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.
Maybe that Holiday Inn we passed?
The sign is one thing but it is always the old neon that attracts me because of its wonderful color.
One of 146 Restaurants
There are 146 Restaurants in Key West as of December 1, 2024. Key West is a small town with a population of just under 25,000 people. It's known for its vibrant nightlife, historic architecture, and "Floribbean" character. Key West is also walkable, as it's only 4 miles by 2 miles.
Newspaper Rock
Within the 527 square miles of Utahs Canyonlands National Park you'll find this petroglyph panel etched in sandstone that records approximately 2,000 years of early human activity etched on the rock from B.C. time to A.D. 1300. Scholars are undecided as to the figures meanings. In Navajo, the rock is called Rock that tells a story. This panel is about 8x12 feet with many other panels located throughout the park.
In wind on water
Taken on a windy night from the front of a moving boat.
Sunrise Palms
A few strands of christmas lights, palms against a nice sunrise made for a pretty sight.
Death Valley
One of my favorite National Parks.
Chicago River Sunday
I love to go on a weekend because the city is relatively quiet. Sightseers vs workers in a hurry.
Alley Flower
Walking through an alley in Las Vegas that spray can artists had decorated we came upon this growing in a planter with a sprayed shipping container in the background.
Ore Mill
Old Godbe Mill - A silver-ore processing mill located in Pioche Nevada, the Godbe Mill was established in the 1920s, and abandoned in the 1940s.
Stormy Sunrise
Sun was rising behind my left shoulder while this lightning show was performing over the Gulf of Mexico.
Milwaukee Architecture
The Mitchell Building is an ornate five-story bank and insurance building designed by E. Townsend Mix in Second Empire French style and built in 1876 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Wikipedia
Beauty with age
I love to walk the side streets, alleys and lanes in Key West to photograph the endless character. Like so many that have been left alone they seem to get better with age as sun, humidity, insects and the relentless vegetation create unique looks.
New and Old
Daylily outside an 1800s home in Wisconsin. I walked up to this window thinking I was going to take a photo of what was behind me in some very old wavy glass but it was in the shade. The flower was lit nicely so it seemed to work against the drab old wooden building.
Navy T-6
EAA Oshkosh
Barefoot Sunrise
Smooth water in the early morning bring out the pros. This lake has a waterski team that performs every Wednesday evening. I've seen as many as 23 skiers doing a 3 person high pyramid.
Monarda
From my mother's garden in Wisconsin.
Outside Zion
This is the Virgin River after it has left Zion National Park. Behind me is the deserted town of Grafton UT which has been partially restored by the Park Service due to its unique history.
Teen Owl
A photographer friend called saying there was a Great Horned Owl just sitting on a wall. Expecting the owl to be at a far distance I grabbed an unnecessary powerful zoom lens and headed out. Well this owl was simply sitting 6' off the ground, in daylight and not at all frightened. I learned it was a young owl (clueless teenager) who didn't quite know how to act owlish. Anyway, we took a few eye level photos from 10' away with giant lenses and left.
Key West Art Gallery
I talked with this gentleman for quite awhile. He was in tough shape due to hurricane Irma which had dramatically reduced tourism and with it, months of income.
Old rolling stock
Soo Line sleeping car #1210 “Rhinelander” was built in May 1902 as a first-class, 12 section sleeper with a smoking room and a state room. The sleeper is of wood construction. Not bad for 121 years old.
Mangrove Buckeye
Thanks to Google I was able to quickly identify this butterfly.
Mirror
Based on the light sometimes I have to leave the shutter open to capture more light. This one took 6 seconds which had the added benefit of smoothing out the already flat lake.
Winging It
In Brodhead WI there is the wonderful Kelch Aviation Museum focusing on antique aircraft. With blue sky, white clouds and endless green grass these beautiful planes quite easily become photographic art.
Artsy Ferris Wheel
The result when I take a night photo of a spinning ferris wheel and I purposely make the camera unstable for a moment.
Porch Art
I like interesting porches as they entice us into the house to see what's behind the door and meet the dwellers.
Orchid
High Altitude Prairie
Located near Cedar Breaks UT the prairie at the 10,000 foot level is covered in wildflowers if the previous season received adequate rainfall.
Bryce Canyon National Park
I drove through here last week on the way home from somewhere else. The skies were dark with very thick grey almost black low clouds. But every once in a while the sun would peek through and light up a small area of dream sickle colored sandstone allowing me a couple photos.
Weeeeeee
Wisconsin State Fair ride. I left the shutter open for 2 seconds and had the camera mounted on a tripod to prevent it from moving.
Flying & Fireworks
Each July brings the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Assn) show to Oshkosh WI making it the busiest airport in the US for 10 days. Two nights they have a second show after dark featuring stunt planes and fireworks for 3 hours. These night photos make for some of the most surprising photos I've ever taken. This photo shows ground fireworks while a plane, shooting its own fireworks, performs a double loop over the top.
