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"Desert Temple, Maharashtra" - India.
- Shot in 2003, this is the cover image for my FIRST BOOK.
- Available NOW in person from me for $40 or via the blurb website for $40 plus shipping.
- a pdf download of the first 15 pages is available from the website.
- I apologise for the high cost, but I am self-publishing, so the company charges me approximately $30 per unit, I am selling this to SHARE, not to profit. Buy it if you will appreciate it, and Thank You!! Buy or Browse HERE
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"These Girls Love History" - Delhi and Jodhpur, India. -- (December 30th, 2007)
- Christina and Katie joined me for a short visit to Rajasthan. These shots show them having fun posing inside national monuments. (the Qutab Minar - tallest stone tower in India, and Jodhpur's famous huge hilltop Fort). more photos can be seen on facebook in this album.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Doors and Dolls" - Jaipur and Jodhpur, India. -- (December 24th, 2007)
- Christina and Katie joined me for a short visit to Rajasthan. We had tons of fun and more photos can be seen in this album. Here are two of my favorite shots of them enjoying the classic Rajasthani architecture!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Happy Birthday Shekhar" - Malkapur, India. -- (December 15th, 2007)
- Today (December 15th) Is Shekhar Chaware's 45th Birthday! He is the amazing best friend, brother, travel companion, host, and kind gentleman who has me satying with him as a guest in his hometown in the middle of India. We met in 2002 hiking separately in the Himalayas and became close friends immediately (See My travelogues). This is one of the best portraits I have ever taken of him and is one of many images I have shot on film this year, but cannot easily get onto my computer (I scanned the 4x6 inch print, not as high fidelity as scanning the negative directly).
Camera & Film: Canon EOS Rebel K2 - Kodak Tri-x 400
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"Moray Eel" - Andaman Islands, India. -- (December 8th, 2007)
- I rented a water-proof housing for my camera, Scuba Diving in the Anaman Islands - This is my favorite snap from the experience!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Andamanese Sunrise" - Havelock Island, India. -- (December 1st, 2007)
- One morning I woke before sunrise to photograph from the beach outside my hut. I was so lucky to find a local out walking in the shallows!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Roadside Smile" - Arunachal, India. -- (November 25th, 2007)
- While driving in the mountains you often encounter road crews combatting annual erosion. This beautiful young lady was carrying huge banana leaves twice her height to help level land with stones and mud. I flirted with her and snapped this moment where she thought I was on the other side of the banana leaf (She had hid from my camera behind the leaf) and I moved left, unknown to her!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Idyllic Landscape" - Arunachal, India. -- (November 18th, 2007)
- I still can't believe a place like this exists outside of fairy tales and idealized paintings - and I was THERE!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Laughing Monk" - Arunachal, India. -- (November 11th, 2007)
- At the Tawang Gompa I met this amazing Buddha-like "Laughing Monk", enough said! The photo speaks for itself, doesn't it make you smile?
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Mountain Lakes Reflection" - Arunachal Himalayas. -- (November 4th, 2007)
- Just like last week, this photograph is taken in the Arunachal Himalayas near Bhutan and Tibet/China. The area is famous for having 108 sacred lakes. The model is Efrat, a new friend I encountered on her honeymoon with her new husband Nir and we traveled extensively together, amazingly I dont think my presence interfered with their honeymoon as it was not your typical relaxed-time-alone event but more of an adventure-travel experience!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Secluded Lagoon" - Indian Himalayas. -- (October 28th, 2007)
- We took a tour of the lakes district, climbing past military border guards as we approached Tibet/China. Each lake had its own character, many felt quite mysterious, shrouded in fog and clouds. Just past the highest point, another 4,750-meter mountain pass this lake suddenly appeared in the fog, and we excitedly photographed and experienced the beautiful scenery of the high himalayas. I think it is a very effective photograph, do you?
