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The daily parting of the sun.

Perry's Pond in the heat of summer.

Midnight walk in Venice

Trees in the skies

Lizard on the back porch on the ho.

Cain Park in the fall.

Close up of a peacock

This is of myself mixed in with several different pictures that I have taken. I believe there is 4 pictures involved in this piece.

Plumeria in Hawaii

Early morning hike in the Smoky Mountains.

closure prayer of Tibetan monks in Sera monastery after the debating session has ended.

Known to be the highest monastery in the world.This is the Rongbuk Monastery found in Tibet.(mount Everest is in the background)

Tibetan monks debating. Sera monastery, Tibet

The Potala-Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

Tibetan monk sitting outside the temple, asking for charity.

I shot this picture during the Mongolian Naadam Festival, which is the biggest festival in Mongolia.

at the naadam festival in mongolia in the planes near ulan-bator, the capital.

This picture was taken at the Hashat valley in the Bayan-Olgii province of Mongolia.

I found those sand dunes as we were driving across Tibet

Always Looking Up

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

closure prayer of Tibetan monks in Sera monastery after the debating session has ended.

closure prayer of Tibetan monks in Sera monastery after the debating session has ended.

Afula, Israel

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© Oren Epshtain.
All rights reserved.

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digital

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06.2010

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Sept. 23, 2011, 4:37 a.m.

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Canon EOS 7D

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55mm

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1/30

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f8

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ISO100

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