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The Confederation Bridge that connects Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

I noticed this guy break dancing in the JR Namba train station in Osaka. He was nice enough to let me get some pictures up close.

While walking through Nikko, this man was enjoying his Sunday with a fishing rod a smoke.

During summer school in Japan, some friends found a way to entertain themselves. Here two friends are playing limbo with a light up rope. I snapped this shot from my second floor apartment,

Another day in the life for those living in Nikko.

The maids from the maid cafes in Akihabara, Tokyo, stick together. Here is a maid helping a fellow maid fix her hair.

These polo players were in action when I snapped this photo in Mokuleia, Hawaii.

This is my dog Sheeba in a bamboo forest near my house.

This snail was slowly climbing this tree in Kyoto, Japan.

This crane was standing and watching the river while I crossed over a bridge in Kyoto, Japan.

This was a sunlit path on the way to a temple in Nikko, Japan.

This dragonfly perched upon this bud while I was walking down a path in Nikko Japan. He was nice enough to pause a moment for me to snap this photo.

This Thrus was in my backyard in Wahiawa, Hawaii, when it stopped on a ti plant to take a look at me.

Sunset in the wheat fields of Idaho

Crab Spider defending his precious rose.

Alongside a creek near my house in Wahiawa, Hawaii, this pincher bug climbed out to the end of a stick to relainite before moving on.

A statue/monument outside of the La'ie, Hawai'i LDS Temple.

These knots look like a face! Seen while on a walk

Taken at the local Zoo

My 2 year old very serious about his guitar.

A steel bridge stretching across the Columbia River

Taken during a drive through the country

A means to an end. Web worm destruction.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This dragonfly perched upon this bud while I was walking down a path in Nikko Japan. He was nice enough to pause a moment for me to snap this photo.

This dragonfly perched upon this bud while I was walking down a path in Nikko Japan. He was nice enough to pause a moment for me to snap this photo.

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© Randall Cannon.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

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July 20, 2010, 11:22 p.m.

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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi

Focal Length:

250mm

Shutter Speed:

1/200

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO800

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