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Flying from Tokyo to Guam, I was somewhere over the Philippine Sea. I was on a plane that could hold about 200 people but there were only about 25 vacant seats. I crawled across the seats to the side

Ohio Weathered Tobacco Barn

View of Paris on a foggy morning from the top of the Arc D'Triomphe . . . Nikon D300s, Nikkor 10-20mm lens.

Single Bleeding Heart Bloom

University of Tampa

Taken just after an autumn sunrise in Yellowstone National Park

Two pelicans enjoying a rest on a boat.

The Mckenzie River in Oregon's Cascades

Wren on Sunflower head

A naval ship docked for cleaning or repair but such a massive piece of machinery can look paper thin.

Santa Fe sunsets are one of a kind, and I captured this one visiting the grand kids in August this year.

a mountainside kitchen.

relaxing in hammock outside Thai guesthouse

Lisbon subway rider, going up an escalator.

Veggies on the scanner

My fiancee dips her toes at the beach in Hawaii.

The Slide, City Museum

A brown pelican standing on a pier

Zion National Park

One of the oldest graveyards in Boston, I found this location somewhat disturbing. Not because of the death it held but because so much history was in this one acre piece of land and right around the

Charlotte, a beautiful Argiope aurantia (Black and Yellow Garden Spider) lunching on the grasshopper that was lunching on my Sweet Bay Magnolia.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A naval ship docked for cleaning or repair but such a massive piece of machinery can look paper thin.

A naval ship docked for cleaning or repair but such a massive piece of machinery can look paper thin.

Brandon Pendred

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Brandon Pendred.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

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The American Experience

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Nov. 30, 2010, 6:18 p.m.

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NIKON D3000

Focal Length:

18mm

Shutter Speed:

1/59

Aperture:

f11

ISO:

ISO200

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