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dragonflies mating ritual, Nisqualy, WA

this photo, which captures an adolescent working at a factory producing aluminium utensils for daily uses such as crokeries at mirzar pool, chittagong, bangladesh, about 12.30 pm. many adolescents wor

Tourists photographing a daring street performer.

Golden Penang Bridge

Sometimes, we see things in the clouds. I asked my friends if it was feline or foe. It's of course just clouds in a sunset, from Johnstown, CO.

Sandman - Self portrait on beach

Troop of baboons looking for a hand-out in South Africa

A woman named Mercedes converses with a friend. Mercedes lives in a small town that interrupts the 500 mile portion of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain.

Sunset at Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park

Unusual colored sky

A family enjoys the waves at the Santa Monica beach as the pelicans follows them.

Religious dance

A neon sign over a motel somewhere in Colorado with a dummy owl eyeing the sign.

BLOOMING BUDS OF STREET

Interesting portrait taken on a cold night at the Richmond state fair.

A favorite ride on a historic carousel in Ocean City, Maryland.

Penang Bridge in frame

Beautiful young man at his doorstep in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.

Black-headed Gull.

Elephant crossing a river in front of our dugout canoe

An afternoon at the beach, Costa Rica

Travelling in Australia

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A family enjoys the waves at the Santa Monica beach as the pelicans follows them.

A family enjoys the waves at the Santa Monica beach as the pelicans follows them.

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Tarzana, California, United States of America

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© louise kalisch.
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digital

Date Taken:

11.2012

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Nov. 30, 2012, 12:39 p.m.

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NIKON D90

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55mm

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1/200

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f36

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ISO1600

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