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	<title>Photoblogging DC &#187; Nature</title>
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		<title>Lion cubs at the National Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2011/07/lion-cubs-national-zoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Vines</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lion cubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="132" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DC-Zoo-2011.07.03-20-200x132.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lion cubs all in a row" title="Lion cubs all in a row" /></p>Yesterday, I took my Nikkor 70-300mm lens (105-450mm on my Nikon D7000) to Washington, DC’s, National Zoo. Before I left, the temperature rose to scorching, and walking on the mostly shade-less paths became an act of sheer will. Nevertheless, I like the results with which I came home. See all my zoo pictures from yesterday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="132" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DC-Zoo-2011.07.03-20-200x132.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lion cubs all in a row" title="Lion cubs all in a row" /></p><p>Yesterday, I took my Nikkor 70-300mm lens (105-450mm on my Nikon D7000) to Washington, DC’s, National Zoo. Before I left, the temperature rose to scorching, and walking on the mostly shade-less paths became an act of sheer will. Nevertheless, I like the results with which I came home.</p>
<p>See all my zoo pictures from yesterday on Flickr: <a href="http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvnp3oq" target="_blank">DC Zoo 2011.07.03</a>.</p>
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		<title>Potomac Berries</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2011/03/potomac-berries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JoshuaS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scenic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.photobloggingdc.com/?p=1869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="150" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Potomac-Berries-200x150.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Potomac Berries" title="Potomac Berries" /></p>A few berries along the Potomac river getting ready for spring.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="150" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Potomac-Berries-200x150.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Potomac Berries" title="Potomac Berries" /></p><p>A few berries along the Potomac river getting ready for spring.</p>
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		<title>Tree of life</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/11/tree-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veeresh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Monuments and Statues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smithsonian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="151" height="200" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1010689-151x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Tree of Life" title="Tree of Life" /></p>I was walking by the smithsonian last weekend and this caught my eye. I was testing out the G1 with a pancake lens (20mm f1.7) and this was the end result. I love this photograph, it just speaks without saying anything.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="151" height="200" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1010689-151x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Tree of Life" title="Tree of Life" /></p><p>I was walking by the smithsonian last weekend and this caught my eye. I was testing out the G1 with a pancake lens (20mm f1.7) and this was the end result. I love this photograph, it just speaks without saying anything.</p>
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		<title>Enjoying a Popsicle</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/06/enjoying-a-popsicle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<title>Raptor!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Reed Endo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day Loudoun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raptor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="132" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/raptor2-200x132.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="raptor2" title="raptor2" /></p>Earth Day Loudoun Family Festival 2010]]></description>
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		<title>Petting Zoo</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/05/petting-zoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 22:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracy Reed Endo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Petting Zoo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="132" height="200" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/animal1-132x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="animal" title="animal" /></p>Earth Day Loudoun 2010 Petting Zoo]]></description>
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		<title>Blooming Chives</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/05/blooming-chives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 19:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Brink</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scenic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bokeh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="133" height="200" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GristMillPark-80511-133x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="GristMillPark-8051" title="GristMillPark-8051" /></p>Chives in bloom behind the barn. In a County Community Garden Plot, Thursday evening, Grist Mill Park. Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria / Mt. Vernon, Virginia]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="133" height="200" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/GristMillPark-80511-133x200.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="GristMillPark-8051" title="GristMillPark-8051" /></p><p>Chives in bloom behind the barn. In a County Community Garden Plot, Thursday evening, Grist Mill Park.</p>
<p>Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway, Alexandria / Mt. Vernon, Virginia</p>
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		<title>Barred Owl</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/04/barred-owl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Brown</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.photobloggingdc.com/?p=1290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="133" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Barred-Owl2-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Barred-Owl" title="Barred-Owl" /></p>This photo of a barred owl was taken at a Raptor Conservancy of Virginia photo shoot at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="133" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Barred-Owl2-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Barred-Owl" title="Barred-Owl" /></p><p>This photo of a barred owl was taken at a <a href="http://www.raptorsva.org/" target="_blank">Raptor Conservancy of Virginia</a> photo shoot at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.</p>
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		<title>Edward J Kelly Park</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/04/edward-j-kelly-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Fletcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Edward J Kelly"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.photobloggingdc.com/?p=1268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="133" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_3275-PBDC1-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="IMG_3275-PBDC" title="IMG_3275-PBDC" /></p>This beautiful little park is right near the State Department headquarters. The flower beds in this park were amazing the day I stopped by. I was in town for the early morning cherry blossom photowalk and stumbled upon this park on our way back to the GW metro stop.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="133" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_3275-PBDC1-200x133.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="IMG_3275-PBDC" title="IMG_3275-PBDC" /></p><p>This beautiful little park is right near the State Department headquarters. The flower beds in this park were amazing the day I stopped by. I was in town for the early morning cherry blossom photowalk and stumbled upon this park on our way back to the GW metro stop.</p>
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		<title>A Kiss at the Dolphin Show</title>
		<link>http://www.photobloggingdc.com/2010/04/a-kiss-at-the-dolphin-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Riddle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aquarium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[baltimore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dolphin show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kiss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mammal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maryland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="140" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL1-200x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL" title="100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL" /></p>A trainer gives her dolphin a tender kiss during the daily dolphin show at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="200" height="140" src="http://www.photobloggingdc.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL1-200x140.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL" title="100224_Baltimore_National_Aquarium-135_FINAL" /></p><p>A trainer gives her dolphin a tender kiss during the daily dolphin show at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland.</p>
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