The wing walker is the pilot’s wife
EAA Oshkosh
Front Row Seats
Every evening boats of all types and sizes head out with friends or customers to watch the famous Key West sunsets.
Daylily
They get their name from the fact that each flower lasts only one day. I took these photos at the Boerner Botanical Garden in Milwaukee.
Nelson Nevada
Nelson Nevada is not a town, rather it's an old gold mine in the middle of nowhere that has a great collection of junk.
Havana Cuba
Spent a day last week walking through Havana with a side trip to Hemingways house. There are always plenty of things to photograph.
Dusk on the Strip
Taken from high up at the Bellagio. Las Vegas is a wonderful city to walk around with a camera.
B-52
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force since the 1950s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 70,000 pounds of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 8,800 miles without aerial refueling.
Race Start
Key West Offshore Powerboats. In 2021 they raced 3 days, 4 races per day by class of boats. This was the start of the second race. The pace boat, a few frames back was flying a yellow flag telling the boats to remain in line with it. This green flag tells them they may accelerate and begin to race.
Dakota
This area of South Dakota was so desolate there were no homes or farms to be seen yet there was mail.
Las Vegas Lines
Las Vegas is, if anything, is colorful. But I think the architectural detail really comes through nicely in black and white.
Gold Butte
Gold Butte National Monument covers nearly 300,000 acres of remote and rugged desert landscape in southeastern Nevada, where dramatically chiseled red sandstone, twisting canyons, and tree-clad mountains punctuate desolate stretches of the Mojave Desert. The brightly hued sandstone provides a stunning canvas for the area’s famously beautiful rock art. per BLM
Cannery Row
Cannery Row is the waterfront street bordering the city of Pacific Grove in Monterey, California. It was the site of a number of now-defunct sardine canning factories. The last cannery closed in 1973. This mural is painted on an old Cannery wall.
Friday fireworks
Merry Christmas
This tree was in the lobby of the Curry Mansion in Key West.
Unfortunate
I can always find him along the waterfront on my walks into town. It is one thing to quickly glance but to take a photo then really look makes me appreciate what I have..
Miami Street Art
Painted on the wall of an old warehouse.
Surprise Docking
10/20/2021: This ship made an unscheduled stop in Key West to have a sick passenger taken off. As there were no line handlers the ship had to hold itself against the pier using its very powerful side thrusters as it could not be tied. Passenger was removed, ship spun 180 degrees and slipped out of the harbor towards the shipping channel and on to its next scheduled port.
Key West Squall Line
Coming in from the West produced big wind and rain.
Framed
While visiting an art museum in Miami this lady was holding frames over art for her own art project and trying to take photos of them so I helped her for a little while.
Black-eyed Susan
Wisconsin
Red & White
Snow covered Navajo Sandstone at 10,700 feet in Cedar Breaks National Monument
1904 Steam Traction Engine
Nichols and Shepard Steam traction Engines were built in Battle Creek, Michigan from 1848-1929. I believe this one is a 1918 model. Weighing over 11,000 pounds, powered by wood or coal they traveled at 3 mph. This was taken at the annual steam show in Baraboo WI where over 500 steam powered tractors and construction equipment powered by white hot steam, plenty of black smoke and driven by hard men, gather for a 5 day event.
Valley of Fire
Valley of Fire State Park is a public recreation and nature preservation area covering nearly 46,000 acres located 16 miles south of Overton, Nevada. The state park derives its name from red sandstone formations, the Aztec Sandstone, which formed from shifting sand dunes 150 million years ago.Wikipedia
P 57
EAA Oshkosh
Fair Fun
Playing with the lights of amusement rides in the midway, at the state fair.
48 feet, 2,200 Horsepower, 160+ MPH racer in Key West
A Walk In The Park
Hiking through Red Rock Canyon which is close to Las Vegas, I turned the corner and saw this. As I took a few photos others started showing up including photographers. When they finished I found out it was a photo shoot for these two brothers who were performing in Las Vegas.
Salt Lake Utah
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth largest in the world. The 15,000 square miles of various water environments, remote islands and shorelines, with 400,000 acres of wetlands, provide habitat for plants, brine shrimp, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, shorebirds and waterfowl. Birds rely on the lake, a critical link in the Pacific Flyway between North and South America. Every year 10 million birds from 338 different species come to rest, eat and breed during migrations of a thousand miles or more. With the decline of other lakes, GSL is increasingly important to these species.
What are you looking at?
Female Great Horned Owl in Utah. She was watching over her 2 babies which made it easy to find and photograph them in daylight.
Cana Island Lighthouse
Built in 1869 for $12,792.55, Cana Island Lighthouse’s tower, made of cream city brick, was the tallest building in Door County WI. Verified by telescope during the first year of operation, 4,862 ships passed the station during daylight hours. Keepers filled the oil and kept the beacon shining until the lighthouse was automated in 1944. It remains a functioning navigational light of the Great Lakes. Door County Historical Society.
