Docked & Lookin Good
Just pulled in for a stay in Key West.
Death Valley National Park
Perfect place to play with black & white photography.
Astronauts
Ride on top of the Las Vegas Stratosphere.
Plymouth
One of thousands
Outstanding sunrise
What a beautiful beginning
Great Blue Heron
The white form of the Great Blue Heron, known as the "great white heron," is found nearly exclusively in shallow marine waters along the coast of very southern Florida, the Yucatan Peninsula, and in the Caribbean. They hunt both day and night and can live over 20 years.
The Blues
The Blue Angels are a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931. The team, composed of six Navy and one Marine Corps demonstration pilot, fly Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets. Wikipedia
I took this while performing on Armed Forces Day at the Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West FL.
Shrimper Returning With Its Catch
Zion National Park Virgin River
The Virgin River has carved a spectacular gorge in the upper reaches of Zion Canyon: 16 miles long, up to 1,000 feet deep, and at times only 30 feet wide. Walking in the shadow of soaring walls, sandstone grottos, natural springs, and hanging gardens can be an unforgettable wilderness experience. It is not, however, a trip to be underestimated. When hiking through the Virgin River Narrows, at least 80% of the route is spent wading, walking, and swimming sections of the river. There is no maintained trail; the river is the route. The river current is swift, the water is cold, and the rocks underfoot are slippery. Flash flooding and hypothermia are constant dangers. Per NPS
It’s real
I am fortunate to be able to get so many beautiful sunrise photos. And if the water is smooth......ah....reflection bonus.
Hibiscus
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EAA Oshkosh
Doubler
Ivins Utah
Offshore Powerboat Racing
Key West hosts a weeklong long event every November with 3 days of practice and 3 days of racing.
Garden Fireworks
Took this in my mother's garden.
The plane enters from the right…….
EAA (Oshkosh WI) night airshow shows the plane coming from the right, looping around, launching fireworks from his wingtips before exiting to the left.
Silver Palms
Took this photo of palm trees against a cloudless blue sky using a black & white camera. I thought the effect was kind of nice, maybe more detail or without color maybe I just think I see more.
Squall
This one sent a strong message to the boaters that day.
Original homestead
1800s Wisconsin original home
Snowblower Train
The fleet of maintenance machinery that keeps our nation’s railways and roadways clear comprises some of the coolest machines out there today. The Union Pacific Railroad’s three rotary snowplows are no exception. Built in the 1920s, the rotary snow plows originally ran on steam, but were converted to diesel in the 1950s. UP Museum - Salt Lake City UT
Morning Workout
This gentleman in Havana was doing stretching exercises on what used to be his front porch.
Grafton UT
Original Morman homestead from the mid-1800s. Parks Utah is trying to maintain 1/2 dozen structures on the property within a few miles from Zion National Park
Glen Canyon Dam Lake View
This is the Lake Powell side of the dam and when water levels are higher this area I'm standing on would be completely submerged. As of 9/1/2021 the lake is down 151 feet leaving it only 30% full.
Pretty Bird
Bird of Paradise on a walk in Pacific Grove CA
Hang On Tight!
Wisconsin State Fair amusement ride, at night with a long exposure. There was also a pretty sunset sky as background.
State Fair
Wisconsin State Fair at night I will mount a camera on a tripod and as the ride is spinning I open the shutter for some random amount of time which in this case was 2 seconds. I never know what these will look like until I get home and see them on the computer.
Because
I liked something about it...still do I guess.
Aspen Grove
Beautiful bright hike amongst white bark trees.
Fantasy Fest
Key West Florida
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EAA Oshkosh
Car Show Selfie
Sand Carving
Annual sand carving contest in Key West
Key West sunset
Decay began in 1959
One of hundreds of buildings in Havana featuring incredible architectural detail.
Barn door
Horse Ranch
Located in a very deep valley alongside a river with Zion National Park as background.
Virgin River crossing
In the background is Zion National Park which was carved by the Virgin river. Here in Rockville UT this very old bridge crosses the river. The surrounding area is very prone to flash flooding when rains fall north of the park.
Barbados lily
Wisconsin
The Key West Mine
A group of us hiked to the mine located in Gold Butte National Monument. This photo encompasses Jim, our leader, parts of Gold Butte, Lake Mead National Recreation Area and the Grand Canyon. The combined area of these 3 areas under "National" status totals 2,700 square miles. It's an amazing feeling to be out there in its vastness.
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B&W LAS
Las Vegas street walking, looking for architectural photo ops with my B&W camera.
St George Carousel
The carousel in downtown St George Utah is a fully restored antique brought over from Chicago.
Bobcat
Weighing 15-33 lbs, the bobcat is a nocturnal, generally solitary cat equally at home in forests and deserts; it is less inclined to climb trees or swim. It feeds on rodents, rabbits, hares, and some birds. Wikipedia
I found him in front of the house and was surprised how close he let me get. The reason was he had a rabbit trapped below him that was hiding behind a cactus, neither wanting to move. Eventually the cat stood up and slowly walked away from both of us.
Posing Pelican
This immature brown pelican seemed to be asking to have his picture taken. After almost 20 years in Florida I've seen my share of pelicans but this one in particular was really striking a perfect pose.
America 2.0
Looks like a wonderfull evening for a sunset sail in Key West.
Say Cheese
Organic dairy farm in Stonebank Wisconsin. This farmer has quite the story but I didn't ask his permission to tell it.
Window to the past
Park Service restored home in Grafton Ut 1864-1921. Used in many movies including Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid.
