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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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Comment travailler l'équilibre d'un cadrage ;-) by Francis ROBERT

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How to work on the balance of a shot framing ;-)

Artiste : Eddie Colla est un artiste américain ayant débuté par la photographie avant d’investir les rues. Son travail attira l’attention durant la campagne présidentielle de 2008 où il utilisa l’image de Barack Obama. En 2013, il devient conservateur à la galerie lOAKal d’Oakland puis organisa l’exposition « Made In China » à la Ian Ross Gallery de San Francisco. Depuis 2014, il parcourt le monde, semant ses créations sur les murs des villes.

Artist: Eddie Colla is an American artist who began with photography before turning to street art. His work gained attention during the 2008 presidential campaign when he used Barack Obama's image. In 2013, he became a curator at the lOAKal gallery in Oakland and then organized the "Made in China" exhibition at the Ian Ross Gallery in San Francisco. Since 2014, he has traveled the world, scattering his creations on city walls.

A in the sky DSC02586 by Ricardo Gomez A

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Peregrine female. Belper, Derbyshire. DSC_5582.jpg by Graeham Mounteney

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Ribes by Roeli Til

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Old Worn Barn by diane charvat

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Ottawa County, MI

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DSC01781 by Ricardo Gomez A

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Startled by Rich Levine

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A Flickr friend commented that Olivia has amazingly graceful hands. As an accomplished dancer her hands act to convey emotion. When interviewing her for the modeling position, we discussed how dancers and photographic models both attempt to do the same thing.

Seeing this large increase the impact. Thank you.

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yarrowee river - another red-browed finch by Chris Burns

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Red-browed Finch

Scientific Name: Neochmia temporalis

Description: The Red-browed Finch is most easily recognised by its bright red eyebrow, rump and beak, on an otherwise green and grey bird. Upperparts are olive green with grey underneath. Both sexes are similar in appearance. Often observed in small flocks, which feed on the grass. They will fly into dense undergrowth when disturbed by a passer-by. Red-browed Finches may also be called Red-browed Firetails.

Similar species: Silvereye

Distribution: The Red-browed Finch occurs mostly east of the Great Dividing Range, between Cape York in Queensland and the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia

Habitat: The Red-browed Finch is found in grassy areas interspersed with dense understorey vegetation, often along creek lines.

Seasonal movements: Largely sedentary.

Feeding: The Red-browed Finch feeds on seeds and insects on the ground, but sometimes perches on seeding grass heads.

Breeding: The nest of the Red-browed Finch is large and domed, with a side tunnel for an entrance. It is a rough construction of twigs and grass stems built in a dense shrub between 1 and 2 metres from the ground. Both parents share nest-building, incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young when they hatch.

Minimum Size: 10cm

Maximum Size: 12cm

Average size: 11cm

Average weight: 11g

Breeding season: October to April

Clutch Size: 4 to 5

Incubation: 14 days

Nestling Period: 22 days

(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net )

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Indian Robin, Copsychus fulicatus by Kevin Agar

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Indian Robin, Copsychus fulicatus

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A gem on the desert playa by Peter Thoeny - Quality HDR Photography

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We went to the Death Valley in California with the goal to experience the sailing stones on the Racetrack Playa at new moon. Before dark we scouted interesting stones on the playa and marked their GPS location. It was very windy at night, and we waited in the car for the wind to die down. It did not. I decided to go out on the playa in this condition; I found the rocks via GPS location. I used a dimmed-down warm-color LED floodlight to illuminate the black night. In addition I used a cold-color headlight from a low vantage point to illuminate the sailing stone.

Sailing stones are a geological phenomenon where rocks move and inscribe long tracks along a playa (dry lakebed) without human or animal intervention. Instead, rocks move when large ice sheets a few millimeters thick floating in an ephemeral winter pond start to break up during sunny days. These thin floating ice panels, frozen during cold winter nights, are driven by wind and shove rocks at up to 5 m/min across the muddy playa. More details.

