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A Bride Is about to Step out into a New Life

Symmetrical beauty

Smoky Mountain Junebug

Black ants on orange flower

My daughters going for a walk on a beautiful Autumn day at St. James Farm in Warrenville, IL

Who piled up all those Rocks.

Night Canvas, a rising moon in front, a bit of a glow from the sun that had set behind us, the combination of the lighting really made the badlands look painted. It is amazing when you go early or la

Harsh beauty, the setting sun softens the look on how harsh the Badlands of South Dakota really are.

door and stairs

Hanging on, trying to find a unique shot at Yellowstone is hard to do, but tis image of the tree grasping to the side of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon with dark storm clouds in the back and an evening

Solatarie eye, this closeup of a solitarie bull, not with the herd, blocked traffic and made it's way down the road. We were eating lunch at the side and he got so close, this is what came out.

Definitive, authoritative and perfect as a standard of its kind; is the only way I could describe this image of an immature Buffalo at Yellowstone National Park, the first cold rain of the season and

A Blooming Summer

During a quick tour of Big Bend National Park before the rain hit and the sun died completely...

First view, first view on our arrival to the Devils Tower area, with the late summer harvest colors, the setting sun, and a building thunderstorm made for an inspirational photograph

A Barred Owl watching me take it's picture

Spirit of the bear, Devils Tower, Wyoming
Night shot of a Thunderstorm back lighting the tower.

Osprey coming to rest befor going hunting for his lunch.

Corn lilly captured in black and white.

Friends child that looked so peacefu.

A glimpse of what could be the "wild west"

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Hanging on, trying to find a unique shot at Yellowstone is hard to do, but tis image of the tree grasping to the side of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon with dark storm clouds in the back and an evening

Hanging on, trying to find a unique shot at Yellowstone is hard to do, but tis image of the tree grasping to the side of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon with dark storm clouds in the back and an evening sunbeam lighting up the tree and the Canyon

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© Jeff McColl.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

08.2010

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Oct. 14, 2010, 8:50 p.m.

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NIKON D70s

Focal Length:

18mm

Shutter Speed:

1/200

Aperture:

f9

ISO:

ISO200

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