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Antelope canyon as the sunrays overhead shine into the canyon.

Man watches his flowers

"Spring Mist" Foggy morning on a Alabama gravel road in the spring.

Celebrating marriage in a public place

Bird on a branch

A building and obelisk from the colonial days of Bonaire in the southern Caribbean. The obelisk showed cargo ships where to anchor to pick up salt from the evaporation ponds worked by slave labor.

Typical windows and doors you'll find around Charleston South Carolina.

Waiting for all the families and their Polaris High School graduates so the commencement ceremony can commence!

"Roots" Mize Mills Falls located in the Bankhead National Forest.

A child looks out the door of his house, looking for something

The entrance to Boone Hall Plantation is filled with live oak trees with Spanish moss. A true piece of Southern charm.

A particular viewpoint

Low tide at Poet's Cove in the dusk before the sun rise.

"The Bridge To Nowhere" Located on the Tenn-Tom Waterway near Aberdeen, Mississippi.

A curious lizard looking for something in the bottle

The bike this girl is riding is the only bicycle in her Amazon river village. The fact that there are no tires on the bike's wheels doesn't seem to bother the kids in the village at all.

A rusting water tower covered with modern communications equipment

Two ants crawling along the petals of a bright pink flower.

A wave breaks on the north coast of the island of Aruba

My wife and I spent a few days relaxing in the Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

This is a natural beach that is protected by the state of South Carolina.

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

The entrance to Boone Hall Plantation is filled with live oak trees with Spanish moss. A true piece of Southern charm.

The entrance to Boone Hall Plantation is filled with live oak trees with Spanish moss. A true piece of Southern charm.

TAGS: South Carolina, United States

Kathleen Collier

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Member since 2014

Photo Information

Copyright:

© Kathleen Collier.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

04.2010

Filed Under:

The American Experience

Camera Information

Date Uploaded:

Nov. 27, 2012, 3:59 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

NIKON D200

Focal Length:

150mm

Shutter Speed:

1/1

Aperture:

f8

ISO:

ISO100

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