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Dan Triscritti of Roswell shared this picture from his 2019 summer vacation in Kennebunkport Maine. He called this one, "Distant Maine Lighthouse."
Dan Triscritti of Roswell shared this picture from his 2019 summer vacation in Kennebunkport Maine. He called this one, "Distant Maine Lighthouse."
Aug 6, 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.

This was taken in May 2020 at the wetlands at the corner or Briarcliff and Briarlake, just down the street from Lakeside High School in Dekalb County. "I didn’t know ducks would get in trees," wrote Gene Turner of Atlanta.
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"I heard the frantic chirps of a distressed bird as I came around the corner of my house in Woodstock," wrote Jim Woodward. "Sitting on top of one of our bird house hangers was this hungry hawk."
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Adrienne Zinn has a vegetable garden growing on her 34th floor condo balcony. She shared this photo of yellow squash and zucchini blossoms from May 2020.
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