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Sunset behind my house.

Welcome Home! A lone Osprey chick delights in the arrival of its parents to the nest.

Watching the sunset on the Gulf.

enjoying the pink flowers in the back yard.

Roses I received from friends all thru my birthday.

White Rarity: A rare leucistic Ruby-throated Hummingbird sipping nectar from a Touch-me-not Wildflower.

Prayers at the tomb of Confucius, Qu'fu, China.

bringing it home,,,, or at least we hope so.... so many Saturdays are spent by local men in the coastal community near Destin, trying to bring in the catch,,, in this case we are not looking at deep s

Hold Me Daddy,,, This little baby is not so sure about getting a quick bath in the sink after dinner, but she trusts her daddy, and as long as his hands are around her she is fine

A student aide looks toward the camera at an elementary school in Jiaozhou, China.

"Clown" of the Caterpillars. This caterpillar with "shades" is actually the larva of the Laugher Moth which stared at us as we sat on our deck.

A lightning bug on an early Ohio summer evening.

Two flies enjoy a bit of time on a marigold.

A grackle gets territorial with a red-tailed hawk

A snout beetle on a backyard swingset.

A grackle gets territorial with a red-tailed hawk.

Two tiny mushrooms growing in Pipestem State Park, West Virginia

My sisters 15th birthday party

A losing a kite to a tree on a clear day in December

Inverse bottle of food coloring.

Riding in the bus on my missions trip in New Providence. Finding the advantage of the unpaved road.

Jewel among the blooms. An endangered Scarlet Honeycreeper ('I'iwi) feeding on the flora indigenous to the Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii.

Transcending Traffic in Hanoi

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A lightning bug on an early Ohio summer evening.

A lightning bug on an early Ohio summer evening.

Matthew Gillette

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Matthew Gillette.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

06.2013

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Date Uploaded:

July 16, 2013, 4:04 p.m.

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Camera Model:

Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

Focal Length:

4.3mm

Shutter Speed:

1/59

Aperture:

f2.7

ISO:

ISO160

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