
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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Foreign Training Sailboat
Can't recall the country it was from but it seemed creeper by young sailor cadets.

Porches more porches
I love taking photos of porches

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

Fall Sumac

Warbirds Flyover
EAA Airshow Oshkosh

Snack Time

Says it all………
SL2 ISO 400 35MM f/4 1/640

Horicon Marsh Wisconsin
It is the site of both a national and a state wildlife refuge. The silted-up glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States

Viking Runes
Orkney Islands

Day Lillies

Old Dade County Pine Home

General Motors Truck

Night Airshow
EAA Oshkosh WI

Fantasy Fest
The look I got when I asked her if he had his face painted.

Sunset celebration or possibly breakfast
One early morning bike ride this, for some strange reason, just caught my eye.

Face Painting
Fantasy Fest

Cormorant
