Photo of the Week: Dreamy Violets

Special Effects from Nature

Richard Dowling was walking along Hatchet Creek in Coosa County, Alabama, when he spotted these wild violets along the edge. "I took some close-up shots where the water of the stream was bubbling in the background to produce this odd effect,” the Alabama photographer says. Dowling used a Canon 30D and a 28-300mm lens.

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