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully pulled the curves.

alice river - a whistling kite by Chris Burns

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Whistling Kite

Scientific Name: Haliastur sphenurus

Description: The Whistling Kite is a medium-sized raptor (bird of prey) with a shaggy appearance. It has a light brown head and underparts, with pale streaks, and dark sandy-brown wings with paler undersides. The underwings have a characteristic pale 'M' shape when open. The head and body are relatively narrow and the tail is rounded. The wings are long and well-rounded, with a wingspan of 120 cm to 145 cm. The sexes are similar, but the females are larger. Yong birds are slightly darker above, with paler streaking on head and underbody. They are often seen near water or around farms, soaring in a lazy circling flight pattern.

Similar species: Several other raptors may be confused with the Whistling Kite, including the Little Eagle, Hieraaetus morphnoides, other kites and harriers. These can only be separated by factors such as flight silhouette and style and the overall body shape.

Distribution: The Whistling Kite is widespread over mainland Australia but uncommon in Tasmania, and is also found in New Guinea, the Solomons and New Caledonia.

Habitat: The Whistling Kite is found in woodlands, open country and particularly wetlands. It is also common around farmland, vineyards and anywhere where carrion (dead animals) can be found (e.g. abattoirs, rubbish dumps and roadsides). Prefers tall trees for nesting.

Feeding: Whistling Kites soar above the ground, trees and water to search for prey such as carrion (dead animals) and small live animals such as mammals, birds, fish and insects.

Breeding: The Whistling Kite appears to be monogamous, with some breeding pairs remaining in a territory throughout the year and pairs actively defend the area around a nest. The bulky nest platform is built of sticks in a tall tree and may be reused, growing larger over time. Both sexes build the nest and incubate the eggs (the female does most of the incubation however) and may breed two or three times a year. The young stay with the parents after fledging for about six to eight weeks.

Calls: Loud descending whistle: 'teee-ti-ti'.

Minimum Size: 50cm

Maximum Size: 60cm

Average size: 55cm

Average weight: 770g

Breeding season: July to January in south; March to October in north.

Clutch Size: One to three, usually two.

Incubation: 38 days

Nestling Period: 46 days

(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)

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intermediate egret by Chris Burns

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Intermediate egret

Scientific Name: Ardea intermedia

Description: The plumage of the Intermediate Egret is wholly white. During the breeding season, adults have long filamentous plumes emerging from the scapulars, and dense plumes from the breast. The bare parts vary with the stage of the breeding cycle: during courtship the bill is deep pink to bright red with a yellow tip and green base, the lores are bright green, the eyes red and the legs ruby red; when laying, the bill is dull red, the lores are dull, pale green, and the eye is yellow. By the time of hatching, the bill is dull orange-yellow, the lores are yellow or green-yellow, the eye is yellow and the upper portion of the leg yellow with the lower portion grey-black. During non-breeding season, they lose their plumes, the bill turns orange-yellow, the lores are green-yellow or yellow, the eyes are horn-coloured and the upper portions of the legs vary, with the lower portion black. Juveniles appear like non-breeding adults.

Similar Species: The Intermediate Egret is similar to Australiaâs other all-white egrets. The Little Egret is distinguished by its long, black bill. The Great Egret is distinguished by its proportionally longer neck and flat-headed appearance and has a distinct gape that extends well behind the eye. Cattle Egrets are much shorter and dumpier with a stouter bill.

Location: Within Australia, the Intermediate Egret can be found at wetlands throughout the northern third of the continent as well as the eastern third. They are generally absent from Tasmania.

Habitat: Mostly a denizen of the shallows in terrestrial wetlands, the Intermediate Egret prefers freshwater swamps, billabongs, floodplains and wet grasslands with dense aquatic vegetation, and is only occasionally seen in estuarine or intertidal habitats.

