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A mountain hut in Alpe di Siusi

Lazy Summer Day . . .

Arrival in Venice- This was our first view of the Grand Canal from under the Rialto Bridge. An amazing city!

Canals of Venice - My wife and I loved getting lost along the canals and alleyways of Venice.

Our cat Cosmo waking from a nap in the hostas.

Summer with my sister

Frog in Ratargul. Ratargul is Only one Natural Swamp forest in Bangladesh.

Tourist in Ratargul Forest. Ratargul Natural Swamp Forest is a freshwater swamp forest located in Gowainghat Upozzila, Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the only swamp forest located in Bangladesh.

A day at the beach - "Tunnel Vision"

The Bangladeshi Monipuri people's Pulled Chariot. Rath Yatra Festival 2014.

A day at the beach - "Tunnel Vision"

The Hindu Religious Fasting and Meditation Festival in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Right in the city of Perth, just of the beach at Cottesloe, a marine park exists, if you look closely you'll find them. Octopus! Tightly tucked away in their little burrows. But not this one! He start

Lucky divers witness the Barracuda Vortex that happens regularly out on the reef of Sipadan Island off the coast of Malaysia. A few thousand barracudas create a vortex that resembles an organism on it

Lucky divers witness the Barracuda Vortex that happens regularly out on the reef of Sipadan Island off the coast of Malaysia. A few thousand barracudas create a vortex that resembles an organism on it

A pygmee crinoid squid trying to seek shelter underneath the wing of a featherstar (a type of seastar).On a night dive finding these creatures can be challenging, and the encounter lasted just several

A pygmee crinoid squid trying to seek shelter underneath the wing of a featherstar (a type of seastar).On a night dive finding these creatures can be challenging, and the encounter lasted just several

A curious Western Australian Sea Lion approaches the camera. A distant colony of these sea lions off the beaten track in WA show great interest and interaction off an remote island near Green Heads. N

A Western Australian Sea lion whizzing by. They colonize island off the coast of WA. They are very curious and playful and an encounter with these creatures is absolutely something special and not soo

Detail macro, Painted Rock. Chemistry from time ago laid down patterns through water residuals left this lithograph for us.

Detail of Painted Rock. Paleozoic strata changed vertically by forces acting on the once horizontal sedimentary strata. Portugal Rock forms are changed from horizontal to vertical everywhere you go i

Love just around here

Mud Wrestling Fetival

12th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest

The Hindu Religious Fasting and Meditation Festival in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

The Hindu Religious Fasting and Meditation Festival in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

TAGS: Bangladesh

Md. Akhlas Uddin

Sylhet, Bangladesh

Member since 2014

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© Md. Akhlas Uddin.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

11.2012

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Aug. 1, 2014, 10:17 a.m.

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Canon EOS 40D

Focal Length:

18mm

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1/13

Aperture:

f4

ISO:

ISO1250

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