Technical Info: Sony DSC-F707, 49mm focal length, ISO 100, 1/500 sec at f/4, converted to sepia tone in Photoshop using Channel Mixer and color balance adjustments. © 2003 Larry G. Blackwood, All Rights Reserved

This photo of a drained storage tank with the access cover removed was taken in Livingston, Montana. The photo evokes a different feeling depending on the season. On a sweltering summer day, one gets the feeling that someone opened the valve too far, allowing all the summer's heat to escape at one time. In the deep cold of a long winter, one feels it will never get warm again until someone refills the tank.
--Larry G. Blackwood
Idaho Falls, ID

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