Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Tanzania, Travel on Feb 28th, 2012
Every once in a while, I find myself in a position to capture the charge of a bull elephant. Kelio, my long time guide in Tanzania, tells me that the bulls will make three mock charges. The forth one is for real, and they will be coming thru your window. Fortunately, the expert guides at [...]
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Photo of the Week, Safari on Dec 19th, 2011
A very early morning on the Mara Plains with sun kissed grasses and balloons in the air. Nikon D3S, 24-70mm @ 65mm, f/6.3, ISO 800 at 1/200 sec, 6 images stitched together. Cheers and happy photo’ing
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Sep 25th, 2010
You bet and it is one of my favorite landscape techniques. In this particular photograph, we had just returned to Mara Plains Camp after spending the entire day on the Masai Mara Plains. As we approached the camp, I noticed that big ole African sun about the break the cloud bank. I yelled at everyone [...]
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Dec 20th, 2009
Nikon D300, 17-55mm @ 31mm, ISO 200, 1/200 sec @ f8
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Travel on Nov 6th, 2009
Nikon D70, 12-24mm, December 2004 Petra is the treasure of ancient world, hidden behind an almost impenetrable barrier of rugged mountains, boasting incomparable scenes that make it the most majestic and imposing ancient site still-standing nowadays. Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in Jordan located about 262 km south of Amman and [...]
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Oct 25th, 2009
Nikon D300, 17-55 @ 17mm, ISO 200, f10 at 1/160 sec Deep in the sand dunes of Namibia, I was presented with a rolling light show of highlights and shadows as the sun rose from my left. With the camera having significantly less dynamic range than the human eye, it is always a challenge to [...]
Posted in Pacific Northwest, Photo of the Week, Travel on Oct 9th, 2009
September 2006, Nikon D2x, 200-400VR, @240mm, ISO 100, f8.5 Shooting above 14,000 feet, I thought I was going to die. Knowing that I was not in shape for this final climb to get to the goats and already feeling the thin air, I took only one camera and lens with no tripod, plus my GPS. [...]
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Sep 25th, 2009
May 2009, Nikon D300, 17-55mm f2.8@ 55, ISO 500, f11 at 1/50 sec, -1/2 EV Metered slightly below the horizon in spot metering mode As sunlight started across the distance mountain range, I hiked up a nearby rock outcroping some 500 feet above the valley floor to get this image. The clouds were simply spectactular [...]
Posted in Photo of the Week, Studio Works on Sep 18th, 2009
The Hand of Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti Nikon D70, 70-200mm VR, f6.3 at 1/250, ISO 200 November 25, 2004, Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq
Posted in Photo of the Week, Studio Works, Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2009
You have seen a great deal of my youngest daughter, Coogan, lately. To keep the playing field even, I thought I had better toss in a photo of my oldest daughter, Alexis. I am blessed by having two wonderful and beautiful daughters. I am even more blessed by having them as my best friends. Life [...]