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Climber on a mountain summit in the Rocky Mountains, under a night sky

Live life with compassion and humanity.

A man who holds blank sketchbook

Grand Teton through a hole in an old Limber Pine

East Fork of Sacandaga River

Holding mannequin as holding someone.

Flower, from behind.

Mineral deposits and mesquite plant on Death Valley sand dunes.

While on safari in Botswana 15 May,2010,I took a photo this rare Serval cat.

Waking in the Central Park

Bluebonnets, the Texas State Flower, in Kingsland, Texas.

With his face covered in blue popsicle, my grandson, Eli Lou, plays American truck driver in his backyard.

Water lily flower.

My American granddaughter, Layla, dreams of traveling to exotic places as she performs a dance in her Colorado backyard playing "dress-up," a favorite American childhood activity.

My granddaughter, Layla, riding her bike at Coyote Ridge Nature Reserve. Even the smallest children enjoy riding the bike trails in the foothills of the American Rocky Mountains.

My granddaughter, Layla, captured in a photograph during one of the favorite pastimes of American children--blowing on dandelions!

Orangutans on a wire.

Visiting a local lake in Charlotte, NC.

These two male buffaloes were clashing at the Terry Bison Ranch near the Colorado/Wyoming border.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

While on safari in Botswana 15 May,2010,I took a photo this rare Serval cat.

While on safari in Botswana 15 May,2010,I took a photo this rare Serval cat.

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© Donald Preston.
All rights reserved.

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Date Taken:

05.2010

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Dec. 1, 2010, 8:54 p.m.

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Canon EOS 50D

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285mm

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1/320

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f9

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ISO1600

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