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South Dakota Prairie Landscape

Ring Neck Pheasants in a Winter Corn Field

The Garden Snail is crawling the base of the tree in the back yard.

Swimming to the top

Sunset at Monument Valley

Hot Harley Nights is an annual event that raises money for the Make-A-Wish foundation. This also is a culture celebration for Harley Davidson riders from all walks of life.

Dog Walking at Riverside Gardens Bayswater watch a Black Shouldered Kite hover,dive and capture its prey.

Christmas Eve Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota

A collection of images taken on the way to upstate New York with the first snowfall of the season.

Box Car Graffiti

I saw this newlyweds kissing in the middle of the street; I can only assume they were coming from a photo session or a rehersal but despite the special occasion, people around were going on with thei

Male Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)in his habitat in Georgia.

Forgotten Payphone.

Hanbok is traditional Korean clothing which is extending back at least as far as the Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C.-668 A.D.), as evidenced by wall paintings in tombs dating from this period. My siste

We would miss them if they were gone...

Small Town Farm

Small Town Night Life

A collection of photos put together in a montage to form the Coliseum.

El Dia de Muerte occurs a week after Halloween. We watched a procession of those honoring those who had died--in all sorts of forms.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Male Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)in his habitat in Georgia.

Male Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)in his habitat in Georgia.

Palmetto, Georgia, United States of America

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07.2009

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