This photo was taken in the late afternoon on a spring day at Portsea back beach. The sun was mostly covered by a low haze of clouds causing a very soft golden light to fall across the beach. I quickly took out my camera to capture the beautiful scenery of the empty beach as the sun was slowly starting to set in front of me. I couldn’t have asked for a better afternoon. Daniel Anderson
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For this photo, AT reader Daniel Anderson has won a Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 lens (model number A009), valued at $1699.This lens is the apex of Tamron telephoto zooms in a compact package that is the smallest in its class.
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