Ker Blam
Farm House Reflection
I like trying to get an interesting wall of texture combined with what's behind me. As a bonus, like this photo, it's reflecting in very old wavy glass. This is a farmhouse window and barn taken in Wisconsin.
Bryce Canyon National Park UT
The sun had just risen bathing the red Navajo sandstone in soft light.
Tourist Treasure
Early morning walking on Key Wests Duval street.
Yerkes Observatory
Yerkes Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. It was operated by the University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from its founding in 1897 to 2020. In May 2020, restoration and renovation of the historic building and grounds began. It opened for small tours July 2022 where one is now able to go into all three domes.
Lines
I'm learning that black and white photos can really capture the distinctive lines in architecture.
Point Sur Lighthouse
Point Sur Lighthouse sits on a volcanic rock 361 feet above the Pacific Ocean. Erected in 1889, this Big Sur lighthouse has stayed in continuous operation since, and is the only complete lighthouse of its era in California.
Watery sky
Walking on a dock I noticed the water reflecting the cloudy sky above with a passing jet.
Fisherman’s Wharf – Monterrey CA
Walked to the end of the dock looking for a place to sit and eat some smoked salmon. Glanced down and saw these boats lined up.
Cinco de Mayo Kaboom
Everyday is a good day for fireworks.
California State Route 1
State Route 1 is a major north–south state highway that runs along most of the Pacific coastline of the U.S. state of California. At 656 miles, it is the longest state route in California, and the second-longest in the US after Montana Highway 200. Wikipedia
Wisconsin Dawn
key West Harbor
I took this through a glass ball I was holding.
Vegas Alley Art
An area between The Strip and Fremont street invites spray can artists to decorate the streets and alleys as a form of art to help improve the area.
Fade to Black
Sunny clear skies and walking down the Las Vegas Strip with my Black and white camera. Looking straight up I saw this bright white to black with many shades of grey. I find it interesting what catches one's eye.
Foggy fishing
Not being a fishing guy, I do admire their dedication to the hobby. Pretty much an early morning all weather sport that requires a large investment in equipment. It is similar to photography in that some days you catch a good one but most are just average.
The Blimps
As of 8/10/2021 there are still 4 of these flying.
Snow Canyon State Park Utah
Snow Canyon State Park is a state park in Utah, located in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The park features a canyon carved from the red and white Navajo sandstone of the Red Mountains, as well as the extinct Santa Clara Volcano, lava tubes, lava flows, and sand dunes. Snow Canyon is located near the cities of Ivins and St. George. Wikipedia
Winter Bryce
The snow really adds nice color to the sandstone.
Architectural Tour
Ride a boat on the Chicago river as they point out the beautiful architecture that sprouted on each side.
DC 3
Zillions of rivets - EAA Oshkosh
Sunset Key
Sunset Key is a small 27 acre island with a hotel and individual homes. It is reachable by a short ferry ride from Key West. It was originally developed by the US Navy to hold fuel tanks but later sold to a developer.
A Close-up
There was enough cloud, fog and Canadian fire smoke to create a natural filter allowing me to take this with a very powerful lens without my camera and eyeball melting. If you are seeing this on a larger device screen you'll even be able to clearly see a sunspot on the right side above trees. I take quite a few photos, especially sunrises and it amazes me that a photo can easily capture trees 5 miles away with a sunspot 93 million miles behind them. This is the kind of stuff that makes this an enjoyable hobby.
In a dark woods
In July (10,500 feet) went to Cedar Breaks National Monument for the spring wildflower bloom. Due to low snowfall and rain the fields were pretty sparse but walking through the trees there were many flowers of different types. This is an Indian Paintbrush.
Fremont Street
Downtown Las Vegas has been erecting old refurbished neon signs which is really helping the area hold on to its gambling history.
Brown Pelican
The brown pelican is one of two species of pelicans found in Florida, the white pelican being the other. It has a wingspan of 6 ft 8 in to 7 ft 6 in.
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Utah sunset
Took this in Gunlock Utah
Hat shop
Custom made in Key West from palm fronds and don't forget the matching drink koozie.
Wisconsin farm garden
Note the fence made of woven buckthorn branches.
Docking at dawn
These ships would quite often glide in at first light to dock in Key West. What always amazed me was even at this short distance, these huge ships never made a sound when arriving.
South Dakota Homestead
The territory that would become South Dakota was added to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The first permanent American settlement was established at Fort Pierre by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804. White settlement of the territory in the 1800s led to clashes with the Sioux, as some of the lands had been granted to the tribe by an earlier treaty. Nevertheless, the territory was incorporated into the union on November 2, 1889, along with North Dakota.
Brian Head
Brian Head, at 11,312 feet, looking down at Cedar Breaks National Monument.
New Day Comes
Back on Pewaukee Lake
Aspens in Fall
Gold aspens in Utah at 7,000-8,000 feet.
