Sky Fire
Slow fireworks it is....
Red Head
Interesting Fantasy Fest paint job
Lillies are amazing plants
Bonita Springs FL Botanical Gardens
3am photo
Moonset required a long shutter opening. Fortunately it was calm out or the yacht would have blurry.
Foggy Afternoon
Like ghost ships sailing past one another.
Skimmers
They fly just above the water opening their beaks to capture food.
Good Morning
Cloud frame
Fantasy Fest – Key West
He is on a float from Tampa with a group called F-Troop. I asked what they are and was told it was a mens club that travel around the country having fun while raising huge amounts of money for charity.
Reddish Egret
Wikipedia: The reddish egret is considered one of the most active herons, and is often seen on the move. It stalks its prey visually in shallow water far more actively than other herons and egrets, frequently running energetically and using the shadow of its wings (canopy hunting) to reduce glare on the water once it is in position to spear a fish; the result is a fascinating dance. Due to its bold, rapacious yet graceful feeding behavior, it's known as "the Tyrannosaurus rex of the Flats". It eats fish, frogs, crustaceans, and insects.
I took this photo on Big Pine Key Florida - Mark
B-26
EAA Airshow Oshkosh WI. This WWII B-26 was a shoulder-winged monoplane of all-metal construction, fitted with a tricycle landing gear. It had a streamlined, circular section fuselage housing the crew, consisting of a bombardier in the nose, armed with a .30 in machine gun, a pilot and co-pilot sitting side by side, with positions for the radio operator and navigator behind the pilots. A gunner manned a dorsal turret armed with two .50 in machine guns, and an additional .30 machine gun was fitted in the tail.
Sunrise Spectacular
Color Explosion at Dawn. When taking sunrise photos I leave my shutter open to capture the low light but when the tiniest amount of pure sun breaches I have to quickly change the camera settings or it will overpower the camera sensor.
Busy Bee
This is like taking a photo of a water scene and pretty boat happens to drift into the photo.
Key West
Ship is at one of the three cruise ship docks in Key West. This dock is owned by the US Navy and is used by cruise ships and various naval ships. This one was processed a little on the artsy side which sometimes looks pretty good.
Be Afraid
If you are not into body painting, some just have their faces painted which is great. Fantasy Fest attracts painters from all over the USA for this event.
Stunt plane over parked Blue Angel
Air show at Boca Chica Naval Air Station
Live Stream Engine Repair
Henry Ford Museum
Turbine Powered Racer
Over 150 mph, 10 feet away and you can see his eyes.
Havana Cuba
Typical street in Havana old town.
Brown Pelican
The brown pelican is the smallest of the eight pelican species. Nonetheless, it measures 3 ft 3 in to 5 ft in length and has a wingspan of 6 ft 8 in to 7 ft 6 in.
Key West Harbor
Always plenty of things to look at.
Page Arizona
Transmission line towers from Glen Canyon Dam. The dam base containing the power generating turbines is far below me.
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam slows down the Colorado river creating Lake Mead. Current depth (4/1/21) is 144 feet below its full pool of 1,229 feet. Should it fall 10 more feet they will declare
a water shortage which triggers a water reduction to Nevada, Arizona and Mexico.
EAA Airshow Oshkosh
The North American B-25 Mitchell is a medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.
Kite Boarding
Car Art
I love photographing hood ornaments at car shows. It was a time when the auto manufacturers really designed with flair.
Winter is coming
Late fall in Wisconsin. Left my shoes out to dry but they froze overnight.
Vermillion Cliffs
This is looking at the Vermillion Cliffs which is home to condors. If you followed the road into the distance it will take you to Lee's Ferry before reaching Page AZ. Continuing the journey about 40 miles behind me is the entrance road to the Grand Canyon North Rim.
Crab & Lobster Boat – Key West
Maybe he’ll drop it
Gotta love these
It's so much fun watching tourists around these.
Brown Pelicans
Sky dancing before the plunge
Fort Jefferson National Park
Amphibious plane reflection. You can fly out for a 1/2 day trip or take the long ferry ride.
Key West Mooring
Florida Mangrove
With their sturdy root system they help preserve shorelines during hurricanes. Very heavily protected plant.
Brave Boaters
Used to come to the Florida Keys. Imagine taking a styrofoam boat all the way from Cuba.
