Merry Christmas
I took this photo almost 20 years ago in the lobby of a very old Key West mansion turned bed and breakfast. It is still one of my many favorite holiday photos.
Race time
Road America at Elkhart Lake WI
Chicago river
Walking along the river I took a few photos of the building across the river behind me reflected in the ones I was facing.
Mid 1800s Farm
This Utah farm was established in 1859-1863.
Schooner Wharf
Key West waterfront is tightly packed with boats of all sizes, people, bars and restaurants. Here is the Miss Key West, a shrimper and 86' windjammer the Appledore II. I think it would make an interesting jigsaw puzzle.
Fantasy Fest Model
This gentleman was a model for a body painting studio. He was painted differently every time I saw him during the week long festival.
Watching and waiting
Key West...couldn't think of anything else to call it.
On A Walk
Slow walking with a camera in hand can yield some, in my opinion, interesting stuff.
Best Seats In The House
Key West sunset cruise.
A new day begins
Sunrise Wisconsin
Gambel’s Quail
Taking refuge under a shrub during the rare SW Utah snowfall.
Sunrise
Sunflower farm in Wisconsin.
Silver Mine
Pioche NV has lots of abandoned mines. The building contained the machinery to lift the ore up the shaft that is at the base of the wooden structure. I am always very careful where I step anywhere near these things.
Blue Angels Moon
I was very lucky with this photo.
Merry Christmas
Says the flamingo
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.
Devils Island
In the distance is Devil's Island (Île du Diable), a French penal colony that operated for more than 100 years, from 1852 to 1953, in the Salvation Islands of French Guiana.
Opened in 1852, the Devil's Island system received convicts from the Prison of St-Laurent-du-Maroni, who had been deported from all parts of the Second French Empire. It was notorious both for the staff's harsh treatment of detainees and the tropical climate and diseases that contributed to high mortality. The prison system had a death rate of 75% at the worst, and was finally closed down in 1953.
A hard worker in its day
Flat bed truck from long ago
Rudbeckia
Wisconsin
Dining Out
A classic
Lobster Trap Tree
The City of Key West continually improves the harbor walk light displays for the holidays.
Selfie
I apologize but sometimes when around an old candy dispenser my ego gets the best of me.
Cedar Breaks
Cedar Breaks is a natural amphitheater, stretching across 3 miles, with a depth of over 2,000 feet. The elevation of the rim of the amphitheater is over 10,000 feet above sea level. Iron oxides provide the reds, oranges and yellows, while manganese oxides provide shades of purple.
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountain National Park at 10,759 feet.
Bryce Canyon Utah
One of the "Big Five" as they are called, National Parks in Utah.
Reflective layers
Walking in Miami I saw this wild reflection of multiple layers. When I got home and went through the photos I was able to really appreciate the depths of what I saw. Window, restaurant, wall of graffiti, new building and somebody standing on the sidewalk.
Perspective only
Docked in Key West this cruise ship takes on monstrous proportions in comparison to the passengers waiting to board. I took this photo on a walk through town with a black and white camera. Without color in photos I often struggle to find something else to give it interest.
Shrimpers
High winds bring the shrimp fleet in to anchor until the seas calm down. This photo was taken at extreme distance and capability of the lens. I then cropped (reduced) it to 5% of the original size. What made it even more difficult was the boats were moving while anchored in the wind. But given all this, I like the way it turned out.
Posing for the shot
Great egret, smiling I think, in Florida.
Reddish Dawn
Key West, Casa Marina pier.
Glen Canyon Dam
Supplying Colorado River water and hydroelectric power to 5 states located in Page Arizona
Race week
Rescue swimmers aboard a helicopter chase a 42 foot, 2200 horsepower racer powered by a 14-liter, 16-cylinder engine during race week in Key West.
Arizona Slot Canyon
The Navajo Sandstone is lit by the overhead sunlight which brings out the red, pink, orange and even purple colors. Page AZ is famous for its 26 mile Antelope Canyon.
Interesting Front Door
Walking around the back streets of Key West with a camera provides endless photo ops.
Big Bangs
Gator
Florida aligator
Color Coordinated Guy
Just walking down a Key West back street when this guy comes riding by.
Drag Show
Las Vegas Motor Speedway NHRA Four-Wide Nationals. One of these cars reached a speed of 353.73mph in 3.697 seconds in these 11,000 horsepower dragsters. The sound of 44,000 horsepower lasting less than 4 seconds actually causes pressure on your chest.
Pioche Nevada
On the site of an old ore processing plant established in 1891 that's been closed for about 45 years. The mill is intact and very interesting to photograph. This is just one of a few outbuildings on the property.
Ford
I really like photographing old vehicles.
