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Mums at NYC Botanical Garden

Night city bikes

Mums at the NYC Botanical Garden

Cathedral beauty

Visiting the twin waterfalls in Maui, Hawaii

A slow shutter speed conveys the harsh habitat that is preferred by the resilient sea palms - the relentless surf at the extreme outer edge of the rocks repeatedly batters them. The sea stars take a

Sitting watching the busy little Hover flies go about their business inspired me to try and catch them in flight...and i was lucky enough to catch this shot.

On the edge of the world

What don't you stick in your mouth?

Capitol reflection. I was wondering around the Capitol of Iowa for the first time and was flustered by this amazing scene of the golden Capitol building reflecting off of this near by building.

Mill in Harris Village

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Looking out at the winter storm

Nomade a sculpture by Jaume Plensa lite up at night.

A lucky snapshot of a butterfly that landed while Visiting the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagra Fall Canada

A day at the zoo. I captured many great images of these monkeys. This image seemed to be the only one that had character to it. I am not sure why, but all of the monkeys seem to shy away from my camer

woman in day of the dead play

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Capitol reflection. I was wondering around the Capitol of Iowa for the first time and was flustered by this amazing scene of the golden Capitol building reflecting off of this near by building.

Capitol reflection. I was wondering around the Capitol of Iowa for the first time and was flustered by this amazing scene of the golden Capitol building reflecting off of this near by building.

TAGS: Iowa, United States

Marshalltown, Iowa, United States of America

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© Michael Ficken.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

10.2011

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Nov. 2, 2011, 3:35 p.m.

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SONY

Camera Model:

DSLR-A300

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