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© Ernest Manewal. All rights reserved.

Cars climb a rural hillside road behind a cholla cactus in the high desert

A snake show handler kisses a cobra in Pattaya, Thailand.

Wild Red-Eyed Tree Frog holding onto a colorful Heliconia in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.

Filipinos are religious people - God fearing. When they are in need and in trouble you will often them in prayer. In this picture are regular servants of the church, in deep prayers.

Cloud scape on stagnant water

The Silent Generation

Tango Dancers. This is the most passionate, sensual dance there is. Young and old can feel and enjoy this beautiful music as it shows in this picture.

A tour boat observes a calving glacier in Glacier Bay, Alaska.

People often try to find time to go out with family and just relax. We were sitting on a bench along Manila Bay watching the sun set, two most important persons in my life - my wife and my son. Takin

Tango Dancers. This is the most passionate, sensual dance there is. Young and old can feel and enjoy this beautiful music as it shows in this picture.

A day at Lijiang Shuhe Ancient Town. Even a small ancient town has cafe. Globalization reaches very far.

Trumpeter Swan in Sitka Sound withMt. Edgecumbevolcano in the background.

Its a natural creation in a falls

A White-tailed Buck sniffs the air before taking a nap.

While I was taking photos of the landscape at Machu Picchu in Peru, this Llama stepped right in my pathway, briefly glanced at me, then went on its merry way.

A windblown newspaper ad blights the desert.

Owlets near the nest

Sculptor and his brain child

Holy Week is the most solemn week of the year where so many Catholics participate to this activity. This shot depicts the desperation of an old men to just touch the figure of the black Nazareth and

A beautiful view of a Jesus monument at the top of a hill in beautiful Manizales, Colombia.

An old lady is looking after her grand and great grand children.

Black Crowned Night Heron and Green Heron

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Trumpeter Swan in Sitka Sound withMt. Edgecumbevolcano in the background.

Trumpeter Swan in Sitka Sound withMt. Edgecumbevolcano in the background.

TAGS: Alaska, United States

Sitka, Alaska, United States of America

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Photo Information

Copyright:

© Ernest Manewal.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

09.2011

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11

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Camera Information

Date Uploaded:

Nov. 26, 2013, 10:08 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Focal Length:

120mm

Shutter Speed:

1/100

Aperture:

f13

ISO:

ISO200

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PHOTO LOCATION Sitka, Alaska, United States of America