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The two swallow chicks open their mouth wide wanting to get feed from their mother.

This frog is sitting on a waterlily leave in a small pond waiting for its prey.

Photo taken at the late at Pennyrile State Park.

This group of strange trees are tangled together forming a beautiful pattern.

This butterfly is feeding on a red flower.

Macro of a green moss found at Pennyrile State Park

This pink Lotus was found in a pond inside the Wetland Nature Park in Hong Kong.

A cold winter day

Brown Anole in tropical hardwood hammock

This green frog is resting on a waterlily leave in a small pond inside the Taipei Botanical Garden.

Early morning photo shoot at Ala Moana Beach Park always allows an element of opportunities. The palm trees and the stars in the skies are the star attraction for early morning.

This black-and-white butterfly is resting on a flower.

Dragon Fly on a sunny day

Beautiful Purple Thistle

Cohesive contrast of architecture in a residential San Francisco neighborhood.

Great Blue Heron

Ancient city engulfed in fog

My favorite time to take photos is very early in the morning at Ala Moana Beach Park. The bewitching hour that radiates a beautiful color of blue is 20 - 40 minutes before sunrise.

Beautiful Purple Thistle

Watching fog roll over the mountains

Following a cable car towards Grant Ave. in San Francisco, California.

A Sunrise in Machu Picchu

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper in natural habitat

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This black-and-white butterfly is resting on a flower.

This black-and-white butterfly is resting on a flower.

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© Man-kay KOON.
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Date Taken:

04.2013

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Nov. 6, 2013, 6:14 p.m.

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LEICA

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V-LUX 4

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75.6mm

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