years ago

Fantastica

David Orias Thanks Massimo

AnaVera 2 years ago

extra

David Orias Thanks AnaVera

Radu Dumitrescu 2 years ago

Clever indeed. Good work.

David Orias Thanks Radu

Ralf Stelander 2 years ago

If this is real it's an amazing capture! Very clever!

David Orias Thanks Ralf. The sun, the burning gases and the platform were all in their places together at the same time for this photo. I was very lucky with respect to the burning gases as they don't always have that part going all the time on our platforms.

Aleksander Smid 2 years ago

Just... .Ammmmm... I just..... Have no words.. Amazing.

BR

David Orias You are too kind, thanks Aleksander

Cheron 2 years ago

Fantastic captured !!!

David Orias Thanks Cheron

Antonio Grambone 2 years ago

Sinceri complimenti...bellissima!!!

Antonio G.

David Orias I don't know how to spell gracia in Italian, but thanks.

Antonio Grambone Hi David,
beautiful image and colors... sincere compliments.

Antonio G.

psychodaddy 2 years ago

fantastic!

David Orias Appreciate the compliment, psychodaddy

Achim Hartmann 2 years ago

great!

David Orias Thanks Achim

Jeroen Oosterhof 2 years ago

What an awesome concept.Great work.

David Orias Thanks Jeroen

Armin.R 2 years ago

nice job!such a lovely idea...

David Orias Thanks Armin

omnia.ibrahim 2 years ago

great shoot

David Orias Thanks

Mr J Smith 2 years ago

I love the illusion, super nice !

David Orias Thanks. No illusion. The sun, burning gases and platform were all in place when I took the photo.

Ben Goossens 2 years ago

Indeed, excellent:-)

David Orias Thanks Ben

rechitansorin 2 years ago

``Who made who?`` :) Excelent synchronisation and colors :) Congratulations.

David Orias Well, I think we know the answer to that question. Thanks rechitansorin

barbara 2 years ago

excellent!

David Orias Thanks Barbara

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

brilliant !

David Orias You are too kind, Nicolas.

Cristian Rusu 2 years ago

excellent

David Orias Thanks Cristian

Yakov Shvartz 2 years ago

From the thumbnail I thought at first, come on, another sunset. But then I saw your brilliant take on this motif.

Well done.

David Orias I realize sunsets can be cliche. I am glad you found this not to be the case.

Adam Papik 2 years ago

OMG!!! That was my first reaction:)

David Orias Thanks Adam.

Arash Karimi 2 years ago

A great shot. I see an excellent performance ...

David Orias Appreciate the comment Arash

627adso 2 years ago

Superb!

David Orias Thanks 627adso

el justino 2 years ago

exceptionnel!..

David Orias Thanks el justino

Al Sheihk 2 years ago

More than a wonderful image.
A masterpiece of red colors.

David Orias Appreciate the comment, Al

Gime 2 years ago

Great notice, great photo! Congrats!

David Orias Thanks Gime

Patricia 2 years ago

Ohhh loved this in screening! Happy to see it here :)

David Orias Thank you Patricia.

Andrei Baciu 2 years ago

super!

David Orias Thanks Andrei

Janos Vajda 2 years ago

My chin on the floor!!!

David Orias Hope that didn't hurt too much, Janos.

Janos Vajda No, I lifted up :)

David Orias That's good. I don't want to put a warning on the photograph of possible injury viewing it.

Janos Vajda Don't do it, David :) I tried to be funny. This picture is simply frenetic. Thanks for replies!

Mandy Schoch 2 years ago

Fantastic shot, David. It's a hot air balloon :)
You have a brilliant eye and a very unique way of capturing nature.
Really love your work.

Mandy

David Orias Thank you very much for the compliment on my portfolio of work.

KPK 2 years ago

I like this one very much!

David Orias I am glad you like it, KPK

John Parminter 2 years ago

Pretty neat concept David, the platforms I visit in the N Sea don't look half as appealing as this....

JP

David Orias Thanks. I actually shot this from a surfing spot. The day before I saw the sun was setting near the platform, so I returned the next day and got very lucky. They weren't burning the excess gases the day before.