#StuckInCustoms

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Gondolas from Above by Trey Ratcliff Via Flickr: Venetian Gondolas at rest... I heard during lockdown that the Venice canals were so clean that you could see fish, octopi, even dolphins. I don't know if that dolphin thing is true, but I want to believe it.

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New Presets out NOW! by Trey Ratcliff

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4000 places by Trey Ratcliff Via Flickr: There are approximately 4,000 places to stop on the drive from Te Anau to Milford, and this is one of them. It’s kind of a must-stop! The scene is crazy-powerful, and it changes throughout the day. I’ve noticed sometimes in the morning it is foggy and hard to see, but it’s still interesting even then. When planning car-trips in New Zealand, it’s best just to add a few extra hours into the experience!

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/6272600670/

This photo was a bit of an accident.

I was as close as humanly possible to the launch, on the edge of the media area in the NASA compound. When the shuttle blasts off, there is a long delay before you hear the thing. Right when I took this, the first staccato wave ripped through my skeleton. I think I just hit the trigger out of fear and shock combined! But, it came out pretty good, all the same.

- Trey Ratcliff

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Serene Smile by Trey Ratcliff +

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Lenticulars. New Zealand by Trey Ratcliff Via Flickr: This is a new area I discovered near Arrowtown and Queenstown in New Zealand. When the grasses get long in the late summer, they move in the breeze. It’s almost like you can see the wind itself while standing there. Those flying-saucer-shaped clouds are quite rare and are called Lenticulars. When you're a photographer, you get to collect all sorts of useless information like that.

[miguelmaia]

— Trey Ratcliff —

BM Approaches

Right before Burning Man, I'm heading to Las Vegas to do some speaking at my gallery opening there at Caesars Palace. I have works from Series 1 and some new works from Series 2. They look pretty sweet when they are printed out huge... just a little better than the tiny phone screen on Instagram! I hope to see you there. I know lots of Burners are in the area... The event is on Friday, August 16th at 6 PM. #MarriottBonvoy #MarriottAmericas #rediscovertheamericas #burningman

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Shipping off to #Boston for @treyratcliff with @jbkphoto + + #stuckincustoms #bostonatnight #barkingcrab #sonyalpha #bostonwaterfront #neonsigns #bnw_newengland #raw_bnw (at The Barking Crab) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1HQf4Kns00/?igshid=gdmyobv5pebh

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A Crystalline Hug by Trey Ratcliff https://flic.kr/p/29EZPFf

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Storm Temple by Trey Ratcliff https://flic.kr/p/2owvwD1

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Lenticulars. New Zealand by Trey Ratcliff Via Flickr: This is a new area I discovered near Arrowtown and Queenstown in New Zealand. When the grasses get long in the late summer, they move in the breeze. It’s almost like you can see the wind itself while standing there. Those flying-saucer-shaped clouds are quite rare and are called Lenticulars. When you're a photographer, you get to collect all sorts of useless information like that.

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That Wanaka Tree, NZ by Trey Ratcliff Via Flickr: Here's that famous tree that grows out of the water in Wanaka, New Zealand.

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Ancient Mount Fuji Village por Trey Ratcliff Por Flickr: Here I am in that little village of Saiko. I don’t know if it is always relatively empty or just this one day, but hardly anyone was around. I did see this one older gentleman sauntering around, and he happened to saunter right into the frame! A lucky grab! :) This “look” for this photo is a bit experimental, but I kind of like it. To achieve it (this is Photoshop-heavy-jargon I’m afraid!), you can duplicate the layer then do some extreme sharpening and a black and white conversion using something like Silver Efex Pro (there is a review here on the site). After that, you can change the blend mode to Hard Light… it makes an interesting effect! - Trey Ratcliff Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

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Unknowing Proposal

There's a nice story about this photo! So, a few years ago when we started the 80 Stays Around the World photo walk tour, our tour bus pulled into Phoenix for the big event. It was SO HOT there wow. Anyway, it was a great photo walk and I got to know this guy Adam Ghetti and his girlfriend Richelle. I think we talked a lot about video games and really bored Richelle. Anyway, I thought they were a nice couple... and, well, I meet so many people and sometimes I forget. But I didn't forget them when I magically saw them last year at the Tree of Tenere. I took a photo of them and now it hangs in their living room. Okay, fast-forwarding... Adam emails me this year before Burning Man and says he's planning to surprise her by proposing to her during the photo walk at Burning Man. I said it's a great idea... let's cook something up! So halfway through the photo walk, he got down on one knee while hundreds of people took photos. This photo is of Richelle as she is biking to the secret proposal spot, where of course everybody was soon crying. If you want to see a lot of photos of the whole scene, visit my Burning Man Photo Walk page at www.facebook.com/events/167668667439657/ #BurningMan #BurningMan2018