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The thrill of life--like the evanescent wave of pulsing color in a ripe cherry.

Tibetans looking through religious images.

Just driving down a country road and was shocked by the simple bueaty of the everyday.

A Tibetan Pilgrim circling the temple in Tagong.

Looking through the barn door

Soldier's boots

Poppies at an abandoned farm house

Buddhist mask festival mask

A peaceful, morning on the lake.

are you looking at me?

At the hospital with my sister giving birth.

An older man at the animal bazaar in Kashgar talking to younger men.

Matilda the wolf spider I found at my place of work recently. I filmed several pictures of her in a peanut butter jar.

A back alley in Zhaoxing village

A drum tower in Zengchong.

I just had got my first SLR camera and I wanted to test it out more so my brother took me to the beach and we got there right as this beautiful sunset was happening.

A Miao/hmong man playing a lusheng during the lusheng festival.

A day in Florida looking outside at the big blue pool wishing I can go outside and swim.

Captured reflection in a shoreline tide pool on an islet near Baranof Island in SE Alaska - July 2011

A run down general store close to the Old Natchez Trace.

A farmer and WWII veteran looking deeply at his livestock.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

An older man at the animal bazaar in Kashgar talking to younger men.

An older man at the animal bazaar in Kashgar talking to younger men.

Mathew Severance

Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America

Member since 2014

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© Mathew Severance.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

07.2010

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 10, 2011, 8:12 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

NIKON D5000

Focal Length:

180mm

Shutter Speed:

1/500

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO220

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