On a windy night
Trying to take photos on a windy 4th of July from a boat.
Artsy Ferrari
Taken through a rear window it picked up various reflections.
B-17 Flying Fortress
B-17 Top Turret and Cockpit windows - EAA Oshkosh
Harry Miller 1875-1943
His engines dominated American oval-track racing for almost half a century. Most of the speed records which there were to be had on land and water were held at one time or another by those engines. He created the school of American thoroughbred engine design, which was faithfully followed by those who sought to outdo him. He was the originator, in the United States, of the racing car as an art object. He had a passion for metalwork and machinery that soared above and beyond all practical consideration.
Simple Sunset
Key West sunsets are wonderful and even the simple ones are nice if you throw in a couple palm trees.
Window to the past
Nelson Nevada gold mine has a wonderful assortment of old stuff.
Bryce Canyon National Park Utah
From Wikipedia: The air in the park is so clear that on most days the Kaibab Plateau can be seen 90 miles away in Arizona. On extremely clear days, the Black Mesas of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico can be seen some 160 miles away. The park also has a 7.4 magnitude night sky, making it one of the darkest in North America. Stargazers can, therefore, see 7,500 stars with the naked eye, while in most places fewer than 2,000 can be seen due to light pollution, and in many large cities only a few dozen can be seen.
Silver Bismarck
The palm, common in Florida, grows slowly to 30 feet or more...and each thick, fan-shaped frond can reach 10 feet in diameter.
Subtle contrast
As I've said in other captions, 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.
Red Mountain Ivins Utah
Douglas DC 3
EAA Oshkosh
1897 Barn
This octagonal barn was erected by Ernest Clausing, a local barn builder 125 years ago. Mr. Clausing erected 14 of these barns in the southern end of Ozaukee County WI, all within one mile of the Lake Michigan shoreline.They ranged in size from 3,200-over 9,000 square feet.
Badlands National Park
Neither the sky nor the landscape had much color that day so I shot it in black & white.
Sunset Key
Standing on Sunset Key, which is a short 1/4 mile ferry ride from mainland Key West FL, I'm able to take some wonderful sunset photos from the beach.
Old rolling stock
#22 served her entire life in the Marquette area of the upper peninsula of Michigan. She was built in 1910 by the American Locomotive Company.
Road Runner
200′ of Fun
Anchored off Key West visiting during the powerboat race week.
Rail Art
Near a quarry in Nevada that whenever I drive by I usually find 1 or 2 painted cars that are worth photographing.
EAA Oshkosh
Stunt plane
Art is very subjective
Streetwalking on Las Vegas Boulevard you come across all kinds of reflections, shapes and colors. Sometimes when I eliminate color it makes everything else stand out.
Drag Strip
Not only is it the main street through Key West it is also the worlds longest drag strip. One of the events during Conch Republic days are the bed races, beds mounted on wheels pushed by female impersonators, a.k.a. Drag Queens. One end of Duval is the Atlantic Ocean and the other end is the Gulf of Mexico, hence the Worlds Longest Drag Race. True Fact
The Lone Cypress
The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree located in Pebble Beach, California. Standing atop a granite headland overlooking Carmel Bay, the tree has become a Western icon and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America. Wikipedia
11,318 Feet
From here on Brian Head Peak UT you look over Arizona and Nevada. At the base is Cedar Break National Monument and in the lower left corner is Brian Head ski slopes. It takes a fairly sturdy vehicle to venture up here and at this altitude, combined with the awesome views they will literally take your breath away.
Gunlock State Park
Located near Ivins Utah.
Taliesin
Taliesin is a historic property located 2.5 miles south of the village of Spring Green, Wisconsin. It was the estate of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and an extended exemplar of the Prairie School of architecture. The expansive house-studio set on the brow of a ridge was begun in 1911; the 600-acre property was developed on land that previously belonged to Wright's maternal family. Wikipedia
Peaceful sunset
Key West FL
Great Egret
Great Egrets wade in shallow water (both fresh and salt) to hunt fish, frogs, and other small aquatic animals. They typically stand still and watch for unsuspecting prey to pass by. Then, with startling speed, the egrets strike with a jab of their long neck and bill.
Good Morning Sunshine
A giant hybrid sunflower grown in a botanical garden. Hard for you to appreciate the size but it is massive and the height of the plant had to be 10 feet.
Look up
Fire escape on a very tall building.
Warthog
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force. In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II-era fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets, but commonly referred to as the "Warthog" or "Hog".Wikipedia
Scenic Drive
Somewhere along Hwy 89 between Cedar Breaks National Monument and Bryce Canyon National Park.
Brilliant P 47
EAA Oshkosh
Original 1917
1917 Herschell-Spillman Carousel at Circus World Museum Baraboo, WI
24 jumping horses, 2 chariots, all wood composition and original 105 year old paint. In perfect working order and cost $1.00 a ride.
During a break the operator was nice enough to let me walk around taking photos of the horses.
