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These horses were just watching traffic pass along the highway and they graciously let me photograph them before they determined that I did, in fact, have no food and moved on.

Women returning to their village with their cattle at the end of a long dusty day.

View of Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

Living on the Hudson River.

It was almost a one day trip to New Jersey to attend the fashion show, I was in hurry to go back to my town in Virginia but at the same I didn't wanted to leave without

A mother and her daughters. Grown and ready to take on the world.

Camping in the San Bernardino Moutains

Tempe, AZ celebrates Independence Day over Tempe Town Lake.

Father and son. Not related by blood but by the heart.

Sandia mountains

Wild Atlantic Puffin pulling up wildflowers for nesting material in Newfoundland, Canada.

Standing on the beach thinking...

Local village boy with thanaka paste on his face. Thanaka - made from ground bark - is commonly used by people in Myanmar as cosmetic and sunblock.

A ride whose name I cannot remember spins it riders through the night air.

LIFE IS A DRAMA

The busy streets of New York

The Mach 1 ride spins Arizona State Fair goers in circles as the lights on its arms radiate an outward pattern.

Longing for home: A universal desire.

Rainbow Hmong women resting at the market

Gilbert Days in Gilbert, AZ features a balloon glow before the balloon fiesta the following morning.

Trying to get a good shot of this wary land iguana on North Seymour Island in the Galpagos proved more difficult than anticipated. Eventually, I resorted to hiding behind some grass to get close.

A geisha Pondering

The Lady in Rain

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Local village boy with thanaka paste on his face. Thanaka - made from ground bark - is commonly used by people in Myanmar as cosmetic and sunblock.

Local village boy with thanaka paste on his face. Thanaka - made from ground bark - is commonly used by people in Myanmar as cosmetic and sunblock.

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© Elvina Melissa.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

03.2012

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Nov. 26, 2013, 11:19 p.m.

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Canon PowerShot A3300 IS

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14.5mm

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1/80

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f5.6

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ISO400

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