Thanks very much for the appreciation.
My teenage daughter took the pictures. She takes her photography pretty seriously. Her camera is a Canon 450D, and those pictures were taken with the EF-S 55-250mm lens. You can see more of her photos on her Flickr page.
(I'm lucky to have an embryonic camera artist on hand: my photos always look like they were taken in another dimension by someone adversely affected by controlled substances ... and not even enjoying the experience.
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