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In May and June, enthnic communities in Mu Cang Chai have been watering to the terrace fileds, preparing for the new crop rice

New energy for a new day

Spring is the flower harvesting season of people in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Due to favorable weather, this year promises a bumper harvest. flowers after harvesting will be shipped to big cities lik

Spring is the season of love. When spring coming, H'Mong boys and girls in mountainous area of Ha Giang, Vietnam find each other through the trumpet voice and dance. Girls go to spring festival, liste

Harvesting the salt field of Hon Khoi, Khanh Hoa, the largest salt manufacturing area in Vietnam

Terraces field in Mu Cang Chai, Vietnam

My mother retired recently. Unfortunately, the pension in our country hardly suffices on life. Mother earns additionally that knits socks and sells them to tourists. I decided to take a photograph of

Mystic Aquarium Penguin Exhibit

Old building in the park

Capturing a magnificent sunset at Lake Thurmond in South Carolina with my four-year-old grandson in the foreground.

The only land-locked salmon in the U.S., the Kokanee live in Lake Tahoe, and spawn and die in the shaded streams that feed the lake. Water ripples distorted the bright orange fish's green head.
Niko

We went through a small village while on a hike in the Balinese hills. I came across this elderly lady and, upon asking to take her picture, was quickly joined by her great-grand daughters before I sn

Black and white film photography; used a 1960's Canon camera.

Spying a crab below the water.

Bridge jumping on a beautiful summer day.

The late afternoon sun, weathered rocks eroded by wind and surf, playing with the camera and 500+ images later you have an optical illusion by nature. Look at it from the left, right, top and bottom.

This impressionistic image looks "photoshopped," but is the result of lens manipulation. The center of the image initially draws the eye, yet the rest of the image's unique effects draw interest.
Ni

Ducks "parade" around Stowe Lake in the Spring trying to attract mates. This image caught the drake as he lifted his bill from water. The reflected sky in the waves produced an interesting effect.
Ni

Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park offers thousands of unique photo opportunities every day, and with the change of seasons many more; this one turned out to look like a watercolor painting.
Nikon D90, 1

Taken early evening as the sun was setting, the reflection of the eucalyptus and redwood trees along with a blue sky on Stowe Lake in Golden Gate Park created a dreamy, watercolor-like effect.
Nikon

The view from the Harvest Bungalow at Bali Eco Stay in Bali, Indonesia. I included just the tip of the bungalow to give one perspective on just how immersed we were in nature. It was truly one of the

Brown Pelican Point Reyes CA

Flaming Gorge, Wyoming at sunrise.

12th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest

We went through a small village while on a hike in the Balinese hills. I came across this elderly lady and, upon asking to take her picture, was quickly joined by her great-grand daughters before I sn

We went through a small village while on a hike in the Balinese hills. I came across this elderly lady and, upon asking to take her picture, was quickly joined by her great-grand daughters before I snapped the photo.

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© Pilar Smyth.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

11.2013

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Date Uploaded:

June 9, 2014, 7:55 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi

Focal Length:

35mm

Shutter Speed:

1/250

Aperture:

f10

ISO:

ISO800

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