Interesting that the Russians left California just before the gold rush (not enough furs to be profitable for trade.) Then left Alaska before the gold rush there. It might have been a different world had they stayed. This photo is a contrast as the cannons are in front of the church.
(Most of us want curly hair if ours is straight.) I love these types of photographs as I have no talent when it comes to astrophotography. Absolutely Beautiful
Hopefully it is repaired since the earthquake last year. one of the lakes drained because a fissure opened up on the bottom. They allow 40,000 people in here each day and lots of days especially in season they turn people away. Still worth the trip.
I had the great opportunitiy to travel to China and visit several of the national Parks. This waterfall is in Jiuzhaigou and is about 1/2mile around. very picturesque and beautiful.
I will not make any apologies but did take the liberty to augment this photograph in photoshop. To be honest I took the photo specifically to do this. I wanted a painting look to the scene. I had passed by here many times but the lighting and shadows were not correct for what I wanted to...
Always up to a challenge I was motivated to get Bee's in flight in a better light and better depth of field. Fortunately for me It was a great day huddled in the flowers with bees inches from my head and flying all around. I was able to get these 2 in a turf battle over this flower. They had...