Recent content by ProCaliberTraveler

I agree, the state should indeed equip me with a brand new Z9! https://www.focalworld.com/threads/mono-lake.19689/

My photography journey began in Cherbourg, France in 2016-17. One of the stipulations of a long-stay visitor visa to France was that I couldn't have a paying job, so I spent my time in Normandy studying French, writing, and learning photography. My parents lent me their Pentax K30 DSLR, so I...

It’s one of those sunsets so vibrant that it makes the mountains glow pink and orange. Nicely done, Alan.

You’ve certainly helped me be a better photographer, Alan. Cheers to you.

I recently visited Chicago for an old college friend’s bachelor party. It was my third visit to this wonderful city and I was pleased to get such a perfect reflection of the skyline while wandering the shores of Lake Michigan.

Of course! I took more than 500 images that day. I posted some of them here in 2023: https://www.focalworld.com/threads/the-wave.21796/#post-187349

During a recent flight from Las Vegas to Chicago, the pilot treated the passengers to spectacular views of several southwest locations. It was one of the more fun 3+ hour flights I’ve experienced. Monument Valley The Grand Canyon Goosenecks State Park (I think)

Having done this hike myself, I can understand why you tripped because there’s no part of the area that’s flat and smooth. I remember my ankles being sore in the evening after the trek. Though you didn’t get to the Wave, I like the small scenes you did capture! I also enjoy your storytelling.

One of several waterfalls on Sonora Pass in the Sierra Nevada this time of year, taken on Friday.

Blue Mountains National Park in Australia

I still have a bottle of ash that I collected there in my childhood. It would have been fascinating to watch the eruption from this vantage point.

I was just suggesting this campground to a friend of mine. What do you think of it?

Congratulations!

Here’s a shot of the Central Australian Desert in the Northern Territory of Australia. The rock formation is Kata Tjuṯa, the only rock that I’ve ever thought disliked me.

This is an unnamed waterfall in the mountains above Lake Wakipatu near Queenstown, New Zealand.