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I enjoy this picture because it's whimsical and funny. This is my son's red eyed tree frog, Trickster. I bought this ornament on eBay and hung it from the banana stand and purchased cloud paper from the scrapbook store. Waited for some afternoon light to come in through the window and voila - Froggy Poppins was born. I then rotated the image 35 degrees to make it look more realistic and cloned out the ornament string. Hope you enjoy!

My husband loves to have these around for the holiday's!

Ornaments photographed 2007, November.

As the early morning winter fog rolled in I quickly went the our local arboretum and made a series of images. This one was the best I made that day!

This is a photo of my daughter and brings back the joy of my own childhood -- waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for Santa to arrive.

This is the time of year that Rudolph just pops up!

My family photo, taken by me. It was a lot of fun. My inspiration was the song 'I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus'. Doesn't always work out how I plan it though. If you'll notice, each child is doing his/her own thing. :) Merry Christmas!

This photo is of our little two year old boy Nicholas. He simply fell in-love with this Santa suite. I told him he was the "BEST looking Santa I had ever seen". He has such an infectious smile. You can't help but smile back! My heart will always remember this moment.

Taken in Reykjanes, Iceland

This precious little 3 yr old boy, Anderson is all ready for fall in his little sweater and hat. He is just so cute with those big giant eyes...

This is a picture of Zoe taken this past summer, outside on the deck by the pool. I love the detail of this photo and the fact it's so close up. In this photo Zoe was six months old. She is a beautiful black pug and the best pet we could ever ask for!

This gentle musician can be seen many places and always has time for a chat and a hug! He can play any instrument, but his sax is the sweetest!

I took this picture about 4 months ago just because I was thinking of ideas to use with an apple. I took a cut out of a man climbing a latter and placed it against the apple to make the apple appear larger than life. I think its a bit humorous due to the "larger than life" factor. Hope you enjoy!

It took 3 bottles of champagne, and a whole day of multiple takes to get this shot ! At the end of the day, the walls, tiles, clothes, camera, lenses everything was 'champagned' !

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This photo is one of my favorites because I turned an ugly construction site into a surreal landscape. The stones are actually chips of granite that looked silver in the camera. 5 inches outside the frame, there was construction tape and bulldozers, but the image itself looks so peaceful.

Crater Lake is located in Southern Oregon, and is the deepest lake in the United States. The water is the most incredible blue you will ever see, it is breathtaking!

I find this child working hard in the fish trade...but it is for the fun...!!!

Taken at Birch Creek Farm, N.J.

I love cows and the cows in the Netherlands are the most beautiful cows in the world!

Taken in Brugges, Belgium on a cool night in Sept 2007. We walked back to our room a different way and stumbled on this scene off a side street. I wonder how many thousands of travelers and residents have paused at this same spot.

Just a friend goofing around....making memories..LOL!

I took this picture in November 2007, in Troy, NH. I set my phone down in the chicken yard...was cleaning the coop..turned around and the chickens were comically attacking the phone. I had to run and get my camera!

Marvelous Giza the pyramids 2006 Giza Egypt

This is a picture of some shoes, and an empty mug, previously filled with hot chocolate. It was taken on an Autumn day, and the photo gives me a warm feeling inside everytime I look at it.

This is special to me because of the reflection of clouds on water.

This is a photo of a dog I saw in a store in Delmar, NY. It was just a very placid bulldog eyeing the observer.

My youngest son... one of the great loves of my life.

I love this picture and how light and shades interact with each other in such beautiful scenery. I had to wait for the light from the tower to be in the right spot with the enough traffic in front of me. It was worth the wait.

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I spotted a troop of vervet monkeys moving through Mountain Zebra National Park in South Africa. This mother hugged her baby close. I was taken with their eyes, both so intense.

This is my darling nephew. I bought the little hat for him before he was even born. I had this image in my head when I bought the hat. He means the world to me because he is my first nephew and he is the sweetest boy.

This is a picture I took of my wife while we were travelling together through Europe. This is the last leg of our trip through the Czech Republic. A wonderful journey.

In this picture the man and the horse look worn out after a long day. I like how they both have heads hanging down. It's very peaceful.

Some friends of ours just had a baby boy in Oregon, so I decided to set up a photo shoot and take some unusual pictures. It reminds me of sleeping in on a Sunday Morning.

