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President Obama at the 2013 Inauguration Parade

Caterpillar crawling on a sunflower

Greek Summer Sunset

The calm ocean on a summer day

A glimpse of the moon in daylight

Blue-orange Macaw picking at its feathers

Sunrise over the Skyline: My dad and I hiked up to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong 10 hours before our flight and captured this incredible shot of the sunrise early in the morning.

An eager Sea Lion waiting for a treat. - Seaworld San Diego

Through the Eyes of a Child

Florida Sunset taken upon Lake Placid

Dragonfly upon flowers

A brief stop at Lincoln Children's zoo's butterfly garden on a blazing hot summer day, I spotted this butterfly hovering above the flowers.

Cell phone picture of jelly fish underwater

Old Sheldon Church outside of Charleston, South Carolina. We arrived to the most beautiful setting. The ruins were lit up with the warmest most magical light. The remains of the church were a spectacu

This baby lamb had just been born three days prior. He was snuggled up in the hay in front of his smiling mamma.

We landed in Greenville, S.C. late in the afternoon, we immediately hopped on the road towards Charleston, but needed sustenance. Waffle House is an icon in the south. The blue sky and vibrant awning

Taken with my iPhone 5 panorama late in the day at Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge in Antrim, Northern Ireland after a rain shower. The rainbow starts in Scotland and stretches all the way across to Irelan

My early morning stroll in the garden, this particular morning I happen to see this beauty fluttering about.

Reflected black& white image of a Shepard's Tree.

Light painting the Cook Bank building ruin.

An abandoned gold miner's shark in California.

The Reign of Thunder and Lightning...Look it up.

Hummingbird Moth at the butterfly bush in my backyard.

Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Lens: EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6
Settings: ISO 2500, f/7.1, 135mm, 1/4096 sec

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A brief stop at Lincoln Children's zoo's butterfly garden on a blazing hot summer day, I spotted this butterfly hovering above the flowers.

A brief stop at Lincoln Children's zoo's butterfly garden on a blazing hot summer day, I spotted this butterfly hovering above the flowers.

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© Tina Beaird.
All rights reserved.

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digital

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06.2012

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Aug. 16, 2013, 10:06 p.m.

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Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS

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6.2mm

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1/59

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f2.8

ISO:

ISO125

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PHOTO LOCATION Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America