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Santa Maria Del Fiore

Travelling by train through Italy, waiting on the station while it was getting darker and colder.

The Colosseum in Rome, at Sunset

The girls were playing with the shotgun, shooting some used beercans.

New year party 2009/2010, Marco was drunk and very happy with his hat.

Transparent Girl from the Peak of Mary Jane

First Wisteria Blooms

zooming up on a flower

zooming up on a hosta leave

A zoomed up on flower

It was during a playdate for my daughter, mothers were chatting, four year olds were playing, meanwhile, my son Charlie sneakily climbs up on the piano. When I saw him, I grabbed the camera and snappe

A male and female mallard take a midday nap in the middle of University of Chicago's Botany Pond -- and are joined by a sleepy turtle.

Watching the log ride at an amusement park

Mardi Gras Beauty

A walk through Little Bennett Park with our new puppy. New wonders everywhere...

this is pressious she was born under a woodpile mama had taken off her and her sibblings were bottle fed they were not even 1 week old yet.they are 3 years and are my service animals now and they are

Travelling around Prague, in Czech Republic, in a sunny and rainy afternoon.

This photo consists of my 4 year old nephew playing video game...hence the name of the photograph "Control Freak" :)

Picture taking through the window, in a rainy day, from my sister's apartment.

Walking around Buenos Aires' coast, near San Isidro.

Joy of the summer - my children are playing by the river Danube

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

A male and female mallard take a midday nap in the middle of University of Chicago's Botany Pond -- and are joined by a sleepy turtle.

A male and female mallard take a midday nap in the middle of University of Chicago's Botany Pond -- and are joined by a sleepy turtle.

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© Meera Sethi.
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digital

Date Taken:

04.2010

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May 7, 2010, 8:24 p.m.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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105mm

Shutter Speed:

1/100

Aperture:

f10

ISO:

ISO400

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PHOTO LOCATION Chicago, Illinois, United States of America