Lift Engine
Used to lift the ore cart up the mine shaft. This is an old silver mine in Pioche Nevada. These old mines are pretty spooky to explore, have to be very very careful.
Full Sail
Afternoon sail on the America 2.0 off Key West FL
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.
Best Christmas Outfit
Years ago the Curry Mansion in Key West went all out in decorating for the holidays.
1913 wood powered steam driven “steam roller”
Wisconsin Gas & Steam Engine Show. Plowing with Steam Engines, Sawmill, Threshing Machines, Model Steam Engines, Crawler Tractors, Shingle Mill, Stone Crusher, Blacksmith Shop, Corn Chopping/Silo Filling. This is a partial list of the activities planned for the upcoming 3 day 50th anniversary show in August.
Hibiscus
Flowers are 8-10" wide and only last one day.
Sunday Fireworks
10,000′ Wildflower
Not sure what it is but it was growing in a dark forest at 10,000 feet.
Navajo Bridge
Navajo Bridge is the name of each of a pair of steel spandrel arch bridges that cross the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon National Park (near Lees Ferry) in northern Coconino County, Arizona. The newer bridge of the pair carries vehicular traffic on U.S. Route 89A over Marble Canyon between Bitter Springs and Jacob Lake, allowing travel into a remote region north of the Colorado River including the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
The dual spans of Navajo Bridge are tied at ninth place among the highest bridges in the United States with nearly identical heights of 467 feet for the original span, and 470 feet for the second span.
Bridal Veil Falls
Bridal Veil Falls is a 607-foot-tall double cataract waterfall in the south end of Provo Canyon in Utah. Maybe you can see the lady in red near the bottom to give you better size perspective.
SoBe
South Beach, also known as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, and in 1910 was the first section of the beach to be developed.
In 2009, the Miami New Times described it as "Until the 1980s, Miami Beach was a peculiar mix of criminals, Cubans, and little old ladies. Then the beautiful people moved in."
Today, it is considered one of the wealthiest and most prosperous commercial areas on the beach with 65% of residents speak Spanish as a first language.
Canyonlands
Canyonlands National Park is located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. The parks 530 square miles 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
Brick rear view mirror
Maybe 8am in an old warehouse district in Milwaukee. I found myself facing the sun which is blocked by this building but lighting the buildings behind me which is reflected in the windows of this building. Another good 2500 piece jigsaw puzzle.
Gold Butte National Monument
This national monument located northeast of Las Vegas. The monument protects nearly 300,000 acres of desert landscapes featuring a wide array of natural and cultural resources, including rock art, sandstone towers, and important wildlife habitat for species including the Mojave Desert tortoise, bighorn sheep, and mountain lion. The area also protects historic ranching and mining sites such as the ghost town of Gold Butte. Wikipedia
Cosmos
Boerner Botanical Gardens
Inside Out
Without color the lines and shapes become visible.
Bel Air
1956 Chevrolet. It was parked in the shade and I liked the color, chrome and shadow of the tree leaves.
Different
Cloudless windy day, palm trees, a black & white camera and looking for something different.
Casa Marina Hotel
On New Year’s Eve 1920, Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, opened its doors as Key West’s most glamorous destination. Conceived by American railroad tycoon Henry Flagler, the resort was intended to accommodate wealthy customers of Flagler’s Overseas Railroad, which spanned from Key West to the Florida mainland.
California Dreamin
Middle of nowhere near Bakersfield CA.
Lake Powell AZ
Lake Powell, Page Arizona with sun setting behind me.
Pawn shop wall art
Nicely decorated wall of the parking lot. The Stratosphere hotel, my walking destination, towers over it.
Dante’s View
Perched atop the Black Mountains at 5,475 feet, Dante’s view is tall and wide. Both of Death Valley’s elevation extremes, 282 feet below sea level and 11,049 feet above, can be seen in a single glance. Dante’s View in Death Valley National Park offers premier panoramic views of Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America. Across the valley rises Telescope Peak, the highest in the park.
Spinning
This was 1/2 way through it's 180' spin when I took this. She's turning to the left before heading out the shipping channel towards it's next port.
International Harvester
Delivery truck R.I.P. in Nevada
Waiting for a train
There's something in photography called "leading lines" that if captured should lead your eyes into the photo causing interest. I took it in color but I converted it to B&W because the color seemed to get in the way.
After Hours
Street in Key West called Petronia that day or night is pleasant to walk down. Nice shops and restaurants away from the hustle of Duval Street. This shop was closed but full of color. Happened to have a good lens on the camera that performs well in low light.
Extraterrestrial Photographers
Walked out to the end of a pier to take a sunrise photo and was joined by what appeared to be an extraterrestrial and a friend with the same idea.
