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style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:white'>September 4th, 2015</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><br> <img width=671 height=323 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/ae4d5340-a733-4a08-9b7f-9e0754451560.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 border=0 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1026><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;background:#888888; padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in;ih-name:'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=180 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:white'>IN THIS ISSUE.....</span></b><span style='color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK41" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>New Images</span></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK44" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Folios</span></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK49" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>The Story Behind the Image</span></a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><a href="#LETTER.BLOCK50" shape=rect><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Drawing</span></a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width=420 valign=top style='width:315.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Dear Cole,<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>In this newsletter:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>You'll find five new images.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>I tell the story behind one of my favorite Harbinger images.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>I introduce my ten image folio.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>And of course there's my free print drawing.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cole<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:maroon'>&nbsp;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>P.S. Here's a great video about helping wheelchair bound people go paragliding in &quot;<a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00169uEV-TuKutfRN6vp88Mwvn4vH1gKZHRyvHpKy8JWFc-T4w6bWi8UdxhCLDERzL-6qKefHVZlNH_UPJOVERM3ynPi5Ht-TeoVw_ugEzF4_bl1MPOVLxsBkAVcn3jJ1HjhXQosUmdYeWUCLzDMAR6SkqIcuQ1BFTztTxeXAAdx5NZwJYaxSBBwgi-5nhZiUq5VEL7gA-E_zGmoYhDJzN319gwNeidBIytGZzVlPEpPjUvTzEPJah_jg==" target="_blank" track=on shape=rect linktype=1 alt="http://Parasailing with the Disabled (the Flying Chair Project) http://www.rode.com/myrodereel/watch/entry/1012"><span style='color:#7E0000'>The Flying Chair</span></a>&quot; project.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style='margin-left:22.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:maroon'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK41></a><span style='display: none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#888888; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt; display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK41"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;color:white'><br> &nbsp;</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;color:white'>New Images</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 height=369 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/e8af6b07-ccb3-4ccd-a61f-2fc5ceca1b6b.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1020><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Spiral Jetty- The Great Salt Lake, UT - 2015</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 height=369 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/b27201a4-8a55-43cb-9e86-12fa65ebd135.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1022></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Spires on the Columbia River - Portland, OR - 2015</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </img> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 height=369 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/50d28478-bc66-47c0-89b1-1199d8a1fd80.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1019><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </img> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Searching - The Great Salt Lake, UT - 2015</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/10a33c03-c997-49f6-8814-f63645a18e5f.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1018><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </img> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Overshadowed - Utah Desert - 2015</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/60053734-77a4-4305-a565-cf9fa42c5518.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1021><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </img> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Power Lines - Idaho - 2015</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK44></a><span style='display: none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#888888; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt; display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK44"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>Folios</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=413 id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/09162fc2-cc7c-4fca-9cdd-ee1bf3a14cc0.jpg" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1025><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Monolith No. 62 - Iceland</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div><span size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Did you know that I offer a ten image folio and that you can choose the ten images?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>You can choose ten from a single portfolio such as &quot;Harbinger&quot; or you can choose any ten from any portfolio.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Your choice.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I print the images on 8-1/2 X 11 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 archival paper, sign and enclose them in a simple archival folio case.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Price: $300<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This is an inexpensive way to own ten of your favorite images. And the beauty of the folio is that you get to hold the prints in your hands, which is a much different experience than looking at the image on a screen or even framed on the wall.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>There is something special about holding a print and closely examining it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To order, simply email me with the names or thumbnails of the images you're interested in.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:maroon'><a href="mailto:cole@colethompsonphotography.com" target="_blank" shape=rect linktype=2><span style='color:maroon'>Cole@ColeThompsonPhotography.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cole<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK49></a><span style='display: none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#888888; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt; display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK49"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:white'>The Story Behind the Image</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=376 id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/26e79509-a79a-4bb7-a9eb-c10cd083a685.jpg" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1024><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Harbinger No. 22 - Easter Island - 2015</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>When I created my first Harbinger image in 2008, I never dreamed that there would be another. When people would ask if I was going to create a series of them my response would be: &quot;Seriously? What are the chances that I'd stumble upon another single cloud in an interesting setting?&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>But here I am in 2015 with 18 Harbingers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This image above&nbsp;was created on Easter Island at Ahu Tongariki. Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island and these fifteen Moai were toppled during civil wars around the 17th century and then swept inland by a tsunami in 1960. In 1993 a five year project began which restored the Moai on their ahu.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tongariki sits on the edge of the sea and it is, in my opinion, one of the great wonders of the world. It's not just the sheer physical size that astounds, but the unanswered questions as to why they were crafted, by whom and how. But by far the greatest mystery for me is why the work suddenly stopped, tools were dropped and dozens of Moai left unfinished.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>When I was on Easter Island, I had a daily routine which was dictated by the sun. In the early afternoon I'd end up at Tongariki and would sit for hours waiting for the right clouds and conditions for long exposures.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Because I was so focused on long exposures, I was not on the lookout for a Harbinger. Then one day as I sat there listening to a book on tape and waiting for conditions to change, I suddenly realized that there was this single cloud over the ahu!<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Was I excited? Boy howdy! I mean, what are the chances???<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>There was a problem however: the cloud was so close that I had to use a very wide angle lens for the shot which severely distorted the Moai. I was able to fix this distortion in Photoshop, but unfortunately that fix caused another problem...it distorted the cloud.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I had to find a way to fix the Moai without ruining the cloud, which I did.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Most of my Harbinger images have the cloud centered, like this one. However I do not have a rule about where the cloud should be, I just go with what feels right and centered felt right for this image.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>There is something about this Harbinger image that fails to give you a sense of the tremendous size of the Moai. Maybe it's how small the Moai are in relation to the cloud or perhaps it's because there's nothing in the image that we can compare their size to.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To give a sense of their size, look for the horse in the image below:<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=554 id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/a3c8a8be-286c-4063-9f33-823c75ab417d.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.820><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </img> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Can you see it?<br> <br> <img border=0 width=554 height=672 id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/af6249af-6814-41a1-8c5c-189c0994f694.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1027><br> <br> The Moai on the left is about 35 feet tall...these guys are really big!<br> <br> I love the the Harbinger series and feel so lucky that I came home with this image. This series may take years and years to complete, but I now have faith that I'll come across more solitary clouds in interesting places.<br> <br> Cole<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </img> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><a name=LETTER.BLOCK50></a><span style='display: none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#888888; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt; display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK44"> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow: yes'> <td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;color:white'>Drawing</span><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><span style='color:black'><img border=0 width=564 height=376 id="_x0000_i1035" src="https://mlsvc01-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/74d43176001/25d4fb05-381a-4523-b2b7-7fb8aab81cb8.jpg" name=ACCOUNT.IMAGE.1023><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Monolith No. 62 - Iceland</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></i><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div><span size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The winner of this&nbsp;</span><span face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">month's</span><span size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;drawing for &quot;Wrenches&quot; is Scott Smith. Please send me your addresses Scott, and I'll get this right off to you!&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><br> The next drawing will be for a signed print of &quot;Monolith No. 62&quot; above.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </span> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>For those of you new to my newsletter drawings; simply email me at<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="mailto:cole@colethompsonphotography.com?" target="_blank" shape=rect linktype=2>Cole@ColeThompsonPhotography.com</a>&nbsp;and put &quot;Monolith No. 62&quot; in the subject line. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#888888; 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