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Dan Triscritti of Roswell shared this photo from his 2019 summer vacation in Kennebunkport Maine. He called it "Low tide in the clam flats."
Dan Triscritti of Roswell shared this photo from his 2019 summer vacation in Kennebunkport Maine. He called it "Low tide in the clam flats."
Aug 4, 2021

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

"I have a vegetable garden growing on my 34th floor condo balcony," wrote Adrienne Zinn in May 2020. "The fruits of my labor are beginning to take shape." She shared this photo of blackberries in bloom.
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Faye Hardiman submitted this photo of a moving hermit crab on St. Simons beach.
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Jane Hart of Milton sent in this photo of two barred owls. She called them "surprise visitors while I sat at my kitchen table."
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