House outside of St Petersburg Russia
Castle Rock in Moab Utah
This formation has been used in many tv commercials over the years. Among the most popular rock climbing destinations in the world, Castle Rock has been summitted by thousands. Climbing historian Stewart Green reports that the number of successful ascents is over 40,000 and there have been so many that "no one really knows how many folks have reached the summit. From ground level to peak it's about 4,000 feet.
3D Chalk Art
Great Blue Heron
Abandoned Gas Station
Outside Moab Utah
Lake Superior Traffic
The Green Parrot Bar
Key West In 1890, on the southeast corner of Southard and Whitehead streets, diagonally across from the Monroe County Courthouse, Anthony Sanchez opened a grocery store. And under its low-pitched roof, Cuban and Bahamian transplants accompanied their staples of rice and beans and plantanos with rum, cigars, and infectious Latin rhythms in the grocery’s small back room, where local musicians created impromptu descargas or jam sessions, often playing late into the night. And it continues to this day.
Beaver Dam Mountains bathed in sunset color
Sunset over the 17,600 acre Beaver Dam wilderness area. The mountains are 23 miles long and reach a height of 7,680 feet. This photo with sage and a small oak tree was taken from a residential area in Ivins Utah
Butterfly
Amsterdam
Power Boat Racing
Key West Offshore Powerboat Racing - twin turbine engine powered
Steam Engine
Henry Ford Museum
P-51
EAA Airshow Oshkosh WI
Rare Group of Birds
Kind of unusual to see more than one of these.
Foreign Training Sailboat
Can't recall the country it was from but it seemed creeper by young sailor cadets.
Just One More
Porches more porches
I love taking photos of porches
Sunset with interesting lighting
Key West Sunset
The Egret Dance
Reddish Egret Florida Keys
Brown Pelican
In a zero effort glide
Ibis and Egret
The Ibis are stirring up shrimp for the watchful egret
Paris France
Arc de Triomphe 1936
Las Vegas Strip Architecture
It a beautiful city day or especially night to walk around with a camera.
Airbus
landing gear
Foggy Fishing
Sea Battle
An annual event in Key West - Conch Republic Navy vs US Coast Guard
Havana Cuba
Final Approach
Heading out to sea
Reddish Egret
Sundown
And the Henry Flagler Railroad Bridge
Red Fox
Navajo Lake Utah
High altitude lake near Cedar Breaks National Monument
Havana Cuba
Street action that never seems to pause
Sunrise from the deck
While crossing Lake Michigan
Moonset
Reddish Egret
Can you guess what this is?
It's a plane flying a series of maneuvers. The pattern you see is from his lights & engine exhaust while ejecting fireworks. EAA Show Oshkosh WI
Sunset watching
As their ship heads out to sea
Nova Scotia
Lobster traps and boats
Old World Wisconsin
This garden and fence surround an original home built by German settlers in Wisconsin in 1860. The fence is made from woven branches without nails.
Niagara Falls
Maiden Of The Mist
Hard to imagine a more exquisite yacht
Owned by Mrs. Steve Jobs, the Venus, visiting Key West, is 260' in length.
Feathery Fantasy Fest Friends
Havana Cuba
Osprey
Very curious predators. Not unusual for them to fly right over to look at me.
Sunset Sail
Amongst blue iceberg crumbs
Qaqortoq Greenland
Key West Cemetery
This is a 19 acre cemetery located in the Old Town area. It is estimated that as many as 100,000 people are buried here, many more than the 30,000 residents who currently live on the island.
In 1847 it was established at its current location after a 1846 hurricane washed remains from the earlier cemetery out of the coastal sand dunes. On June 24, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places..
Concert in Austria
Pine needle blanket
Old auto salvage yard in Georgia.
Ready for Launch
Rehabilitated hawk about to be released
Wisconsin Garden
Nature's Art
Sail Racing
Halloween yard art
Wisconsin
Death Valley CA
This National Park is diverse, massive and beautiful.
B-1 Bomber
Boca Chica Naval Air Station - Key West
Old Dade County Pine
This wood resists termites and rot. Very desirable building product in the tropics.
Reddish Egret
Osprey
Perched on a sailboat mast with a cruise ship backdrop
Milkweed Pod
Waiting for the wind
Snow Canyon State Park
Located in Ivins Utah
Ghost Town Citizen
Rhyolite Nevada
Taking flight
At dusk in the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge
