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A BEAUTIFUL FIELD TRIP

Green frog on house.

Australian White Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) feeding in a bend of the river Torrens at Paradise <Adelaide South Australia

Embracing serenity
When I was visiting Salay, a town filled with mystic history, I reached a monastery. As I came in the doorstep, I saw two young monks coming along the ancient hall. Their robes wer

Dragonfly's preflight chechlist.

These flowers make a great natural duet.

This rose is beautiful, but it's beauty won't last.

Yellow rose at the rose garden in Minneapolis, MN.

This flower stood out amongst the rest.

The light shining through this feather is luminous.

Lighting up the night.

Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most beautiful.

Getting friendly with the locals in Kenya.

I was walking to this pool when it suddenly exploded. They say they never know when it will do this, I could not believe it, it overflowed and bubbled over for about a minute. I was able to capture th

I was driving home on the back road, when I saw a antelope laying down, I saw a little head and knew she had just given birth, I stopped to get my camera out, and she gave birth to a second one. I was

Driving down to Ocean City, Maryland I saw this in Delaware somewhere. Immediately stopped the car and got it.

A view from 5th & Boston in downtown Tulsa.

This is a picture of my cat ginger eyes taken by my daughter on a sunny day on our porch.

I was driving around downtown San Diego,Taking night pictures because its one of my hobbies

Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat Museum

Kayaking in Illinois near the end of the long day

Enjoying the view of Niagara Falls from the best seat on earth; papa's shoulder's.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most beautiful.

Sometimes the simplest things in life are the most beautiful.

TAGS: Minnesota, United States

Melissa Lunderby

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Melissa Lunderby.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

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July 6, 2010, 1:51 a.m.

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Camera Model:

u1020,S1020

Focal Length:

9.2mm

Shutter Speed:

1/100

Aperture:

f4.3

ISO:

ISO80

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PHOTO LOCATION Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America