Feeding: Aquatic animals, principally fish and frogs, are the main food of the Intermediate Egret. They are usually hunted by standing and waiting, then stabbing at the prey with its dagger-like beak.

Breeding: Intermediate Egrets build a shallow platform of interwoven sticks, placed on a horizontal branch in a tree that is usually standing in water. They generally lay three or four pale-green eggs which are incubated by both sexes. The nestlings are fed by both parents, who regurgitate food, either into the nest or directly into the beak of the young bird.

(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/intermediate-egret)

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170A4985 by Ricardo Gomez A

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spighe by Erika Bruni

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Marrakech - مراكش by Nuno Costa (Off-19/8-2/9)

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For Pica by Paula

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Sacret - lights of hope and retribution by Odd :-)

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C8B8F4AA by Ricardo Gomez A

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80F6C55 by Ricardo Gomez A

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DSC09602 by Ricardo Gomez A

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Torenia by Paul Sibley

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2014-07-07-torenia

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Orvieto Duomo by Mike Schaffner

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Down by the riverside by moodyfan (Julie) Gone away for awhile

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Taken along the Yahara River in Stoughton, Wisconsin just before the sun set for the day.

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alice river - young brown treecreeper by Chris Burns

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Brown Treecreeper

Scientific Name: Climacteris picumnus

Description: The Brown Treecreeper is the largest of Australia's treecreepers. It is mostly pale brown in plumage. Birds of northern Queensland are darker brown. The head, throat and upper breast are pale greyish-brown, while the lower breast and belly are strongly streaked with black and buff. In flight, a buff stripe can be seen in the wing. The sexes are similar, except females have rufous edges to the feathers of the upper breast, while in the male these edges are black. Young Brown Treecreepers resemble the adults, but are duller, have less obvious stripes on the underparts and the lower belly is a pale rufous colour.

Similar species: Other treecreeper species that overlap in range with the Brown Treecreeper include the White-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris affinis, and the White-throated Treecreeper, Cormobates leucophaeus. The White-browed Treecreeper is darker grey-brown with a more distinct white stripe above the eye (edged with red-brown in the female). The eyebrow of the Brown Treecreeper is less distinct and is more buff. The smaller White-throated Treecreeper has much darker upperparts, a contrasting white throat and little or no marks above the eye.

Where does it live?

Habitat: Found in the drier open forests and woodlands, the Brown Treecreeper stays in the same area all year round.

Feeding: The Brown Treecreeper climbs up the trunks and branches of trees in search of food. It probes into cavities and under loose bark with its long downward curving bill. In this way it searches for insects and their larvae. The most favoured insects are ants. Some feeding also takes place on the ground on fallen logs. Sometimes, birds can be seen diving on ground-dwelling prey from a perch in a tree. Feeding normally takes place in pairs or small groups.

Breeding: The nest is a collection of grasses, feathers and other soft material, placed in a suitable tree hollow or similar site. Both sexes build the nest, but the female alone incubates the eggs. Pairs often have two broods during each breeding season. Occasionally, other birds ("helpers") assist the breeding pair with building of nest and feeding the young chicks. Brown Treecreepers are highly sociable birds, living and breeding communally. Each year, the previous year's offspring will remain to help the breeding male feed the female and rear new chicks. Interestingly, it is usually only males which remain to perform this duty.

Calls: The Brown Treecreeper has a loud 'spink' call, which is given either singly or in a series, and normally betrays its presence before the bird is seen.

Minimum Size: 16cm

Maximum Size: 18cm

Average size: 17cm

Average weight: 33g

Breeding season: June to January

Clutch Size: 2 to 3 eggs

Incubation: 17 days

Nestling Period: 26 days

(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)

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white and red by slow down a little bit

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monarch butterfly by Chris Burns

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Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers. ...from a walk in Oxley Creek Common.

