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Remembering Memorial Park

Police arrest a man while a police car burns in the background during the G20 summit in Toronto.

A family generation of soliders

A monket crosses a street using 2 telephone wires on a street in Katmandu, Nepal.

Malposition
The traditional reading and guest house has changed its function as receiving some people and things shouldnt have.

Portrait of an old woman
Camera : Nikon D 7000,Lens : Nikkor 28-105 D

A body is prepared for cremation in a Hindu ceremony in Katmandu, Nepal.

Malposition
The traditional reading and guest house has changed its function as receiving some people and things shouldnt have.

A vendor is selling spices in a market in Katmandu, Nepal.

A man crosses a bridge in a valley near Jomson, Nepal.

The Elders beside the Well
There was an old well in Shijiagou of Linfen, Shanxi. The elders always sat there chatting with each other.

The Annapurna Mountains reach to the sky over the city below in central Nepal. The building in the foreground is dwarfed against the mountains.

Shy woman peeping from the door of a blue house
Camera : Nikon D 7000,Lens : Nikkor 18-55 G VR

America's Cup Race in San Diego

A peak in the Annapurna mountain range reveal itself as be drove through central Nepal.

Shadow Trace
The man used the paddle to move slightly.

In a small below ground work area in Nepal, a migrate worker struggles to forge metal. His piercing bright eyes are a contrast to the dark coal he is working with.

Title: Girls on the Great Wall
I was out of breath to climb on the Great Wall and saw a girl catching up with her companion excitedly. The brilliant sky and the lively girl displaced an ideal pictur

Morning mountain walk with my camera.

A stranger is enveloped in smoke as he sits on a corner in Katmandu, Nepal.

In Guizhou,China, Dong People make the special cloth. The making process is very complicated and time-consuming. However, this kind of ancient production process is handed down in the end.

A lady prays in a Buddhist temple in Nepal.

Young girls shuffling wet red chilli to dry in winter morning.
Camera : Nikon D 80,Lens : Nikkor 18-55 G VR

9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

The Annapurna Mountains reach to the sky over the city below in central Nepal. The building in the foreground is dwarfed against the mountains.

The Annapurna Mountains reach to the sky over the city below in central Nepal. The building in the foreground is dwarfed against the mountains.

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© Lawrence Smith.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

11.2011

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Date Uploaded:

Nov. 17, 2011, 11:59 p.m.

Camera Make:

Camera Model:

NIKON D3X

Focal Length:

280mm

Shutter Speed:

1/2500

Aperture:

f4

ISO:

ISO400

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