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A commonly sighted bird perched upon a branch at the California State University at Fullerton Arboretum.

Common Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) rested upon mint flowers on a late summer day.

View from Palisades Park, Blount County Alabama

Candied Apples are an American favorite out on the town desert!

Portrait of a beautiful girl

Fishing on the abandoned pier in Phialdelphia, skeleton of its industrious past.

Remnants of a more prosperous time sit abandoned along the desert shore of California's largest lake, the Salton Sea, in the deserted town of Salton City, which sits at 227 feet below sea level.

Went outside to get something at my friends house.

An American Civil War Union cavalry reenactor surveying the land ahead.

Hanging out on a downed tree in Fairmount Park, the largest urban park in the United States

Along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, is a monument to Thorfinn Karlsepin, with 165 men and 35 women in 1003 were the first Europeans to make a settlement in North America.

A man walking down the street in San Francisco

Roller derby referee

Baking in the sun on Logan Circle

This picture was taken as the sun began to fall towards the horizon

Sitting on the beach in Costa Rica with my niece

Dew on a green summer tomato.

The Final Sunset Across the Blue Sky

Dew on a green summer tomato.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

An American Civil War Union cavalry reenactor surveying the land ahead.

An American Civil War Union cavalry reenactor surveying the land ahead.

Alexander Nguyen

Walnut, California, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Alexander Nguyen.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

04.2009

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The American Experience

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 24, 2011, 2:18 p.m.

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Camera Model:

Canon EOS 30D

Focal Length:

200mm

Shutter Speed:

1/800

Aperture:

f6.3

ISO:

ISO100

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