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Croatian continental landscape in Gorski Kotar

The sincerity of this man's love for the pigeons is heart-braking.

Trying to fly with Hedwig, Harry Potter's snowy owl

Scooby Doo - smoke sculpture obtained by merely mirroring the smoke image.

Stray cats on a city street in Lvov

That's crowded!

I've been to Paris twice. The first time in 2003, I didn't have a tripod, and there was a large sand pit under the Eiffel Tower--I vowed I'd return to get this shot. Nine years later and I got my chan

A sea lion lazes on the beach. I've always had a particular fondness for sea lions, mainly because of their playful personality. So when I finally got the chance to photograph them up close in the Gal

family trip, just knowing better our country, just beautiful.

Let's Play Twister! The whitetip reef sharks of Roca Partida have the best slumber parties. Roca Partida, Revillagigedos archipelago, Mexico.

My husband and I were traveling through Gansu Province in China and crossed the Yellow River on a ferry boat. These men had driven their truck right onto the ferry, and seemed rather bored during the

Every fall in northern Wisconsin the tamarack trees are the last species to turn color. Their beautiful gold foliage is always worth the wait. For this image I had to hike over a mile into a small w

Boy with Plastic Tub

I was hiking in Point Reyes at sunset. Every once in awhile I turned around to see the landscape behind me, I love how the sun created a natural sepia tone in the landscape. A couple passed me, and I

Rainy window in sunset

The Chilika lake is Asias largest salt-water lagoon and is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a sandy ridge, few part of the lake has marshy land. There local people move one place to another by boat

Rodeo rider roping cattle at rodeo, White Stallion Ranch, Tucson, Az

This shot seems so simple, but there's something I love about the simplicity of it. We were at Big Sur and this woman just goes walking along the rocky, pebbly, shore that was hardly a beach. But she

ATATI-AT VARANASI,INDIA

Michalska Brana in Slovak capital - Bratislava. It is the original front gate to the old town. HDR photograph taken with fisheye lens.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Let's Play Twister! The whitetip reef sharks of Roca Partida have the best slumber parties. Roca Partida, Revillagigedos archipelago, Mexico.

Let's Play Twister! The whitetip reef sharks of Roca Partida have the best slumber parties. Roca Partida, Revillagigedos archipelago, Mexico.

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© Terry Goss.
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04.2013

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NIKON D300

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