Ready to fly
Key West Wildlife Center rehabilitated hawk about to be released
Great horned owl
Adult great horned owls can be as large as 2’ tall with a 5’ wingspan.Despite their size they are capable of “silent flight”, which is the way owls fly while making almost no discernable noise. And they can fly at a very low speeds as slow as 2 miles per hour when they are gliding on breezes while hunting. At dusk, the owl utters a few calls before flying to a more open sing-post, i.e. large bare branch or large rocks to deliver song. Normally several perches are used to mark occupied territory or to attract a female. Wikipedia
I took this photo in SW Utah where a pair have been seen each year. In the past 5 years they have produced offspring twice. Baby owls are ridiculously cute and always under the very watchful eyes of a adult.
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.
Key West Sail Races
These three racers are in the 80' class. Each has a crew of about 15 very fit young men.
Key West Postcard
Though only 15 blocks end to end, Duval St is known as the worlds longest road because it connects the Gulf of Mexico and The Atlantic Ocean. And within a 3 mile radius you'll find 312 restaurants to choose from.
Sunset Sailing
Key West sunset watchers.
Miami Street Art
Took this in the Wynwood Walls district.
Fantasy Fest Week
A celebration full of creativity and fun.
Nelson Nevada
A wonderful collection of abandoned buildings, various junk and a gold mine.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a joy to photograph because of it's colorful and unique architecture.
Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park is a park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964. Wikipedia
F-18 Super Hornet
Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Determination
Walking through the Botanical Gardens in Salt Lake City on a day the air was thick with smog this one brilliant flower said "photograph me". In my home I print, frame and hang photos. I change them all out 1x a year as a form of redecorating. I happen to have this photo hanging on my wall and it's always an eye catcher when I walk by.
Nash Flying Lady
The 1955-58 Series III Nash Metropolitan was famous for its 'Flying Lady' hood ornament. It was a particularly classy design, and the wings could even be removed for a more streamlined, more risqué ornament design. The Flying Lady is part of a bygone era, the likes of which we'll never see again. Carbuzz
Desert morning color
Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada about an hour after sunrise.
Two extremes
Key West has a very active port offering endless photo opportunities.
Art Vendor As Art
Walking down Duval Street in Key West I thought the art vendor display as a whole was, to my amateur eye...art...so I clicked.
Reflection Puzzle
Old mine in Nevada which has a wonderful assortment of junk offers many photo opportunities, if of course you like junk.
Interesting Inventory
Street Walking is always full of surprises. Had this store been open I certainly would have gone in to see what other treasures it offered.
Hard Streets
Las Vegas was photogenic in a very sad, yet interesting way during the covid year. The handful of people that were there really stood out. This man and his friend had expressions that really caught my eye.
Arizona Slot Canyon
Looking up about 80'-100' from the canyon floor you can see a log jammed from a flood. The sandstone canyon was formed by erosion and flash floods over 8-60 million years.
To the bar
What the sign says. I liked the lighting.
Miami Street Art
Note how the spray can artist flowed the scene onto the sidewalk.
Fireworks Plus
There’s something really fun about photographing fireworks with the different colors and shapes. When frozen by the camera you can examine them for a moment.
This was taken during a night airshow fireworks
in the background while a twin engine aircraft flew around firing small fireworks off its wings.
Sunset Pier Key West
Sunset pier is a perfect spot on the water to watch sunsets while listening to live music.
P-51
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. Wikipedia
I took this photo at the EAA show in Oshkosh.
Osprey
The osprey known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 24 in length and 71 in across the wings. Wikipedia
I took this photo in the Florida Everglades.
Key West Sunset
These usually happen when I don't have a camera.
.32-.45 cents a gallon
White-Naped crane
The white-naped crane is a large bird about 4 ft long, and 4.3 ft tall, and weighing about 12 lb, with pinkish legs, a grey-and-white-striped neck, and a red face patch.
It breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China, and adjacent areas of southeastern Russia, where a program at Khingan Nature Reserve raises eggs provided from U.S. zoos to bolster the species. Different groups of the birds migrate to winter near the Yangtze River, the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and on Kyūshū in Japan. They also reach Kazakhstan and Taiwan. Only about 4,900 to 5,400 individuals remain in the wild. Wikipedia
I took this photo while visiting the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin.
Southernmost House
The Southernmost House, built in 1897, is a historical hotel located at the Southernmost end of the famous Duval Street in Key West. "The Mansion", as locals refer to the House, has hosted over 20 presidents and dignitaries, has served as a private residence, casino, speakeasy, social club, museum and hotel during it's long and impressive history. Per hotel website
Fireworks
What the camera freezes in a fraction of a second is always a surprise.
Great Blue Heron
Taken while visiting Horicon Marsh in WI. The wingspan can reach 6.5 feet.
Cadillac
It's a 1958
Shrimper
When you see the shrimp boats anchored you know winds and rough water are coming.