Moms Garden
I'm not sure what type of plant it is but I like the way the yellow flower contrasts everything else.
The day begins
Wisconsin morning color
One who hasn’t won a beauty contest
Came across this alligator in Everglades National Park.
Purple Coneflower
With Wisconsin visitor
Desert Color
Ivins Utah is on the outskirts of St George bordered by red sandstone mountains, a Paiute reservation and large tracts of BLM land. The elevation is is about 3500', almost anything can be grown with supplementary water, snow come 2x/year but rarely lasts past 10am. Air is dry, rarely gets below freezing, it gets hot in July and August without the extremes of nearby Arizona and Nevada. The soil is orange due to the sandstone mountains behind me. Spring color begins in February as the temperatures climb with the falling rain.
Sunset Key West
Through a "fisheye" lens.
Wisconsin Sunrise
Cardinal Flower
Wisconsin
PG
Pacific Grove CA is called PG for those lucky enough to live there. This mornings color was nicely muted by a little fog.
Joshua Tree
Taken in Nevada at Gold Butte National Monument. This tree is about 10' tall and gets large white flowers when in bloom.
Fly Fishing
Ospreys search for fish by flying on steady wingbeats and bowed wings or circling high in the sky over relatively shallow water. They often hover briefly before diving, feet first, to grab a fish. You can often clearly see an Osprey's catch in its talons as the bird carries it back to a nest or perch. I took this at an old quarry now filled with fresh water on Big Pine Key FL.
Keys Sunset
Sunset sail in Key West.
Sunrise Surprise
Sitting on the dock focusing, one eye closed, on the sunrise and distant clouds, this rower appears in my viewfinder. He was so silent I never heard him coming.
Labor Day 1935
The death of Flagler’s railroad happened on Labor Day in 1935. It began when the barometer started dropping. Nobody knew that the most powerful hurricane to ever hit the United States was on its way.
In the 200-mph winds the railroad cars were blown off the track. Only the locomotive, which weighed 320,000 pounds, stood up to the storm. More than 400 bodies were recovered. Most had drowned though others were killed by flying debris.The Flagler railroad was lost too.
When I drive across the New Seven Mile Bridge now I crane my neck to look at the Old Seven Mile Bridge and I see ghosts.
Jeff Klinkenberg - Historian
Hear it?
Some photos just naturally come with a soundtrack.
Gambel’s quail
Gambel's quail primarily move about by walking and can move surprisingly fast through brush and undergrowth. They are rarely seen in flight. Any flight is usually short and explosive, with many rapid wingbeats, followed by a slow glide to the ground. In the spring, Gambel's quail pair off for mating and become very aggressive toward other pairs. The female typically lays 10–12 eggs concealed in vegetation, often at the base of a rock or tree. The chicks leave the nest with their parents within hours of hatching. Wikipedia
Wisconsin Sunrise
Pretty Morning
Wisconsin Sunrise
Sandy Sunrise
Arrived at Coral Pink Sand Dunes (Utah State Park) before sunrise. Hiked out into the dunes hoping for a bright sky to light up the pink sand but overcast skies made me try black & white instead.
Cedar Breaks
The far peak is 11,300 feet. It's accessible by preferably 4WD vehicle a few months a year.
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light
This impressive structure is located at the fully operational U.S. Coast Guard station on the Lake Michigan end of the Sturgeon Bay ship canal. The Pierhead navigation light was built in 1882, and the station was built with a tower light in 1899, renovated in 1903, and automated in 1972. The lower level breakwall is the only section of the grounds that are open to the public.
Zion National Park
Big Sky Country
The clouds were so nice I had to pull over between Lees Ferry AZ and the Grand Canyon North Rim.
Key West sunset
Took my camera down to the water last night and as the sun was melting into the horizon these two boats nicely lined up for me.
Dense Blazing Star
Wisconsin
Gunlock Reservoir
Gunlock Reservoir is located in the scenic red rock country of southwestern Utah. It is a pretty little reservoir popular for boating and other water sports. It offers good fishing at times, particularly for largemouth bass and channel catfish.
Doubler
Water drops on the lens glass but a very pretty sight.
Colorful Composition
Gunlock State Park Utah
A very serious bird
Not sure what kind of hawk this is but they are pretty common in SW Utah.
