Boat

Ripshin Star Trail

Challenge star trail, the moon was so bright you could literally read by it.

Ripshin Lake

Juan de Fuca

Victoria

Maligne Lake

Chaco Culture NHP

My favorite ruin.

Chaco Culture

Chaco

Alma Mater

Old stomping grounds.

Studies in stacking

Stacking gold, this time withe Nex 7 and the 30mm macro. 25 shots.

Guess where....

It was very hot and dry hike

Glacier NP Canada

On the way to Balu Pass

This from playing with the Sony Nex and the 30mm macro lens

Drop Box

Cape San Blas

Congaree

Bull Island

Drop Box

Where is this place? Think of bright angels.

Ripshin Lake

OK they all can't be stunning shots but some of the simplest are full of memory.

Salinas

I'm on a ruin kick the last couple of days!

Inside the Kiva

When it was hot windy or cold can you think of a better place to be? These people were ahead of their time when it comes to housing. Now for the photo part, this is DXO Optics Pro 8 as the intermediary.

Chaco Culture

I admit a deep fascination and love for old ruins.

Bausch & Lomb Criterion -minus the dust.

Remember this is a beginners photo blog and beginners use what they have on hand. In this case I'm putting into service a 25 year old Bausch & Lomb Criterion telescope but I'm adding in a Kenko 1.4 teleconverter to get just a little more reach. I'm satisfied considering this moon was dropping fast plus its great getting this vintage mirror lens out of the closet.

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Group Light Painting

Let the group become part of the creative process :)

Glechoma hederacea

So what is Glechoma hederacea? Who cares right? This is a photo blog and not a course in botany. The goal here is to take a boring mundane plant and zip it off the whicket....that is make it so you can actually touch it in this picture. It's also an opportunity to use Topaz Deluxe and Nik to bring the .raw to life :)

The North Arch

This is the north arch of the Big South Forks Twin Arches. It's also a great opportunity to play with DXO Optics 8 software.

SHHS-FHCC Campus

We love to explore but sometimes it's in the backyard.

Big South Fork Twin Arches Loop

This past weekend we spent four days in the Big South Fork on the 2012 Reunion Hike and Hang.

Canyon De Chelly

This was a cold winter morning hike with the canyon to ourselves.

Waterton-Glacier NP

It took 20 minutes of creeping to get this shot.

Inominate

I had 7000 pics on Webshots but they are shutting down. So a select few will appear here over time.

Mt.McKinley DenaliNational Park

American Falls Niagara

Many people have religious or political reasons for having a blog. I'm going to use my blog to showcase photos I've taken in my travels. You see most are from hiking,biking, or paddling trips and in that vane many were taken in my pursuit of the National Park System.

Olympic National Park

...and after thinking about Zion National Park and Angels Rest I thought back to one of my favorite National Parks. Olympic is in the top  five and this Roosevelt Elk is just one reason why.

Had a flashback to Zion National park and the hike to Angels Rest.

12 yards and looking straight at me.

He knew I was there, looked straight at me but his concern was larger bears to the left and right.

How do you take a boring pic of a water tower and wake it up?

Ripshin Lake

Can you believe this is an HDR! There is such a huge range/continuum of HDR photography, from the surreal to the sublime. I think I like those that have just a dusting of fantasy with a heavy dose of reality.

Long Shot

Working with the SAL70400 but with a 1.4 teleconverter...not bad but don't you wonder what's on the dark side?

Great Sand Dunes Nat. Park

This is one of my all time favorite pictures. It has many flaws that Photoshop could easily correct but I like it the way it is.

Mt.Sterling loop

Shot this butterfly on the Mount Sterling loop hike in GSMNP. So kind he posed for the picture.

Just a bee macro :)

Glacier Bay NP

Elizabethton Covered Bridge

Gathland State Park

AzaleaStack

Denali via Nik Software