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© Serge Pilon. All rights reserved.

Cefalu through the looking glass

While fishing in the Rigolets near Slidell, LA and knowing the oyster season was closed in this area on this day in June 2010 because of Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, I saw these two oyster boats heade

Family of swans at the marina.

My kitten playing in the bushes on a summer day.

A sunset on the bay of Lake Huron in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on a warm summer night.

Fishing with the booms in the marshlands of the Gulf of Mexico. This picture was taken June 2010. Just a few days later, oil from the Oil Spill Disaster in the Gulf had made it's way to this very spot

"One Spectacular Lightning Bolt"
Taken by a hand held digital camera through my front window on August 9,2010 at 9:57PM at just the right time to catch a massive bolt of lightning.

Viewing Niagra Falls from aboard the Maid of the Mist.

Hot day on the st-Lawrence

Female hummingbird

Cecropia caterpillar

Snow geese landing on the grass for a short feed.

Cape buffalos scratching themselves.

Cape buffalo of Namibia.

September storms in Western Oklahoma.

The spring return of the snow geese on their migration path to the artic.

Sunset over Namibia.

The Bushmen women at camp in Namibia playing a game and singing.

This tiny tree-topped island with a glacial backdrop really caught my eye.

Some of the children of the Bushmen were playing around the camp.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Female hummingbird

Female hummingbird

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© Serge Pilon.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

08.2010

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Sept. 2, 2010, 9:53 p.m.

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NIKON D90

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180mm

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1/4000

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f6.7

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ISO1000

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