South Dakota
Hurricane Irma
September 2017 Hurricane Irma made landfall in an area 20-50 miles north of Key West as a Category 4 with 140mph winds with recorded gusts of 180 on Big Pine Key. About a month after the storm passed I visited this area on Long Beach Road. Hard to grasp the force of the storm. Most homes along the street looked similar to this one.
Rising star
Wisconsin sunrise over Pewaukee Lake.
Clematis
Hard to beat
Wind, surf, sunrise, beautiful clouds and a partial double rainbow all in one Key West morning.
Top of the world
Brian Head peak Utah at almost 12,000 feet. On the dark side I've seen snow drifts in July. There was a small old stone shelter up here until last month when severe winds destroyed it.
Bumble Bee Buzz
This Day Lily with bee photo was taken at the Boerner Botanical gardens in Milwaukee. The Bumble bee lives in underground colonies with anywhere from 50 to 500 individuals. The buzzing sound you hear when they are on flowers is them vibrating by shivering their flight muscles at particular frequencies to help dislodge pollen from the anthers of flowers.
1880s
South Dakota
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
Claret Cup Cactus
Grows quite easily is SW Utah
Lunchtime
Florida Keys
Snow Melt
This stream is at about 9,000-10,000 feet near Duck Creek UT which is between Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument.
Mirrored Color
Smooth Wisconsin lake, total silence and a colorful dawn.
Standing in one place, shoot right then left
On this rare snow covered morning I quickly set up my camera on the edge of a wash. I turned right and shot up the wash towards the Red Mountain that borders Snow Canyon State Park then turned the camera left and took another down the wash towards the Beaver Dam mountains. I spent the previous 2-3 hours in the park taking other photos of snow covered red sandstone, sand dunes and black lava. I had to move fast because in Ivins Utah snow like this only falls every couple of years and is gone in as many hours.
Full Sun
I was in a field with thousands of sunflowers. I found it interesting the number of insects that were in and around them making the field buzz.
Leopard Lily
Dahlia
Wisconsin
Sunrise Key West
Old dock pilings on the Atlantic ocean side.
Daylily
Wisconsin Sunrise
Taken over Pewaukee Lake towards Lake Michigan which is about 50 miles away.
A Key West Sunset
Including Fred (really) trying to get his picture taken.
Lily
Wisconsin Orange Lily
Fireball Rising
Almost impossible to photograph the sun without clouds. Even with their help I have to lower the amount of light coming into the camera. This reduces the light everywhere except the the sun, and its reflection. The fisherman floated by at just the right moment to make for a much more interesting photo.
Pine Valley State Park
Located is SW Utah at an altitude that allows for snow all winter but only 30 minutes away is St George Utah that rarely ever gets snow.
Aspen Forest
Northern Utah in the Park City area.
On Patrol
Florida Keys brown pelicans
Eurasian Crane
Taken at the International Crane Foundation that works worldwide to conserve cranes and the ecosystems, watersheds, and flyways on which they depend. From our nearly 300-acre headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin, our reach extends across the globe. We have offices and staff in China, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa, as well as Texas, and work through local organizations, governments, universities, businesses and others in these regions. Our more than 125 staff and associates work with a network of hundreds of specialists in over 50 countries on five continents. ICF Website
HEIGHT: 4 ft WEIGHT: 12 lbs WINGSPAN: 7 ft POPULATION: 700,000
Beautiful Lines
More of natures perfect design work
White Pocket
White Pocket is a National Monument in Utah and also an appropriate name for this photo. Like many National Monuments out her, there are no amenities such as water, toilets or camping sites and the roads require a capable vehicle.
Tropical golden hour
An hour after sunrise and sunset are called the golden hours during which time the light really nice for taking certain types of photos. I took this while walking a beach in Key West.
Dahlia
Most likely....
Morning movie
Spring Firework
Took this, amongst others, in my mothers Wisconsin garden.
Red Mountain
This is in Ivins Utah which is about 100 miles from Las Vegas. The Navajo sandstone give it the red colors. There is a housing development at the base of the mountain and a beautiful outdoor amphitheater on the other side.
