Photo Of The Day 9/10/2012

Sunset Ring by Randolf Fritz

Randolf Fritz sent today’s Photo of The Day to the Summer Sunsets Assignment. The photograph was taken in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. Fritz describes taking the photograph, “I set up at this pool and waited for a fish to make a surface ring as the sun set,. I got a little anxious as the sun got lower and lower and none of the fish were cooperating. Finally happened and I got the shot I had envisioned.”

The Summer Sunsets Assignment is open for submissions through September 18. You can see the full Summer Sunsets gallery submissions here.

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Originally Published September 10, 2012

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