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I wrote in @MonikaC's post about her excursion into Death Valley that I visited the area "a few weeks ago". I actually went there all the way back on February 14! Anyway, these images were just one part of a day trip during which I drove nearly 500 miles. It started in Bakersfield at sunrise. I...

2025 was a year! I visited six different countries on four different continents (I include the USA and North America in that figure). The images below represent not only my favorite shots of the year, but also documentation of sorts of where I traveled. No. 1 - I spent a few days after New Year...

This image of Kata Tjuta in Australia represents my first attempt using DXO PureRAW5. I then sent it to Photoshop where I made basic adjustments to light and color. For those of you more experienced with the DXO programs, what do you think of the editing job it helped produce? I just downloaded...

I recently had the privilege of spending 2 nights at Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park in the center of Australia. This pano was taken shortly after my godfather and I landed at the two-gate airport. Both of us were absolutely giddy.

These Eastern Sierra fall color images are a mixture of the June Lake Loop and Conway Summit area in Mono County, CA from this past weekend before the snowstorm. I’ll see if I can go out this weekend to find fall color mixed with snow.

I took a walk along McGee Creek on Sunday in Mono County, CA, just south of Mammoth Lakes and was astonished by fall color. I may need to return to this canyon. I believe 12,614 Mt. Baldwin is visible in the background.

I found plenty of fall color at Lake Sabrina near Bishop, CA this weekend, but the peak color took a back seat to what I saw on the way home. I was treated to a WILD sunset, one that I'd put into a list of Top 5 sunsets I've seen since moving here more than 5 years ago. A beam of golden light...

Saturday’s walk to Paiute Pass and the Humphreys Basin in the Eastern Sierra near Bishop, CA was much less exciting and painful compared to last year’s hike when I got caught in a thunderstorm complete with thunder, lightning, and hail. Mt. Humphreys is 13,986 feet tall and it’s one of the...

I went for a drive in the Volcanic Tablelands north of Bishop, CA, and stumbled into this canyon with a narrow, twisty, tricky dirt road. A field of wildflowers inspired me to take a break from driving. White Mountain Peak is in the background, just a few hundred feet shorter than Mt. Whitney.

I went for a drive on random dirt roads yesterday in the Eastern Sierra and ended up on Bald Mountain Lookout, a hilltop at 9100 feet that provides astonishing views in all directions. The Mono Craters are visible in the right side of the image, Obsidian Dome and Wilson Butte are in the center...

I’m just about recovered from jet lag after returning from a week in Portugal and Germany. Perhaps my favorite part of Portugal was the afternoon trip to Boca do Inferno near Cascais and Lisbon. I found it a slightly difficult place to photograph due to the harsh light and shadows as part of the...

A week ago I drove 650 miles from Eugene, OR back to Bishop, CA. Mt. Shasta showed me some of the only non-rainy, non-snowy weather I encountered all day. This is a three-image pano.

Earlier this month my parents and I went on a ranger-led hike into a closed area in Death Valley National Park where there are lots of fossilized animal footprints, plants, raindrops, and other things, all of which are found on nearly vertical walls of sedimentary rock. Death Valley at one...

My parents and I recently stayed in Death Valley National Park overnight because we won a spot on a ranger-led hike into a closed area that features lots of fossilized animal footprints from millions of years ago. Our accommodation was near Zabriskie Point so I got up early enough to see the...

January 1, 2025 was a pretty great start to the year because I captured these reflections from the Chiang Kai Shek memorial in Taipei, Taiwan. Each of these was taken with the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Another stop during the final-day tour of the northern coast of Taiwan was Jiufen. This little town is perched on top of a mountain and is absolutely swarmed by tourists. The town is famous for a pair of tea houses that feature this view from their balconies and serve tea and snacks in a really...

On our final full day in Taiwan, we joined a tour group that would take us around different locations outside of Taipei. The first stop was Yehliu Geopark on the northern coast of the island. This peninsula features fascinating geologic features that remind me of hoodoos. We only had about an...

Like last year, this will be a sort of photo journal of where I traveled through the year. It’s quite difficult to narrow down the thousands of shots I’ve taken to just 10. But these sum up my year nicely. No. 1 - Death Valley National Park got some moisture in the beginning of 2024 and...

I just returned from 8 days in Taiwan, beginning with 2 nights at Sun Moon Lake. These images were taken with the iPhone 15 Pro Max. What a great experience for my first visit to Asia!

On my way to visit my parents for Christmas in Sacramento, I chose to make the journey across the Sierra yesterday instead of today to avoid the snowstorm. My route took me along U.S. 50 in Lake Tahoe at sunset.