Orange Daylily
Wisconsin
Beeing Busy
Calf Creek Canyon
Beautiful waterfall up ahead but I loved this part of the trail
Double Color
It didn't look like much at first but when I saw the clouds slide off to the right exposing some sunlit pinks and reds I grabbed my stuff and headed out to the shore to wait. So often the moving clouds combine with a rising sun and the dawn colors quickly get brighter. To capture this I left the camera shutter open for about 15 seconds as it was still quite dark out. This allows the light to accumulate on the camera sensor not only making the photo brighter and the colors deeper but it also makes the water look smoother which like a mirror doubles the effect.
White Hibiscus – WI
Took this photo in my mother's garden in Wisconsin
Mexican Gold Poppies Desert Bloom
Hundreds of acres of Mexican Golden Poppies bloom in abundance at Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada.
Lily Art
Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee has a large variety of whatever is in bloom when you visit.
Hibiscus
I usually just walk by flowers quickly glancing at them but when I spend a moment looking at a photo I realize how amazing they really are.
Temple of Sun and Moon
This is one of the many sites along the 73 mile Cathedral Valley loop which is located partially in Capital Reef National Park. You may be able to make out the people in the shadowy right corner for some scale. The nearest town is Hanksville Utah.
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
California Coast
On the distant island is the Point Sur Lighthouse i24.6 miles south of Monterey, California.
Joshua tree
For scale this branch and flower is about 30" wide, the tree had 11 flowers and was 20' tall making it between 500 and maybe 1,000 years old. I took the photo last week in the Joshua Tree Byway area which borders Nevada, Utah & Arizona.
About the tree: First, they are not a tree but a Yucca plant that happens to resemble the size and growth pattern of a tree. They grow a fairly limited range within the Mojave Desert of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. They only grow between elevations of 2,000 and 6,000 feet. They tend to grow from 15 to 40 feet tall, usually only adding 2 to 3 inches each year. It will take around half a century for a Joshua Tree to reach full size. Wikipedia
Simple Wildflower
Sundown Key West
Looking south towards Cuba the sun is setting to my right. The sunset was nothing photo worthy but it nicely lit
up this southernly direction.
Great White
Egret passing by off Big Pine Key FL
Canna Indian Shot
Taken at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Milwaukee. Leica 24-90 76mm f5.6 1/25
Yellow daylily
Wisconsin
Horseshoe geranium
Wisconsin
Sunrise in pink
Wisconsin over Pewaukee Lake
Purple dawn
Sunrise in Wisconsin
Brian Head
Utah’s Brian Head Peak stands at a whopping 11,306 feet. From this observation point at the end of Break Head Peak Road, it is possible to gaze out into three different states at once: Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The view is truly unbeatable, but the drive up can be tricky for inexperienced drivers. It’s important to have tires with good traction as the road winds around the mountain and becomes very steep in certain sections.
Osprey
The osprey is a large raptor, reaching more than 2’ in in length and almost 6’ across the wings. It tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply as the osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. The osprey is unusual in that it is a sole living species that occurs nearly worldwide. Wikipedia
I took this photo in the Florida Everglades National Park.
Rose Shrub
California Coast
Everglades National Park
Egret blending in and slowly making its way through the tall grass looking for a meal.
Rudbeckia
Wisconsin
Sunrise
Sunflower farm in Wisconsin.
Mid 1800s Farm
This Utah farm was established in 1859-1863.
A new day begins
Sunrise Wisconsin
Best Seats In The House
Key West sunset cruise.
Gambel’s Quail
Taking refuge under a shrub during the rare SW Utah snowfall.
Bismarck
This is a Silver Bismarck Palm which of course in real life is colored a light green so it looks silvery compared to other palms. But with the help of a black & white camera it truly is now a Silver Bismarck Palm. I took this photo in Key West FL.
Reddish Dawn
Key West, Casa Marina pier.
Posing for the shot
Great egret, smiling I think, in Florida.
Gator
Florida aligator
In the back row
I love taking sunset photos in Key West. Sometimes I think I have enough but I'm always proven wrong because every sunset is a little different from all the others. For this one I'm sitting on a beach on a plastic lawn chair, camera with a big lens mounted on a tripod between my legs. I just Googled something like best sunset locations and Key West seemed to be on everyones top 10 list. Every evening there are 10-30 boats carrying their paid customers out for a front row view while I'm sitting in the back row hoping they will partially block my view.
10,000′ Wildflower
Not sure what it is but it was growing in a dark forest at 10,000 feet.
Hibiscus
Flowers are 8-10" wide and only last one day.