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Eerie Se La Pass" - Indian Himalayas. -- (October 21st, 2007)
- After driving for 8 hours on winding roads through the himalayas, we finally crossed the 4,750 meter (15,000 feet) Se La mountain pass at dusk in rainy foggy weather. It was eerie and mystical and I begged our driver to stop although it was getting gloomy, dark, and raining heavily. (n.b. This photo looks too dark on many ibm-pc computer monitors, but looks excellent on macs and higher-brightness calibrated pc-monitors)
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Peaceful Monastery" - Sikkim, India. -- (October 14th, 2007)
- I saw this wonderful view from inside the monastery after my meditation and composed it, asking the monk to hold his pose that I saw him in naturally while I made multiple exposures until I got the right colors and darkness. (Shot on Sept 7th 2007)
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Children, Arunachal" - India. -- (October 6th, 2007)
- The little girl was so adorable carrying her baby sister on her back! A different village, but same general location as last week: Arunachal Pradesh near Bhutan/Tibet.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Monk Holiday" - Tawang, India. -- (September 29th, 2007)
- In the Eastern Himalayas (Arunachal Pradesh), only a few miles from both Bhutan and China(Tibet) there is the world's second-largest buddhist monastery (after Lhasa). While I was visiting it happened to be a 3-day holiday (one of only a handful of days off for the hard-working monk-scholars). I captured this shot of youthful exhuberance and just had to share it!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Banana Man" - Assam, India. -- (September 22nd, 2007)
- While driving in India you always see the darndest things, but rarely am I ready with a camera - from schoolgirls in matching uniforms with flowing scarves on bikes, each holding an umbrella, to overladen bicycles and hand-carts with produce and objects to sell.
Camera & Film: Canon Powershot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Flood Refugees on the Brahmaputra" - Assam, India. -- (September 16th, 2007)
- Every year the monsoon rains cause flooding along India's great rivers. The Brahmaputra flows from Tibet through India into Bangladesh where it meets the great Ganges and both flow together into the Bay of Bengal. Headwaters are also in Burma/Myanmar. This great river flooded especially badly this year and I visited a refugee camp with people living in temporary tents until the waters recede and allow them to return to their homes. These children are playing because school is cancelled and there is not much else to do during a flood.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Love on Taquille" - Peru. -- (September 9th, 2007)
- This local tour guide was telling us about how he fell in love with his wife. Taken on an island in Lake Titicaca, named "Taquille" with traditional culture and tourism.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Chachapoyan Cockfighter" - Peru. -- (September 2nd, 2007)
- While hiking down from a Pre-Incan fortress (Kuelap), I encountered this young warrior carrying prize-fighting cocks uphill. I really like the look in his eyes! I did ask him for the photo and took 3 versions, each time he held this look!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Arequipa Monastery" - Peru. -- (August 26th, 2007)
- In Peru's second-largest city, Arequipa, there is a huge convent called "The Santa Catalina Monastery" built in 1579 and opened to tourism in 1970. It is famous for architecturally beautiful doorways, passages, and painted walls, as well as a shrine to a Saint "Sister Ana". I had a field day and photographed numerous stunning portals!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Cordillera Sunrise" - Peru. -- (August 19th, 2007)
- High in the Andes, Trekking in the "Cordillera Blanca" at sunrise along a mountain valley with a meandering stream descended from a nearby waterfall.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital RAW
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"Wayna Picchu Peak" - Peru. -- (August 12th, 2007)
- High in the Andes, above Machu Picchu - a side trail takes you up 1,000 steep stone steps to the top of "Wayna Picchu". The photo features Nikola and Bojana, two companions hiking with me.
Camera & Film: Canon Powershot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Sam in the Andes" - Cordillera Blanca, Peru. -- (August 6th, 2007)
- High in the Andes, along the ridge of the highest mountains in the Tropics (worldwide) - 4800m, almost 15,000 feet. I used a self-timer after scrambling up above my friends along the mountain ridge. I also took a 360-degree panorama photo from this spot!
Camera & Film: Canon Powershot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Trekking Santa Cruz" - Cordillera Blanca, Peru. -- (July 30th, 2007)
- I walked with a long-sunrise-given shadow on the golden frozen-dew-covered valley. This was my last day of the trek in the ¨Cordillera Blanca¨ - White Spine of the Andes. I took this photo after I saw two wild foxes playing. That day I hiked from Sunrise to 12:30pm straight, 24 kilometers (15 miles) downhill in 6.5 hours carrying my 10kg/20lb backpack and 6lb/3kg camera.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT 350 - Digital jpeg
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"Machu Picchu Dawn" - Peru. -- (July 22nd, 2007)
- Yesterday, after 4 days of trekking in the mountains and jungles around Machu Picchu, I hiked up the mountain at 4:30 and and shot this view of Machu Picchu shrouded in clouds and bathed in pale pre-dawn light. Needless to say, it was also magnificent in the daylight later on, but there was something magical in the quiet of the early morning.
