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A watchful eye.

Sunset on the beach with my wife

Up close and personal with the Eiffel Tower

The natural Belgrade.

Easter weekend at Byron Bay in Australia. Watching the sunset atop the cliffs, while a fisherman and his son fished in the ocean below us.

A mother Zebra tending to her baby's needs.

Busy Bee - Isn't it wonderful to see nature at work in such a complex world of mankind.

Mother and Baby in Nest

Happy,carefree,and full of life. My Grand-Daughter enjoying the wind and surf in Galveston,Texas. Not a worry nor a care of the world, it's chaos,or the man-made disasters occuring around her.Innocenc

Snow on Big Hill In El Dorado National Forest.

Hyacsynth flowers in early spring.

Italian flags wave in the Seattle wind outside a traditional restaurant.

A Seattle street musician taps his foot next to his empty guitar case, while playing one of his first songs of the morning.

Tired high school seniors prop themselves on their desks, while waiting for the bell to ring on one of their final days of school.

Snow tops a dead sunflower in mid-winter.

Dew drops glisten on a weed after a springtime rain.

In the center of the beautiful University of Washington campus, a woman makes her way through the a courtyard of blooming trees exported from Japan.

Overlook from the Stand mountain onto the Trubsee mountain lake. These mountains are accessed by cable car from Engelberg, Switzerland.

At the University of Washington campus in Seattle, a squirrel glares at the camera before scurrying away.

Before the mid-day rush, a fish market employee prepares the fish in Pike's Place Market, Seattle, WA.

In downtown Seattle, near Pike's Place Market, a man shares a pose with his cat, while wearing matching argyle sweaters. He was promoting a charity to get felines off of Seattle's streets and into hom

My Grandparents (Oma and Opa), German immigrants, share chuckle before posing for a photo with their grandchildren on their 50th wedding anniversary.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Hyacsynth flowers in early spring.

Hyacsynth flowers in early spring.

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© Chloe Schmidt.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

03.2010

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June 23, 2010, 2:15 a.m.

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NIKON D40

Focal Length:

55mm

Shutter Speed:

1/250

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO200

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