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Visiting the Point Iroquois Lighthouse where my husband and I were married.

The spiral staircase that leads to the tower of Point Iroquois Lighthouse.

Watching sunsets in Manistee, MI

Visiting Crisp Point Lighthouse in Paradise, Michigan.

Watching spectacular sunsets in Manistee, Michigan with my husband on our anniversary.

Putting on the final touches in the annual body painting festival in Deagu, South Korea.

just another beautiful and interesting sunset in central Florida . I've taken so many from this cow pasture but this is one of my favorites.

Pulled of the road here in our little town to take this shot of another beautiful Florida sunset.Below the sunset what you can't see is a 10 acre strawberry field full of strawberries.

Had a heifer getting ready to drop her calf and had built a fire in the pasture to keep the coyotes at bay(we have em in Florida too)and I snapped this picture of the fire without a flash.I was taken

We have one lone pine tree on a property with several live oaks 200 years old or older. I used it for the silhouette of this picture of just another beautiful sunset in Central Florida.

This was taken after a thunderstorm here in Central Florida . The reflection in the bottom half is the roof of my truck."Sunset over Cow Pasture"

At the bottom of a Natural Cave in Yosemite National Park.

Ladybug on a Shasta Daisy in the backyard.

"Portraits of Time; Our Dreams Embraced; Etched Into Our Thoughts ... Into Our Souls; May They Never Be Forgotten."
-S.D.

Taken on June 6th, the 69th Anniversary of D-Day, and posted online on

Looking at life through a rose colored rain drop.

The sun shines through a big American flag in St. Louis. I stood under the flag and waited for the wind to unfold it. On the right upper corner is the City Hall's pole.

A flamenco dancer in the spotlight for his solo performance.

A turtle finding some shade on a sunny day

Passing an olive tree farm.

The natural waterfall outside of the Alhambra.

Flying over the Swiss Alps.

The view from the cathedral bell tower in Toledo, Spain.

A Moroccan child stopping his play to observe the American tourists in his neighborhood.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

At the bottom of a Natural Cave in Yosemite National Park.

At the bottom of a Natural Cave in Yosemite National Park.

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Jonathan Montoya

Campbell, California, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Jonathan Montoya.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

06.2013

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July 4, 2013, 5:29 p.m.

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Canon EOS REBEL T3i

Focal Length:

46mm

Shutter Speed:

1/59

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f5.6

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ISO400

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