Monarch Butterfly

Scientific Name: Nymphalidae Danainae

Description: The monarch is one of Manitoba's largest butterflies, with a wingspan of up to 100 mm. The body of the butterfly is black with some white spots. The upper surfaces of the wings are orange with black veining. The wing margins are black with white spots. Males can be distinguished from the females by a black patch on their hind wings, called a stigmata. Underneath, the wings are a paler orange, almost beige, with the same black veining and borders. The caterpillar (larva) of monarchs is boldly patterned, too, with black, white and yellow banding.

Distribution: Monarchs occur throughout North America south of the boreal forest zone, in Central America and northern South America. (It has recently been determined that the South American monarch and those found on Jamaica and Hispaniola are separate species, D. erippus and D. cleophile, respectively. Their distributions are not shown on this map.) Monarchs have been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands and to Australia, and are thought to be spreading around to other islands in the Pacific ocean on their own. There are 3 separate populations in continental North America: one east of the Rocky Mountains, another west of the Rockies, and a third, non-migratory population in Florida and Georgia. In Manitoba, they occur in the southwestern 1/3 of the province up to the edge of the boreal forest.

Habitat: Just about anywhere you can find milkweed plants (Genus: Asclepias) and open meadows, you can find monarch butterflies. They frequent prairies, meadows and wetlands, but avoid thick forests. Food for the caterpillars, milkweed plants, and for the adults, flower nectar, are found mainly in grasslands and meadows in Manitoba, so that's where monarchs tend to be.

Food: Food for adult monarch butterflies consists mainly of flower nectar. They fuel their great travels and reproductive efforts by sipping this sugary solution from obliging plants. The plants are, of course, taking advantage of the monarchs and other insects to do the job of pollination. Most of their favourites fall within the Asteraceae family of plants, including such things as fleabanes (Erigeron spp.), asters (Aster spp.), sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) and blazingstars (Liatris spp.), but they are not really that selective when it comes to flower nectar. Any flower that has available nectar could be visited by a monarch.

(Source: www.naturenorth.com/summer/monarch/monarchF2.html)

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4L8A0929 by Ricardo Gomez A

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Horsetail jungle by Keith Todd

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Compositionally Challenged Group, Week 41: "High Angle View."

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Barred Owl...#32 by Guy Lichter

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yarrowee river - silver eye by Chris Burns

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Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Identification: The Silvereye is a small bird with a conspicuous ring of white feathers around the eye and belongs to a group of birds known as white-eyes. The Silvereye shows interesting plumage variations across its range. The grey back and olive-green head and wings are found in birds through the east, while western birds have a uniformly olive-green back. Breeding birds of the east coast have yellow throats, pale buff flanks (side of the belly) and white on the undertail. Tasmanian birds have grey throats, chestnut flanks and yellow on the undertail. To complicate this, the birds in the east have regular migrations within Australia and may replace each other in their different areas for parts of the year. Birds in Western Australia have yellowish olive, rather than grey, backs

Location: Silvereyes are more common in the south-east of Australia, but their range extends from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, through the south and south-west to about Shark Bay, Western Australia. They are also found in Tasmania.

Habitat: Urban, Woodland, Forest. Silvereyes may occur in almost any wooded habitat, especially commercial orchards and urban parks and gardens.

Habitat: The Silvereye can travel great distances during migration, with Silvereyes from the most southerly regions of Tasmania travelling all the way up to Southern Queensland. Birds are seen alone, in pairs or in small flocks during the breeding season, but form large flocks in the winter months.

Feeding: Silvereyes feed on insect prey and large amounts of fruit and nectar, making them occasional pests of commercial orchards. Birds are seen alone, in pairs or in small flocks during the breeding season, but form large flocks in the winter months.

Breeding: Silvereye pairs actively defend a small territory. The nest is a small, neatly woven cup of grasses, hair, and other fine vegetation, bound with spider web. It is placed in a horizontal tree fork up to 5m above the ground. The nest is constructed by both sexes, who both also incubate the bluish-green eggs. If conditions are suitable two to three clutches will be raised in a season.

