Happy New Year everyone! It's that time of year when I like to take a look back at my photography from the previous year and pick out my top 10 lists. I do one for landscapes and one for wildlife - otherwise it would be way too hard! I had a great year last year with some outstanding sunsets in the American Southwest during my snowbird trip early in the year, some excellent … [Read more...]
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Moments Like These
The world cannot be all bad when there are moments like these. Sometimes it feels like the world is full of only terrible things. If you watch the news, no one could blame you for thinking that. That's why I like to get away from cities and television and get out in nature where I can appreciate the beauty and positive things in the world. There are good things here … [Read more...]
A Predictable Magic
Just another desert sunset I spend my days exploring With my eye on the horizon The spot the where the sun will later set Will a blanket of clouds extinguish the light? Will truant clouds create a pastel veil? Or will the clouds disperse for the sun’s rays to infiltrate? I spend my days exploring Willing the clouds to appear and then break The sun sinks below the … [Read more...]
Top 10 Wildlife Photos of 2014
A couple of days ago I shared my Top 10 Landscape Photos of 2014, but I also love doing wildlife photography. This year I have so many wildlife photos that I haven’t processed yet! Not only do I have tons of photos from my trip to Africa, but I also have a bunch of whales, dolphin and birds from British Columbia this summer. So I decided that I had to pick my top 10 out of … [Read more...]
Flying in a Fiery Sky
I made this photo on the same night as the Great Egret image. It was an incredible fiery sunset at Corvina Beach on the the Salton Sea, California. This image required virtually no processing! The sky really did look like this. ISO 1250, 270mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 sec. Please click the image to view a larger version. … [Read more...]
Great White Egret in Flight at Sunset
The Salton Sea in California is a fascinating place for it's history and it's unique shore, but the thing I like most about it is seeing all the birds. It's not Florida, but on the west coast it's one of the best places I have found to photograph birds. In the morning they all seemed to be heading somewhere south and in the evening they all come back north again. I just … [Read more...]