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Supermoon on the move

Cincinnati Color Palooza volunteer Brina Schutt sprays blue colored powder on locals taking part in the annual fundraiser on Saturday, June 29, 2013 in Cincinnati,ohio.As she takes part in the Cin

Some of the people who finish their run on Saturday , June 29,2013 throw colored powder in the air. After taking part in the Cincinnati Color Palooza three mile run fund raiser for the Susan G. Kome

A boy try's to wash some of the colored powder that covers his body on Saturday, June 29,2013 in Cincinnati,Ohio. After taking part in the Cincinnati Color Palooza three mile run fund raiser for the

A group of paddlers make their way out onto the Ohio River for a tripe to downtown Cincinnati,Ohio

Three Paddlers stand on the banks of the Ohio River . Before their ride to downtown,Cincinnati,Ohio as the Sun start to rise in the morning Ohio

While enjoying a hot air balloon ride, I looked down over the side and saw our reflection in a pond below.

The Heart of a Rose ~

A macro image of the center of a Red Rose, with minimal cropping and contrast adjustment, it looks like the heart of the Rose!

Nature's Magical Light ~

Taken at Whitney Pockets in the Nevada Mojave Desert -- known for its ancient sites with 4000 year old petroglyphs!

Full Glory at Sunrise ~

A Red Tail Hawk in full flight glory, a silhouette on the brillant sunrise!

Visiting the Point Iroquois Lighthouse where my husband and I were married.

The spiral staircase that leads to the tower of Point Iroquois Lighthouse.

Watching sunsets in Manistee, MI

Visiting Crisp Point Lighthouse in Paradise, Michigan.

Watching spectacular sunsets in Manistee, Michigan with my husband on our anniversary.

Putting on the final touches in the annual body painting festival in Deagu, South Korea.

just another beautiful and interesting sunset in central Florida . I've taken so many from this cow pasture but this is one of my favorites.

Pulled of the road here in our little town to take this shot of another beautiful Florida sunset.Below the sunset what you can't see is a 10 acre strawberry field full of strawberries.

Had a heifer getting ready to drop her calf and had built a fire in the pasture to keep the coyotes at bay(we have em in Florida too)and I snapped this picture of the fire without a flash.I was taken

We have one lone pine tree on a property with several live oaks 200 years old or older. I used it for the silhouette of this picture of just another beautiful sunset in Central Florida.

This was taken after a thunderstorm here in Central Florida . The reflection in the bottom half is the roof of my truck."Sunset over Cow Pasture"

At the bottom of a Natural Cave in Yosemite National Park.

Ladybug on a Shasta Daisy in the backyard.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

The spiral staircase that leads to the tower of Point Iroquois Lighthouse.

The spiral staircase that leads to the tower of Point Iroquois Lighthouse.

TAGS: Michigan, United States

Virginia Guindon

Oxford, Michigan, United States of America

Member since 2014

Photo Information

Copyright:

© Virginia Guindon.
All rights reserved.

Image Source:

digital

Date Taken:

06.2013

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Camera Information

Date Uploaded:

July 4, 2013, 7:21 p.m.

Camera Make:

SONY

Camera Model:

SLT-A55V

Focal Length:

45mm

Shutter Speed:

1/59

Aperture:

f5.6

ISO:

ISO1600

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PHOTO LOCATION Brimley, Michigan, United States of America