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Sunset on the beach at Santa Monica, California.

Modern Day Americana at the Mark Twain Museum in New Haven Connecticut.

A Statue of Mark Twain built using LEGOS. Is this a great country or what?

Mother duck heading to cross a major inlet with all eight of her ducklings after I helped her find the lost one.

Evening walk on the beach at Santa Monica.

University of North Carolina exterior seen from inside Student Union

Underground cellar at the Whiskey Run Creek Winery in Brownville, Nebraska.

A male and female mallard feed at a pond during the autumn migration at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge near Olympia, WA.

My Brother-in-law in sub-zero weather.

A clear spring day draws to a close at Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park.

Egret Ballet in the marshes of bird Island, Sunset Beach NC

Dawn breaks behind Mount Rainier on a misty autumn morning.

What's a trip to a city without visiting the Hard Rock Cafe. Philadelphia's city hall in background.

My husband walking across fresh snow on a trip across the pasture.

Early morning enshrouds a tree-clad ridge above Commencement Bay, making it appear to be a mystical island rising from the mist.

My friend and artist, Bill, freehand drawing to help illustrate a song he had written.

On the closing day of the Western Washington Fair -- also known as The Puyallup -- an acrobat performs high above the crowd.

A snowy day in Newport News Park, VA. I don't think anyone is boating today.

My Father ice fishing. He was on hospice and I was able to take him out for this trip about 6 weeks prior to his death.

"The Smiling Veteran". (From a distance he looked so downtrodden, sitting on the pavement, head bowed, smoking the filter of his cigarette. I was going for a real Dorothea Page-esque shot. Then he

In the final hour of a late summer afternoon, a red-leaf maple is among the first to signal the imminence of autumn.

Silence in Vonitsa, Greece

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Egret Ballet in the marshes of bird Island, Sunset Beach NC

Egret Ballet in the marshes of bird Island, Sunset Beach NC

Ruthann Fox-hines

Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Member since 2014

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Copyright:

© Ruthann Fox-hines.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

06.2011

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 14, 2011, 12:57 p.m.

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Camera Model:

Canon PowerShot SX130 IS

Focal Length:

60mm

Shutter Speed:

1/320

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO80

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