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"I caught this young girl coming out of the water with her surf board onto the fine black sand beach in Tahiti," wrote Doris Goldstein.
"I caught this young girl coming out of the water with her surf board onto the fine black sand beach in Tahiti," wrote Doris Goldstein.
Feb 19, 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.

Allen Stoker shared the photo of this bridge that "crosses the Columbia River at Astoria, Washington where we sere vacationing."
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"I was in Antarctica for month of January last year," wrote Bill Martin. He shared this photo he called a once in a lifetime picture.
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Jon Hollon shared this photo of St. Stephen’s Cathedral Vienna.
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