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Portraits IN Nature #7

Journal Entry: Mon Feb 18, 2013, 7:54 AM

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conversation with an old tree by baravavrova

Room to grow... by RobertSleeper

Day 54 - Jon by MonsterBrand

A Spring Portrait of a Young Man by the Pond by B0NDART

Rainy Day v.2 by bwaworga

Sunny by west-kis

D185 by miobi

Urban Zen by B0NDART

Flora III by KayleighJune

Winter Wheat... by RobertSleeper

* by agnieszkasadkowska

bath of light by davidvelezfotografia

.:: Back to earth ::. by Whimsical-Dreams

Garden of evil by deadlychris

The Gulf of Finland by Aloisov

Behind your eyes by tarua

Skin by SimplySilent

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Portraits IN Nature #7 by Zanarky

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#NaughtyByNaturePhoto's monthly Portraits IN Nature feature, (and the best one yet).

deadlychris Featured By Owner Mar 7, 2013 Photographer

_{Thanks for the feature!}

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tarua Featured By Owner Mar 7, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

thank you SO much for featuring me!

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miobi Featured By Owner Mar 7, 2013

thank you so much for featuring me (:
beautiful photos ^^

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Alan-H-Bruce Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

excellent selections...!

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ERB20 Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2013 Professional Photographer

Beautiful feature, lovely to see some men in there too. It's not so often that you come across male portraits, especially nudes that are so tastefully done

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Zanarky Featured By Owner Feb 18, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

I definitely tried to balance it out more this time. I have always wanted to show an equal balance of men and women, it's just hard with female portraiture dominating the site.

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