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Like a beauty mask stretching on its skin
The world sheds another dark night away
Another morning heavily opens its eyes
Slow motion of what quickly be just another day


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Sunrise at Agmon Hahula lake, up north of Israel.
I actually woke up at 2:00AM that morning, joined ~ofirk and other friends, and drove for about 3 hours to travel there.

The Hula Reservoir is a relic of the Hula Lake and surrounding swamp area, spanning on about 25000 acres.
In 1951 the National Jewish Fund decided to drain the lake and swamps in order to combat malaria and create more areas for agricultural activity. The drainage process was finally completed in 1958, leaving only 800 acres of wet land.
In 1993 JNF returned to the Hula Valley at the head of a large-scale, environmental rehabilitation program, making the swamp a reservoir, and a haven to migrating birds and other swamp creatures. Autumn, the main migration period, sees the mass arrival of pelicans, herons, storks, cranes, birds of prey etc. Some 25,000 cranes alone arrive in the autumn and some 10,000 spend the winter there. Nowadays, an additional area is being swamp in order to facilitate more birds and animals.
This is a wonderful place for finding all kinds of birds and water animals.

I'm not a "Nature" photographer, but I always get exited from the possiblity of finding nature's best with something more than a bird shot, and breath some natural surroundings.
The shot was taken with a polorizer on a Nikon 28-70 lens.
Full view, please.
G

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:iconwhiter-shade:
Creates a very relaxing mood.
Nice!!
:iconbres:
omg i'm first !!!!
BEAUTIFULL AS ALWAYS GILAD :)

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:iconkotorishizukesa:
How tranquil! :) The birds give the shot just the right touch. I love the reflection of the light and clouds in the golden water.

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少し日本語が話せる。
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Beautiful shot! :#1:

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lovely colour :nod:

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nice g.

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Beautiful! I love the colors a lot :)

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Beautiful!

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October 28, 2006
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NIKON CORPORATION
NIKON D70
1/100 second
F/3.5
50 mm
200
Oct 20, 2006, 6:53:06 AM

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