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© Amber Griffith. All rights reserved.

This is a picture found inside an extremely old electric power plant in the little town of Mangum, Oklahoma.

Diving upstate new york on a sunday afternoon..Beautiful Fall day with hot air ballons in the distance..

This was a knick-knack I found in an old, antique ice cream parlor in Mangum, Oklahoma.

On the other side.

This is a sunrise over the lake.

This is an image of some plants I found in a forest with a plastic bag caught over it.

The previous summer was so dry and hot that the lakes were all drying up. Left behind, was this rather large fish carcass/skeleton still perfectly preserved.

This is the underside of a cow skull I found.

I spotted a flamingo in the water at the San Diego Zoo in California.

This was taken on a lake beach in Oklahoma during the sunrise.

This pear fell from my pear tree and flies swarmed it.

This is a picture of my friend who loves to model and wants to be a beauty pageant winner.

This is a picture of a man from the little town of Mangum, Oklahoma. He made jewelry by hand and sold them in a small booth at fairs.

This is a picture of my good friend who was an avid ballet dancer.

A moment of prayer.

A young, unique couple painted and dressed like zombie/skeletons.

Sitting on the stone bench on a summer day.

At the Morton Arboretum.

This is a self-portrait. I whipped my hair to look like a windmill then cloned a picture I took of my backyard's windmill into the mirror beside me.

This was the friend I visited in California. I used three images I took of her under a bridge (where it was dark) with a low shutter speed to get the blurs. I layered the images together and named thi

Olivia, the young pianist.

Little Olivia, blowing a kiss.

This is a product of technical layers and the stamp/clone tool to create a scene mimicking a car crash in which the driver (the girl) returns to the scene only to find herself a ghost.

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

This is a picture of my friend who loves to model and wants to be a beauty pageant winner.

This is a picture of my friend who loves to model and wants to be a beauty pageant winner.

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America

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© Amber Griffith.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

06.2011

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Date Uploaded:

Oct. 13, 2011, 6:52 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

NIKON D90

Focal Length:

28mm

Shutter Speed:

1/200

Aperture:

f8

ISO:

ISO200

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