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© Michel Zoghzoghi. All rights reserved.

The Flower and the Bee

"Picturesque Hut"
Nikon D5200

"Purple Pine Trees"
Nikon D5200

"Moon effect"
Nikon D5200

Male lions fighting over a warthog on an early cloudy morning in the Masai Mara

"Purple Trunks"
Sony Cyber Shot 16x

A female elephant with her three day old baby at Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

Funny Seagull
Nikon D5200

"The vulture and the seagull"
Cannon Power Shot SX10

I've created this sequence of photos, because it's hard to explain what really happened.There was a sort of struggle between the sea lion and the lady. Suddenly he turned his eyes to me and made a dee

Lionesses and cubs huddling together to get some protection from heavy rain

Male lion shaking water off his mane after an hour of heavy rains

Pine cone floating on the banks of Lake Lawtonka.

The road to home.

Desert Graffiti found just outside of Taos, New Mexico, near the Rio Grande Gorge.

African iris in my front yard.

my niece and nephew...perfectly caught off guard and acting like kids...their perfect personalities

just hanging out at the house.

an eerie calmness only 3 days after Sandy hit point pleasant beach, nj. It was such a strangely beautiful ocean...all I could think was this water was just in my parents house

I felt a bit creative and photographed my friend applying makeup.

I was walking through the botanical gardens and saw this guy doing his job.

this flag was flying high in my hometown of point pleasant beach, nj after Sandy.

the combination of the three main elements: the approaching looming cloud, the intact and broken tubular wave, and the receding bubbly water make for a beautiful picture

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Male lion shaking water off his mane after an hour of heavy rains

Male lion shaking water off his mane after an hour of heavy rains

Michel Zoghzoghi

Paris, France

Member since 2014

Photo Information

Copyright:

© Michel Zoghzoghi.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

03.2013

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Date Uploaded:

Sept. 20, 2013, 1:59 a.m.

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Camera Model:

Canon EOS-1D X

Focal Length:

800mm

Shutter Speed:

1/80

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO6400

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