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Lightstreams - Digital Floral Art

Pink Floral Digital Art
Digital Floral Art

Cascading light flows over a couple of pink flowers in this beautiful artwork by John Corney

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Cool Granny Has Taken Up Flying — The Little Old Lady Collection Grows Again

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Faces of Pasifika 2007 — A Day at Auckland's Pacific Festival

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Samoan Youth

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This young man was preparing with his friends for his moment of fame on the stage at the Samoan Village at the Polynesian dance festival called Pasifika in Auckland in March this year. Samoan Youth Canon EOS 20D 1/30sec at f/20 ISO 200 Canon 70-300mm lens at 300mm More photographs from the same Pasifika Festival day can be found in my new post, Faces of Pasifika 2007 — A Day at Auckland's Pacific Festival .
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