Songs and Calls: The contact call, a thin “psip”, is given persistently.

(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profiles/silvereye/}

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Comment sortir d'une boite aux lettres ? Comme une lettre à la P.... by Jean-François ALTERO

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Red Kite by Gary McHale

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Just a roof 4L8A0646 by Ricardo Gomez A

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The Alps by Wilfred Roelofs

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prepare for the storm.. by Marie Banderas

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Belted Kingfisher

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The Alps by Wilfred Roelofs

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DJI_0062 by Ricardo Gomez A

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BV Batman: Sirens by Boss Bricks

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Sticking to my schedule.

This is actually my second round of Gotham City Sirens.

OG version: flic.kr/p/R6gwYG

LtR:

Catwoman-

Went with a more burglar-ey kind of approach. Sanded down the sides of the hips. Simple.

Poison Ivy-

Went with a green skinned version. Used my Hera head, Gamora arms, and used TLG parts. She’s got an etape skirt.

Harley-

You’ve seen her. :)

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Great Gray Owl...#39 by Guy Lichter

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4L8A8474 by Ricardo Gomez A

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evening meal - eastern osprey #1 by Chris Burns

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Eastern Osprey

Scientific Name: Pandion cristatus

The aerial displays of the Eastern Osprey often feature two birds soaring together in a series of undulations, or one following the other on a weaving course. These may occur near the nest, which is a huge structure made of sticks, driftwood and seaweed. As the nest is used year after year, the material may accumulate to form an enormous pile of sticks, sometimes 2 metres across and 2 metres tall, with the size and shape determined by the nest-site and how long it has been used.

Description: The Osprey is a medium-sized fish-eating raptor (bird of prey). It has dark brown upperparts contrasting with pale underparts. There is a black band through the eye, separating the white throat from the pale crown. The Osprey has a rather small head and neck and typically swivels its head around or sways its head from side to side. When it is perched, there is a short bristly crest. The eyes are placed well forward on the head. The fingered wings in flight are narrow and angled distinctively. There are dark carpal patches on the underwing (at the bend in the wing). The beak is strongly hooked and the legs are powerful. The female is similar to the male but is larger and has a fuller, darker breast band. The Osprey is also called the Fish Hawk or White-headed Osprey.

Similar Species: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster, is much larger and soars with up-swept wings, rather than the sharply bowed wings of the Osprey.

Distribution: The Osprey is cosmopolitan, being found in many coastal and lake areas of the world. In Australia, it is found on the north and east coast from Broome to the south coast of New South Wales. There is also a southern population from Kangaroo Island to the Great Australian Bight and a western population from Esperance to Cape Keraudren. Ospreys are also found in the Phillipines, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Habitat: Ospreys are found on the coast and in terrestrial wetlands of tropical and temperate Australia and off-shore islands, occasionally ranging inland along rivers, though mainly in the north of the country.

Feeding: The Osprey feeds mainly on medium-sized live fish, which it does not swallow whole, but rips apart to eat. The Osprey patrols the coast, searching for prey. It folds its wings, then drops headlong, with its feet forward to snatch a fish with its talons. It may go right under the water or snatch a fish from the surface, before lifting off again, with strong wing strokes.

Breeding: The Osprey may use the same nest year after year. The nest is made from sticks and driftwood and may be huge after many years. It is usually placed on a cliff, a dead tree or even a radio mast. Both birds bring sticks, but the female usually places the sticks in the nest. The nest is lined with grass, seaweed or bark. The female does most of the incubation, while the male brings food to the nest.

(Source: birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/eastern-osprey)

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añorando atardeceres ♥ by IsabelSerSan ... off/on

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Amina by Davide Solurghi

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DSC00094 by Ricardo Gomez A

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170A4414 by Ricardo Gomez A

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