Flying on a cloud as Sam Greenup cannonballs off a dock on Labor Day weekend . A small droplet of water on the nikonos lens created the effect of the cloud. Nonquitt Ma USA photo by bill belknap

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this photo was a natural effect caused by a droplet of water on the nikonos lens the photo won best of show , 1st place feature Boston Press Photo. Assoc photo contest 2000, 1st place AP regional photo contest photo is from my personal negatives which I possess and retain the rights to and was previously published while working as a staff photographer at the Boston Herald

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Size: 3000px × 2031px
Location: South Dartmouth Mass USA
Photo credit: © bill belknap / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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