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Cesar Vallejo Community" - Lima, Peru. -- (July 15th, 2007)
- Ahot taken from a visit to the poor Cesar Vallejo neighborhood in the outskirts of Lima.
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Peruvian Hairless Dog at Huaca Del Sol" - Trujillo, Peru. -- (July 8th, 2007)
- I took this photo today at the archaeological site of HUACA DEL SOL y LUNA, the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. These are ancient Mud-brick pyramids covered with decorative friezes from the Moche Civilization, a group that was later conquered by the INCA. The peruvian hairless is a special breed of dog with a higher-than-normal body temperature and it is kep nearby sacred sites and has been used since Pre-Inca times to treat sickness (you keep the warm hairless dog next to your cold body).
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot 70 - Digital jpeg
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"Goodbye, New York, NY" - USA. -- (June 30th, 2007)
- In July I left the city I loved for an indefinite amount of time (I will be back!). This Triptych is a tribute to New York. All 3 images were taken from a school staff cruise around New York City, celebrating the school year's end.
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot 70 - Digital RAW
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"Kauai Animated Wave Pattern" - Na Pali Coast, Hawaii. -- (June 22nd, 2007)
- Created from a series of 19 photographs, this illustrates the mesmerizing flow of coastal waters along the rugged Na Pali coast on the wild, rough, northern edge of Kauai.
- Announcing the opening of my HAWAII SLIDESHOW. I am planning to travel extensively in South America and around the world, so I am trying to catch up and share all my best photos that have not yet been shown online. SEE THE HAWAII SLIDESHOW
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital jpeg
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"Desert Temple, Maharashtra" - India. -- (June 16th, 2007)
- Shot in 2003, this is the cover image for my FIRST BOOK.
- Available NOW in person from me for $40 or via the blurb website for $40 plus shipping.
- a pdf download of the first 15 pages is available from the website.
- I apologise for the high cost, but I am self-publishing, so the company charges me approximately $30 per unit, I am selling this to SHARE, not to profit. Buy it if you will appreciate it, and Thank You!! Buy or Browse HERE
Olympus SR-1 - Kodak Film
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"58th Street Skyline" - Manhattan, New York. -- (June 9th, 2007)
- Demolition of a building opens up a glimpse into a hidden skyline view. Camera & Film: Canon PS70 - Digital jpeg
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"Spring Carnival" - Bronx, NY. -- (June 2nd, 2007)
- This Saturday the school I worked at rented equipment and put on a kids' spring carnival. I worked as a photographer and helped run two of the rides. It was so much fun! The 350 photos I took all show bright smiling faces having fun. Summer has almost arrived!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital jpeg
- P.S. The main image is blurred by motion while staying focussed on the kids just like my taxi cab photo http://www.samoppenheim.com/gallery/nyc/index.php
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"Na Pali Coastal Views" - Kauai, Hawaii. -- (May 27th, 2007)
- About 2 miles into the Kalalau Trail hike, these first stunning views of the Coastal cliffs and turquoise seas make your jaw drop!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Rudraksha Roots" - Kauai, Hawaii. -- (May 19th, 2007)
- At the Kauai Hindu Monastery, I visited their rudraksha grove, and saw these amazing shapes in the roots. I decided to make a black & white conversion of the image and practice my burning and dodging to bring out shadows and highlights.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Haleakala Crater & Clouds" - Maui, Hawaii. -- (May 12th, 2007)
- less than 10 hours after arriving in Hawaii at night I was watching the sunrise from the rim of the Haleakala Crater. Then Julie and I took a nice hike down into the colorful, exotic crater. We watched in awe as the days' weather crept up and into the crater.
 Click to see me basking in the sun.
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"Field Trip Triptych" - Pelham Bay, NY, NY. -- (May 5th, 2007)
- Last weekend I took some 8th graders on a field trip. It was great fun and I felt more like a camp counselor than a teacher!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital jpeg
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"Bamboo Forest" - Maui, Hawaii. -- (April 22nd, 2007)
- During a nice hike up to a waterfall we passed through a quiet dark bamboo forest...
