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Turkey Point Light House Trail

My daughter Caroline couldn't wait for the whipped cream on her pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. Someone once told me a good photograph contains "anticipation". Given that criteria, this must be a great p

Great Blue Heron fishing in the surf.

This little rock dam near Milton Mills, NH caught my eye. It is right on the boarder between NH and Maine

Sunrise on Lake Superior in Michigan

Walk through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Place De La Concorde
Paris, France

Camera - Nikon D-90. Lens 18-200mm AFS NIKKOR ED DX.
It is a street dance.Every year in the day of "KARTICK PURNINMA" --- an auspicious day of the Buddhist they dance in the street at Sarnath.

A orse drawn garbage wagon on Mackinac Island, Michigan, where cars are not allowed.

Dogs love having their head sticking outside of windows. They love getting in the car and going to wherever their master will take them. They don't care and they love it.

The 2010 Independence Day fireworks celebration in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Connecticut waterfall and autumn leaves

Boy catches Frog

Taking on the establishment: dissent - an American tradition - is illustrated by the protests posted on this vehicle at a Tea Party rally.

Wonderful reclamation project on Treasure Island, restoring the natural dunes.

Sunset on the prairie at Voas Nature Area

Pier at Princeton By The Sea before dawn.

The Road Less Traveled can be found in Amish Country. It was a wonderful and relaxing trip, full of clean air and countryside.

A heron hunting breakfast at Great Falls National Park

Take a step back into the simpler times

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

The 2010 Independence Day fireworks celebration in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The 2010 Independence Day fireworks celebration in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

TAGS: Pennsylvania, United States

Murtaza Paghdiwala

Philadelphia,

Member since 2014

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Copyright:

© Murtaza Paghdiwala.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

Filed Under:

The American Experience

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 30, 2010, 6:56 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

NIKON D50

Focal Length:

18mm

Shutter Speed:

1/0

Aperture:

f22

ISO:

ISO200

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