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This is an image of very old photos pinned up on the wall of an old power plant of the workers who have been there for many years.

This is a picture found inside an extremely old electric power plant in the little town of Mangum, Oklahoma.

Diving upstate new york on a sunday afternoon..Beautiful Fall day with hot air ballons in the distance..

This was a knick-knack I found in an old, antique ice cream parlor in Mangum, Oklahoma.

On the other side.

This is a sunrise over the lake.

This is an image of some plants I found in a forest with a plastic bag caught over it.

The previous summer was so dry and hot that the lakes were all drying up. Left behind, was this rather large fish carcass/skeleton still perfectly preserved.

This is the underside of a cow skull I found.

I spotted a flamingo in the water at the San Diego Zoo in California.

This was taken on a lake beach in Oklahoma during the sunrise.

This pear fell from my pear tree and flies swarmed it.

This is a picture of my friend who loves to model and wants to be a beauty pageant winner.

This is a picture of a man from the little town of Mangum, Oklahoma. He made jewelry by hand and sold them in a small booth at fairs.

This is a picture of my good friend who was an avid ballet dancer.

A moment of prayer.

A young, unique couple painted and dressed like zombie/skeletons.

Sitting on the stone bench on a summer day.

At the Morton Arboretum.

This is a self-portrait. I whipped my hair to look like a windmill then cloned a picture I took of my backyard's windmill into the mirror beside me.

This was the friend I visited in California. I used three images I took of her under a bridge (where it was dark) with a low shutter speed to get the blurs. I layered the images together and named thi

Olivia, the young pianist.

Little Olivia, blowing a kiss.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This pear fell from my pear tree and flies swarmed it.

This pear fell from my pear tree and flies swarmed it.

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

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© Amber Griffith.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

08.2010

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Date Uploaded:

Oct. 13, 2011, 6:56 p.m.

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Camera Model:

NIKON D70

Focal Length:

80mm

Shutter Speed:

1/50

Aperture:

f5.6

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