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The Secret Garden is located at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea and is designated an UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site for being best preserved among the five remaining royal Joseon palac

Majestic Courtship

The Secret Garden is located at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea and is designated an UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site for being best preserved among the five remaining royal Joseon palac

Saguaro cactus at sunrise

A group of lotus flower.
Taken late in October, a group of dead lotus flower
at sunrise.

The Touch
I obtained a permit to allow us to swim with the resident sperm whale population off the Island of Dominica. We came upon a pod of whales that were very friendly and swam with them for ove

An American icon, El Capitan towers more than 3000 feet above Yosemite Valley in California's Yosemite National Park. This park park was made exceptionally famous by Ansel Adam's work throughout his c

Visitors stand on the top floor of a Pagoda in the Japanese gardens in Singapore.

Water blasts across the rocks at the Bicheno blowhole on Tasmania's East Coast, saturating most things in the area, including me...

A black backed Kingfisher sits silent and motionless in the Sabah jungle during the night.

Minnesota Winter

A fun capture with my daughter at the local zoo. She was amazed by all the little fish swimming around the hippo, cleaning him.

This Pelican was on the hunt for fish when my family and I passed along the water at the local park. This was shot with a Nikon D5000.

Old American Car in Havana, Cuba

Three Boys on the Malecon, Havana, Cuba

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

The Touch I obtained a permit to allow us to swim with the resident sperm whale population off the Island of Dominica. We came upon a pod of whales that were very friendly and swam with them for ove

The Touch I obtained a permit to allow us to swim with the resident sperm whale population off the Island of Dominica. We came upon a pod of whales that were very friendly and swam with them for over an hour. Jeff thanked a whale with a light touch.

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