Abandoned Hotel
Pioche NV is a dying town with plenty of old building such as this one.
Chicago Glass
Clouds, blue sky and beautiful design reflecting it all.
Thistle
Blackhawk Helicopter
EAA Oshkosh
Day For Sailing
America 2.0 is a large sailboat that winters in Key West giving day and sunset sails. This particular day it was extremely windy.
Tricolored Heron
A medium-sized, delicate and slim heron with a long, daggerlike bill. Its long thin neck curves up to its small head. Wingspan is a little over 3 feet. I find these and other birds in a Federal wildlife sanctuary on Big Pine Key which is about 40 miles from Key West.
Glen Canyon Dam
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of 27 million acre-feet. Credit Wikipedia
Neon Boneyard – Las Vegas
A non-profit dedicated to rescuing and preserving electric signs from around Las Vegas. Once a month they flip the switch on the working signs and invite people in to take beautiful photographs.
Ely Nevada
Nevada's National Historic Landmarks Committee granted unanimous support to nominating the Nevada Northern's East Ely shops complex as a National Historic Landmark. The nomination was approved by the National Park Service on September 27, 2006.
1929 Butler Blackhawk
This is one of 19 antique aircraft in the Kelch Aviation Museum located in Brodhead Wisconsin. No more than 11, and maybe as few as 9 Blackhawks were built with only 2 currently flying. It is powered by a Wright 220 hp J-5 engine.
Key West pier at dawn
Las Vegas Neon Museum
Once a month they open and light up the yard for photographers. It is a beautiful place offering very colorful night camera fun, which one can say about a large portion of Las Vegas.
Anyway, here is what their website has to say about the museum: Founded in 1996, The Neon Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying, and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts and cultural enrichment.
Wind Surfing
Windy Day in Key West brings out the best.
Las Vegas Graffiti Art
Walking around the Fremont Street area of Las Vegas is one of my favorite places to find all kinds of photo opportunities. This one in particular caught my eye as it seems you could peel back the layers of graffiti that have accumulated over the years.
Alley Art
A couple areas of Las Vegas have alleys that attract graffiti. Some art is very well done while others is as they say, in the eye of the beholder.
Hot Colored Air
Getting to ready launch a field of hot air balloons. This is one of the more colorful and dramatic events I get to photograph.
Harry Truman
This is his presidential limousine on display at the Little Whitehouse in Key West Florida
Colorado river
Taken on a nice 1/2 day raft trip south of the Glen Canyon dam in Page Arizona.
Wisconsin State Fair
Neon Boneyard Las Vegas
Opened 30 years ago, the Neon Boneyard contains more than 250 unrestored signs which are illuminated with ground lighting as well as 26 restored signs which are on all the time. 2 of the 26, the Riviera and Fitzgeralds, were received in working condition.
Daylily
And a friend, of sorts, I guess.
Chevrolet
Sunscreen is a must when laying out in the Nevada sun.
Road America
Elkhart Lake antique race week
South Beach Miami
Art deco hotel in full neon.
Fireworks Friday
Boom sizzle crackle...
Paria Canyon
The Paria Movie Set: This set was located at the bottom of this towering, multi-colored sandstone canyon only a few miles up the Paria River from Paria Sage Casitas. The movie set was used to film western movies such as Sergeants 3 in 1961 and The Outlaw Josey Wales in 1976 as well as TV shows from 1963-1991. As a location, it was used for several episodes of Gunsmoke and Sergeants Three. Those willing to take the bumpy trip will be rewarded with interpretive displays and remarkable canyon views. While the movie set withstood gunfights and saloon brawls, it couldn’t withstand the ravages of nature. Flooding left a 20 foot gully running through the middle of the three-building town. Through a cooperative effort between local volunteers and the BLM, the buildings were dismantled and rebuilt on stable ground.
One of many
Walking around downtown Las Vegas on lower Fremont Street almost all of these old motels were boarded up due to the Covid shutdown.
1910s Church & Community Cemetery
Located in Old World Wisconsin historical site.
It shimmers
Walking around Chicago with my camera is the best. Sharp lines, the glass reflecting what cannot be seen and morning light combined with shadows brings it all together.
Frosty Zion
Utah's Zion National Park is beautiful year round but winter is special with the dusting of snow and very few people.
The Bull
The Bull is a famous bar in Key West. Only in the early morning do you find a primo table like this available.
In the rain
Walking across a Miami street wearing a plastic poncho I see this guy looking very cool under his umbrella. I asked if I could I take his picture and with a smile he said yes. So out comes the camera and I pushed the shutter button. Showed him the photo, we chatted about umbrellas with holes vs sweaty ponchos and I moved on.