Can’t you just hear the screams
State Fair...faster and faster it spins, pushing you farther out and up till it feels like you'll fly off into space......
Winter In Gunlock Utah
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EAA Oshkosh
Flagler Rail Bridge
Used as a railroad bridge to Key West then converted to a highway bridge before being abandoned.
Typical downtown Havana
Every street in the capital you look down looks almost exactly like this one.
US 1 at sunset
Bridge connecting two Florida keys.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Key West cigar lady
Perfectly engineered illusion
Easy to photograph but impossible to get the full effect. This glass case was about a foot tall and 3 wide. The reflections and angles made it appear as if there were thousands of bottles in a space the size of a warehouse, seen from any angle.
Old World Wisconsin
Original 1800s farmhouse owned by the WI Historical Society
Orchid
Orchids are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. There are over 28,000 currently accepted species of orchids and horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids. The number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. (Wikipedia)
As seen on tv
I'm not a golfer but I've heard this is one of the iconic cypress trees seen along the ocean on a particular hole at Pebble Beach CA.
Dahlia
Wisconsin
Gunlock Reservoir Overflow
Fed by a record snowpack in the surrounding mountains, the waterfalls at the Gunlock Reservoir near St. George UT is flowing again and unleashing a torrent of water and visitors.
It’s the third time in the past five years the water from the reservoir has cascaded over the dam and spilled onto the cliffside rocks, creating the rare waterfalls that lure visitors from all over Utah and southern Nevada. Text credit: The Salt Lake Tribune
Final approach for landing
The Brodhead airport in WI has a fly-in for antique aircraft each summer. This was taken in a 1928 Standard D-25 which was designed expressly for barn-storming.
High Above The Colorado River
Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
Pat Tillman, an American football player who left his career with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the United States Army and was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 by friendly fire. It
is an arch bridge that spans the Colorado River between the of Arizona and Nevada. The bridge is located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and carries Interstate 11 and U.S. Route 93 over the Colorado River. The bridge was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, and incorporates the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. At 890 feet above the Colorado River, it is the second highest bridge in the United States after the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, and is the world's highest concrete arch bridge.
I took this photo while standing on top of the Hoover Dam. Pedestrian access is provided over the bridge who wish to take in a different view of the nearby dam and river below, but the dam is not visible for those driving across it.
Zion at Dusk
We were leaving Zion National Park one winter evening while the sun was setting behind the mountains to the right. It was getting dark fast but we stopped on a bridge to shoot a couple more photos lit faintly by the fading light.
Sunset Parasailing
Bright sky above the cloud, darker below.
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed, starting in the 1910. Day or night the colorful buildings are make for some beautiful photographs.
Morning Neon
Walking Old Town Key West
PCH
The Pacific Coast Highway is about 1600 miles of photo opportunities. It follows the coast from Seattle to San Diego. This photo was taken along the 600 mile section in California near Big Sur.
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EAA Oshkosh
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Triple Masted Beauty
Moored in Key West
Almost
A full double over the Red Mountains in Ivins Utah
Death Valley
Death Valley National Park is one of my favorite places to use the black & white camera.
Dantes at Christmas
Decorated for Christmas, Dantes of Key West
Milwaukee 3rd Ward
Old warehouse district near the river has some interesting architecture and masonry work. For many years this area was full of vacant buildings but now contains some of the cities most expensive condos and apartments.
Purple Coneflower
with big bee
Fremont to the Strip
Old downtown Las Vegas to the Strip has pretty much colorful everything.
Moms Garden
I'm not sure what type of plant it is but I like the way the yellow flower contrasts everything else.
Quiet Morning
Sunrise in Wisconsin
Melting Sun
1920s
Miller engine powered, probably raced in the Indy 500 in the early or mid 1920s. Here photographed on the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis WI.
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.
Blue Morning
Little contrast but superb reflection
Purple Coneflower
With Wisconsin visitor
Cuban Ladies
My guess is mother and daughters.
Porch Art
Key West porches are, to my eye, works of art.
Along the river
Came across this riverfront property that had interesting materials and lines. Looked like it could be a good jigsaw puzzle.
Hoover Dam
You are looking at the Colorado River as it exits the bottom of the dam after it has gone through the turbines on each side to generate electricity. I'm standing on the very top middle of the dam so Lake Meade is behind me.
Sunset Key West
Through a "fisheye" lens.
Cedar Breaks National Monument
As seen from about 11,000 feet. This and Bryce Canyon National Park are unusual because the view is usually seen by looking down.
Ft Jefferson Planes
There are 2 ways for people, without a large boat, to get to Fort Jefferson National Park. The ferry from Key West or these amphibious planes that take off from Key West airport and land in the water at the fort.
Morning walk
Walking around Key West shortly after sunrise one side of the street is bathed in sunlight. These glowing trees against the white buildings looked like a nice photo in black and white.
Wisconsin Homestead
Original 1800s farmhouse owned by the WI Historical Society
Keys Sunset
Sunset sail in Key West.
Art Deco
South Beach hotels in Miami are very photogenic daytime or especially after dark.
Setting Sun Lights Zion
Zion National Park Utah
Side Mirror Doubler
Christmas Harbor
Key West harbor.... as unlikely as it would be, snow would be a pretty addition to this photo.
Cardinal Flower
Wisconsin
Street Walking Las Vegas
Great city to walk around pointing a camera at odd things.
PG
Pacific Grove CA is called PG for those lucky enough to live there. This mornings color was nicely muted by a little fog.