SOWI – Polar Plunge

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The mission of Special Olympics Wisconsin (SOWI) is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with cognitive disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
With seven Regional offices throughout the state, Special Olympics Wisconsin serves nearly 10,000 athletes in 189 communities statewide. SOWI is one of 52 U.S. programs and nearly 200 countries providing this opportunity to nearly 3.7 million athletes around the world.

Gia’s Photos

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Family portraits. I think they turned out really good, especially the b/w.

Color photos of Gia.

 

Black and White

 

Fall 2011

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Here are few photos from Fall 2011

Trip to St. Louis

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Couple of weeks ago I was in St. Louis for a conference and took these shots.

Chicago Photo Safari

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Last Friday I had the opportunity to go on a photo safari of Chicago that a friend of mine had bought. We started out taking pictures around 5 pm in downtown Chicago and last shutter was released at 2:20am next morning.

I had a blast taking photos and hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Don’t forgot to leave me comments,

Chicago Sky Line

Buckingham Fountain

Other Misc Night photos

Palmer House Hotel

Cloud Gate (aka The Bean)

Outside Lincoln Park Zoo, Architecture/Buildings and Street Performance.

Star Trail

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Here is my 1st attempt at star trail, this was a 43 min. long exposure shot.

Misc.

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Few photos from around UW-W campus.

Moon

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This photo of  the moon was taking day before the super moon.

Birds

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Birds in my backyard.

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Cardinal

Gold Finch

Humming Bird

Northern Oriole

Misc.

Bald Eagle

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I was driving along the Rock River in Jefferson, WI when I saw a bird in sky with huge wingspan.  I had never seen a bird with that huge of a wingspan in Jefferson.  I stopped the car and turned around to take these photos.

Lonely Tree + Sky Painting

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Here are photos of a lonely tree in the field with orange morning sky + looks like someone has painted the sky.

Light trails

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Here a another long exposure and light trails try.  Photos were taken in Chicago’s West suburb.

Lake Koshkonong and Sun’s rays

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Photos were taken over Lake Koshkonong, Sun’s rays were amazing and I did not want to miss an opportunity.

What a sky again

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These photos were taken outside of Cambridge, WI.

Lake Kegonsa

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Here is photo I had taken around 8:00pm of Lake Kegonsa.  Also photo of the railroad tracks which are next to the lake.

Photos from India trip

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Photos from my trip to India February 2010

UW-W Campus and ECC 2010

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Photos from UW-Whitewater campus and Early Childhood Conference.

Dane county fair

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Long exposure night photography at Dane County Fair.

UW-Whitewater Campus

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Folks here are few photos taken on and around University of Wisconsin – Whitewater campus.  Hope you enjoy them.

Cardinal

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I saw this cardinal outside my windows in a snow covered tree.

Dendelion

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Green Ivy plant

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Photos at the Union, UW-Madison

Kranes and Herons

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Photos of Cranes and Herons

Butterflies

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We went to see the butterflies at the Olbrich Garden in Madison.