Healthy and delicious!

This little guy is not so sure about playing with the big boys.

Firehole Cascades, Firehole River, Yellowstone. The river is heated by run-off from the thermal areas. The air temp at the time I took this was 27 degrees yet I could stand in the water and actually get warmer.

This is a picture of our new kitten. I wanted to show the stark contrast between black and white using an image of her.

Taken last winter at Gage Park. This is one of my favorite snow pictures. I love black & white and these tracks seem to go on forever, as if endless...

This Iban lady is wearing the Iban costumes with beautiful bead works on the basket. This was taken at Sarawak Cultural Village during the Miss Fair & Lovely contest.

This is a photo of my good friend Paul who recently let me photograph him at his riding compound in Florida. He is an incredible rider and I think that I captured his spirit in this photo.

I had been trying to capture lightning on my camera for months at home in Columbus, OH and always without success. On a family trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, we stayed in a cottage on a lake; during a major storm one night I went out with my camera to try and capture the lightning and had several successful pictures. This picture relates to nature because it captures one of nature's wonders--lightning.

These are my pants -- what else can I say. I liked the arrangement of the shot, so I thought I would submit it for Picture of the Day and see what happens. Hope you like it.

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Shot in a pitch black evening when the northern lights played up with all it's glory, changing the night into a green enchanted fantasy world. The picture was taken a few miles south of Bodø, Norway, February, 2007.

The Dutch fighting to the water...I live near the sea.

Just something fun I did with my brother... :)

The picture was taken in September 2007.

Pee Wee football is so fun to be a part of, I had to bring my camera to games to capture the moments. This interception and run back for a score was a classic. The look is epitomized in the boys eyes.

Can you imagine New York City and its subway simultaneously? Here it is! I'm sure you cannot? add anything else essential to it.

Most people think that this white peacock is an albino, but it's not. This lovely bird is part of a flock at "The Fountain of Youth" in historic St. Augustine, Florida.

Just as my spring and summer flowers of bright pinks, oranges and purples were fading, imagine the surprise when at last, after a true Autumn rain, out pop these joyful bundles that have been hiding since April. They sure were worth the wait!

My son taking a "time out" from playing.

Remember the giraffe's gentleness, and make that a part of yourself.

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Photograph of the River Ganges at dawn in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, with the First Hoogly Bridge on the backdrop. The abandoned ships on the left belonged to the naval trading companies of earlier times. Presently, they mostly serve as residential shelters to people, like the man on the foreground; he has his makeshift barrel float connected to the shore by means of a rope which he simply has to pull through to transport himself onto the other side.

PhotographyCorner's U.S. Contest Winner, sponsored by Kodak: See Karen's entry at PhotographyCorner.com.

My son Cedric sitting in the truck moments before his move to California. You can see in his eyes a slight apprehension, and an "I will miss you" look in his eyes. He moved back two months later.

This is a special moment for my sister, Janice and now brother-in-law Dave. This was after their first kiss EVER. They waited until their wedding day to enjoy their first kiss. The moment I captured is just beautiful because you can tell how special their love and relationship is at that moment. This was taken In Auburn, NE on August 11, 2007.

This is an image of my daughter and a friend taken at a local park. I love the contrasting colors of their skin and what it stands for.

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I just opened a package of candy canes and two of them were broken, so I decided to turn them into art.

Just a fun and simply shot for Valentine's Day...but one with meaning.

I took this photo during the East Broad Top Railroad 2007 fall spectacular. I took tons of shots from morning til night but this was the one I was hoping to get. Standing a few feet away from the hulking, breathing engine was an awesome experience and I'm glad to have the photo to remind me of the good times on that warm fall day.

The woodland floor in autumn is a fascinating place. I wonder... are there any "little people" living there? Co. Kerry, Ireland. November 2007.

My 2-year old loves to ham-it-up for the camera. Here he wanted to show off his new hat that grandma knitted him.

It was a great honor to see Mt. Rushmore in person while on vacation this summer (July 2007). It is a great vacation spot.

Sometimes you have to push yourself to go get a great photo. I got up early one foggy October morning to drive around Bantam Lake and take quite a few shots. This is the only one I was happy with. I'm glad I did it.