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Steve Meeker shared this photo he took last year of a sunset.
Steve Meeker shared this photo he took last year of a sunset.
June 30, 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.

Kelly Johnson of Stone Mountain found this creature crawling across the road near a storm drain. "It about the size of a 50-cent piece and looks like a mini lobster!" she wrote.
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"I don't know what these birds are called, but they are pretty," wrote Emma Williams.
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Mary Beth Thomas shared this photo of a blue heron eating a fish.
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