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Fire breather practicing

The happiest three month old girl!

Outhouses are my favorite

DOve perched on the edge of my house

Just the two of us, in purple.

Disparate life, awaiting expansion.

Boy scavenging in dump outside of Antananarivo, Madagascar

In Argentina, at dusk, a small caiman in a pond.

Muttart Conservatory - Tropical Pyramid

The black-and-white hawk-eagle is one of the most beautiful birds of prey of the jungles of Central and South America.

the Crown Eagle dominates the skies of Northern Argentina.Titled Lion of the Skies, his feathers, usually low, creating the perfect aerodynamic surface, bristled when I tried to move one step closer.

Muttart Conservatory - Temperate Pyramid

A giant green moth taken seconds before it flew away. Its wings are warming up. I just had time to put it on a piece of black fabric. The flash intensity was just perfect.

A jaguar resting, in the Candelaria Park, in Argentina

At night, in a caiman farm. With the exact proper angle, the light reflects in rainbow colors in the caimans' eyes

Out with a team from BBC to film a group of Dusky dolphins feeding on a huge bait ball of anchovies. Called Solo, my arms stretched, holding the camera as close to the water as possible, only this one

Taken when three elephant seal females were playing together. Play time is often tease and scratches, but it also an important moment of establishing hierarchy. This female was reminding the 2 others

Love on the rocks in a sunset silhouette.

Reliving a wonderful childhood through the magic of Disneyland.

This photo was taken last July 2010 an hour after sunset at Miami Beach, Florida. A friend said LeBron James will be at the Colony Hotel at such time. Well, he wasn't. I took this photo using a 10-22

The Day my husband left for Iraq for 12 months.

Capturing the meaning of the Floating Lantern Ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park

Overlooking The Ha'lona Blow Hole and Ha'lona Point In Hawaii I spotted a sailboat out enjoying the beautiful weather.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Muttart Conservatory - Temperate Pyramid

Muttart Conservatory - Temperate Pyramid

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Edmonton, Canada

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© Karen Petch.
All rights reserved.

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Date Taken:

04.2011

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April 26, 2011, 10:06 a.m.

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