Snow Canyon State Park
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 in Washington County. Wikipedia
Key West Creative
Bike wheel, basket and poinsettia.
Old rolling stock
These railroad photos were taken at the Mid-Continent Railway yard in Wisconsin.
Oil of water
Walking along the water in Pacific Grove CA I came upon this artist who not only allowed me to take his photo but was also thrilled when I emailed the photo to him. For the next few weeks whenever I saw someone painting landscapes I'd take their photo at a similar angle and mail them their photos. It was fun for all of us.
Key West Florida
Powerboat Racing 2022
These two have just finished a 180 degree turn and are now in full throttle at over 100mph heading out to the Gulf of Mexico. They are close to the pier on Sunset Key with Key West in the background.
Window peeping
Walking around Las Vegas I took this through a window. Not the sharpest photo, nothing very interesting going on but for some reason I like it. It's even hanging in a (temporary) frame in the house.
Where its prudent to give way
We watch and wait while this cruise ship makes a 180 degree turn. When finished the stern will be to us and it will head to the left towards the shipping channel then out to sea. I hope my friend Chuck sees this photo.
Finland
An area called Little Finland in Gold Butte National Monument is filled with interesting sandstone shapes. For scale, the centerpiece is 10-15' tall.
Butch Lived Here
Robert Leroy Parker, A.K.A. Butch Cassidy, lived here with his family from 1880 to around 1884. The door was locked but I found this broken pane.
Badlands National Park
The rugged beauty of the Badlands in South Dakota draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today. per NPS
Interesting
Key West street vendor has an interesting product line.
Sunny Zion
Zion National Park at about 1pm. To give an idea of scale you might be able to see the shuttle bus left of center or people on the trail in the lower right.
Purple Dawn
Prickly Pear Cactus
A beauty and a beast, prickly pear is beloved for its blossoms and feared for its vicious spines. Its yellow, red, and orange cup-shape flowers last just one day, but a large clump of prickly pears will bloom for several weeks in summer, providing delicate beauty among the thorns. If you break off an "ear" and simply push it into the ground it will grow roots allowing a new plant will form.
Ahhhh
Waiting for a customer to crawl in
Field of dreams
The Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead WI includes 19 vintage aircraft, 3 vintage automobiles, 10,000 aviation books, 12 original aircraft engines, cabinets of photo collections, and dozens of models, works of art, and one-of-a-kind treasures! Whether you’re a Snoopy-and-the-Red-Baron fan or a researcher sleuthing out original aircraft blueprints, we have something to fascinate you! Kelch website
I've been going there every summer for the past 3 years to take photos of these very unique aircraft while on display in the museum hangers and also while flying about the "field of dreams" as I call it airport.
Egret
This is a Reddish Egret in the Florida Keys
Auburn
Auburn automobiles were produced from 1900 to 1937 which were fast, good-looking and expensive. However, after the 1929 Wall Street Crash, and the economic downturn that ensued, the vehicle business halted in 1937 and Auburn started to produce a line of kitchen cabinets and sinks, to keep the company afloat. wikipedia
Cedar Breaks
A National Monument in Utah with an elevation of about 10,500 feet.
I might be the same age…
Now that hurts.
Hoover Dam
I'm standing 726' atop Hoover Dam looking down at the Colorado river with Lake Mead behind me. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the US by volume when full. It is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality originally constructed for workers on the construction project, about 30 mi southeast of Las Vegas. The dam's generators provide power for public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California.
Las Vegas in B&W
Taken with my Leica Q2 Monochrome camera. All digital cameras take photos in grays then the processor matches those tiny grey pixels to the matching color pixels the camera maker engineered into that brand. So 10 cameras, including phones will give 10 different looks all settings being equal. The differences will be very subtle but they will differ. This camera I used does not convert to color. It uses its lack of color processing to produce a very, very high resolution image in shades of grey. It seems to work particularly good on architecture.
The power of Irma
September 2017 Hurricane Irma made landfall in an area 20-50 miles north of Key West as a Category 4 with 140mph winds with recorded gusts of 180 on Big Pine Key. About a month after the storm passed I visited this area on Long Beach Road. This home received the 5' water surge plus wave tops relentlessly pushing until it broke through the house. Everything in the home was swept into the mangroves behind me.
The Blues
Every morning
The activity is the same but every morning there is a new background.
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.
1800s Outhouse
Wikipedia: Outhouses are commonly humble and utilitarian, made of lumber or plywood. This is especially so they can easily be moved when the earthen pit fills up. Depending on the size of the pit and the amount of use, this can be fairly frequent, sometimes yearly. I found this in South Dakota on a homestead from the 1880s.
Sunlit Balloon
Sand Dunes at Dawn
Taken at Coral Pink (really) Sand Dunes State Park in Utah.
One of so many
Las Vegas architecture at night
Arizona Slot Canyon
Navajo Sandstone and resident
Las Vegas Lines
Las Vegas is, if anything, is colorful. But I think the architectural detail really comes through nicely in black and white.