Photo of the day

I was up way too early to catch a 6am flight that landed in Phoenix at 6:20am, courtesy of the time zone switch.  As I got of the rental car bus I had to dig into my rolling briefcase to pull out my “travel camera” which has been ruined by a problem that many Panasonic Lumix cameras […]

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A 4:45am wake up sent me to the computer in the other room to check the actual weather conditions at the balloon fiesta park.  Fearful of the forecast, I was most pleased that the winds were calm.  We woke our guest and were out the door just after 5:30. Later in the park she said […]

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What a weekend. I think I took more photos of more unusual things than I’ve ever done on a single weekend before. A cold front brought tons of rain and snow for the high elevations. The full sized image is here.  (After the image loads in the browser window, click on it for a full […]

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From the land of all that Albuquerque is not, I submit the following:     “From this point I beheld the grandest and most pleasing prospects which my eyes ever surveyed, in my frount a boundless Ocean; … a most romantic appearance.”  January 8, 1806 William Clark – Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Probably about as close as I’m ever going to get to being on the top of Mt. Ranier Once upon a time I thought I’d try and bag this fourteener but the logistics never made it possible.  Besides, I really only like snow for downhill skiing. And after landing – we headed for all that […]

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Its getting to be that time, when the evenings are cooler and a glass of wine on the balcony is a most welcome end to the day.    

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Hiked to the summit again today – my sixth time for the month. Nature does small things so well…. and then finishes off the day with the grand and the majestic.  

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This was a big weekend for variation, and this day as a matter of fact, a big day for the variety of images. First we start on the the seashore near Carmel, California where I had both cameras fast at work, one doing the close up thing, the other the telephoto thing. From what I’ve […]

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I’ve been shooting this flower over the past several days  and I have been trying to get the “perfect” bee shot – but that remains to be seen. Meanwhile, there is this – in the golden hour. And then there is at least this bee from earlier in the day.

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Sunset this time – including a panorama The panorama is a stitch of 5 separate images. You can see the larger image here.

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