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital Raw
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"Turquoise Waveforms" - Kauai, Hawaii. -- (April 22nd, 2007)
- Stunning waveforms entranced me from the cliff-hugging hike along the Na Pali Coast of Kauai. I stopped as frequently from awe as exhaustion. Hard to capture in camera, I think this one shot does it the most justice of any other attempts I made.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital Raw
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"Moonrise, Kapaa" - Kauai, Hawaii. -- (April 15th, 2007)
- One day after the full moon, I took advantage of the view off the balcony of the youth hostel I stayed at in Kapa'a. There is a nice 'painterly' effect in the photo, the slight blur and saturated colors are because of the long exposure.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital Raw
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"Kalalau Sunset, Lorena Silhouette" - Kauai, Hawaii. -- (April 8th, 2007)
- Kalalau is PARADISE! Photo taken after an 11 mile hike into a secluded valley, Sunset over the beach, with a fellow hiker and friend, Lorena silhouetted.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital Raw
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"Manatee Triptych" - New York City, USA. -- (April 1st, 2007)
- One of the only places where you can swim with and pet the endangered manatee. Taken while snorkeling in a wetsuit on a cold morning expedition into the protected reserve. It was great!
Camera & Film: Cheap re-useable film camera in waterproof housing - Kodak 800
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"VAST Live in Concert" - New York City, USA. -- (March 24th, 2007)
- Having fun at local concerts - VAST played Friday March 23rd at the Knitting Factory
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Gomez Live in Concert" - New York City, USA. -- (March 17th, 2007)
- I had a great time seeing Gomez live March 9th at Webster Hall - and shot some fun shots with my friend's small digital camera. It was one of the few times I stayed in the front row for an entire concert.
Camera & Film: Canon PowerShot SD630 - Digital jpeg
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"Ridges Sunset" - Rincon Mountains, AZ. -- (March 10th, 2007)
- One last photo to share from my recent backcountry 3-day hike.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Kevin's Silhouette" - Rincon Mountains, AZ. -- (March 2nd, 2007)
- My favorite shot of Kevin from our recent backcountry 3-day hike.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Fashionable Cactus Triptych" - Rincon Mountains, AZ. -- (February 24th, 2007)
- A series of whimsical photos taken while trekking for 3 days in the Saguaro National Park, East of Tucson, Arizona.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - Digital RAW
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"Gandharva Tal & Iceberg" - Above Gangotri, Indian Himalayas. -- (February 17th, 2007)
- This is an older photo, from 2002. I do not usually re-use older photos already on my website, but I want to celebrate the final completion of my travelogue section for India 2002, culminating in my second (of three so far) trip to Gangotri, where this was taken. This is one of my favorite alternate takes of the horizontal image seen on my front page.
Please check out my travelogues here.
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"Shekhar on the Edge" - Nubra Valley, India. -- (February 10th, 2007)
- A beautiful vista awaited us as we crested the trail leading from one high himalayan valley into a lower, warmer area below the clouds. That's Shekhar, my soul-brother, best friend, and a high school English teacher in a small village in central India. We met in 2002 in the Himalayas and became instant friends, this trip we traveled to Ladakh & Leh together.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital jpeg
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"Mountainside Trekking" - Nubra Valley, India. -- (February 3rd, 2007)
- Leaving the remote Nubra Valley after 6 days of hiking. I love this image, shadow, shapes, and the whole experience it reminds me of!
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital jpeg
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"Horse in the Clouds" - Ladakh, India. -- (January 27th 2007)
- Enroute to the Nubra Valley Pass, we were in the highest parts of the Himalayas. We camped in the clouds and the guide let the horses run free to graze.
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital jpeg
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"Basking Alligator" - Silver Springs, FL. -- (January 20th 2007)
- My best "Gator Shot" from my adventures through the Florida Wilds. Taken December 28th while traveling with a kind family in their private boat up the Silver Springs River, near Ocala, Florida. This was during my "South East USA Roadtrip". For more photos go to the Florida Wilds mini-gallery
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital RAW
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"Oily Reflection" - Savannah, GA. -- (January 13th 2007)
- Unusual perspective. Wonderful colors. Enjoy! Shot on December 29th during my "South East USA Roadtrip". For more photos go to the Urban Southeast mini-gallery
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital RAW
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"Spanish Moss Laden Tree" - Savannah, GA. -- (January 7th 2007)
- Nice detail of the natural beauty found in Savannah's amazing city squares. Shot on December 29th during my "South East USA Roadtrip". For more photos go to the Urban Southeast mini-gallery
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital RAW
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"Sunrise Seagulls" - St. Augustine, Florida. -- (January 1st 2007)
- Sunrise Photo for a Happy New Year! Shot on December 29th during my "South East USA Roadtrip". For more photos go to the Florida Beach Sunrise mini-gallery
Camera & Film: Canon Digital Rebel XT - digital RAW
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