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UPDATING MY URL: This is my secondary account...eventually all my photos will be coming over to this account. You can find my original account here... flickr.com/photos/cosmicphoenix/ ~ Thank you! Mahonia

I am quiet, reserved, sweet, mature, passionate, sensitive, a dreamer and a kid at heart. I have a dry sense of humor. I am a passionate video gamer, photographer, writer, and gardener. ♥ 's the outdoors, hiking, music and movies!

Proud Member of Flickr Since July 2006

If you favorite one of my photos and you have no photos on your page that I can see, I will block you. So, let me know ahead of time if you are someone I would know.

Random Facts About Me:
- I'm a graduate of the Environmental Horticulture program @ LWTC.
- I went to Jr. High and High School with Blake Lewis (American Idol runner up season 6).
- I am a girl gamer.
- I am obsessed with Final Fantasy, inFamous, Uncharted Series and Devil May Cry.
- I love electronic music (progressive and trance).
- I am a big fan of Celldweller & Clint Mansell.
- I share my home with one cat, Ginger.
- I was born in Portland, Oregon.
- My name is pronounced mah-HOE-nee-ah. I am named after the "Mahonia aquifolium", state flower of Oregon.
- I love Sci-Fi.
- I am an XGames / Extreme Sports Fan.
- I am a proud Pacific North westerner. Have been here all my life.
- My idol is Art Wolfe.
- My grandpa, who was a professional freelance photographer, has had many of his photographs posted in the newspapers, magazines and a book about the most dramatic photographs taken in the last seven decades.
- My got my first camera when I was six.
- I am a fan of LOST, Prison Break, Leverage, White Collar, Supernatural, Burn Notice, MythBusters and Archer.
- I am a huge Cowboy Bebop fan.
- I am a writer.
- My favorite animal is the domestic dog.

I am an amateur photographer trying to learn how to make my work better. I welcome any constructive feedback. I had taken a photography class back in '98, however my passion for it had faded over the last few years. Then my friend, Sandy, told me I had to join Flickr. I decided to join it to just post my photographs that I still loved. Ha. Little did I know what Flickr really was...and what was going to happen. Flickr not only has renewed my passion for photography, it has turned it into an obession.

My Camera Gear:
- Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT 350D (including 18-55mm AF lens)
- three set diopters (aka close up lenses)

My older digital photos were taken with Canon EOS 30D (including 35-80mm AF lens).
Any film processed and scanned photos were taken with my Canon Rebel G (including 35-80mm AF lens) including a Tamron AF 200-400mm F/5.6 LD and Tamron AF 80-210mm F/4.5-5.6.