I don't live in an area that gets a lot of thunderstorms, and I've never really had a chance to try and photograph a lightning bolt.

Coming down the mountains in eastern Oregon on a birding trip, I hear some thunder in the distance, stop at the nearest pull-off and 1000-or-so shots later...

Got me a picture of lightning!

Landscape near the Albula Pass, Grisons, after a snowy autumn night. Scan from an old slide.

Always nice to photograp the first snow on Ben Lomond of the season.

First storm of 2019 in Rosendahl-Darfeld, Germany

First light on Mumbles Head, S Wales

NP 7012A leans into an S curve near Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad's Mineral shops on a gloomy December afternoon.

Isn't s/he adorable???

First time in my yard this winter - mama with one fawn.

Hopefully they will be back.

First Methodist Church in Tallapoosa, Georgia

First glance at Uluru. Hard to believe this in one solid rock in the middle of flat scrub land.

First try at messing with this

It was interesting to watch how attentive both parents were to the young in this nest. Father was never very far away. (Viera, Florida)

Lake Bonney, Riverland

first glimpse of the ocean, Maine coast.

A rare un-rebuilt SD70MAC leads southbound doublestack train Q203 into the hole at North Cairo amidst freshly fallen powder. Still is extremely weird to call these once ubiquitous wide-nosed EMDs "rare", but considering this is the first one I have photographed in three years with most on the CSX roster either stored or rebuilt, it is what it is...

My first 5 sighthounds (except Lady my first greyhound). Rhia, Fern, Kali, Charliy and number one special dog, Shasta. I'm amazed I managed to get them all together with a film camera, it's hard enough with 3!!! Fern is looking away, but that fits in with her character, she was always looking to run off :-)

Caught here in the very early morning, the Ardington Brook is one of many similar chalk streams (Ginge, Betterton, Lockinge, Goddard's) that emerge in this area of South Oxfordshire below the Berkshire Downs, and then - via multiple ponds and small lakes - meander for about 10 miles through local villages before joining the River Thames near Abingdon.

Der First ist ein Bergrücken als Verflachung des Südwest-Rückens zum Widderfeldgrätli im Berner Oberland nördlich oberhalb von Grindelwald. Er ist über eine Gondelbahn oder zu Fuss erreichbar. Die obere Bergstation heisst ebenfalls First und steht den Besuchern im Winter und im Sommer mit einem gut ausgebauten Ski- und Wandergebiet zur Verfügung. Wikipedia

This is what an inch and a half of snow looks like when it turns out to be almost five inches.

The only barn in our immediate area and it's owned by Cook Country.......so I guess one could say that I own a piece of this property in paying county taxes.......

There is nothing quite as encouraging as a walk on the beach at dawn. The cold air, the magical sky, the anticipation of a new day being revealed ... it's like an energy drink for the soul!

While the James R. Barker finishes loading the first cargo of Mustang pellets, a nice power set on BNSF's job 218 (transfer from Superior) rolls past with 8 cars for Rices Point. Note the commemorative banner on the Barker's boom.

First light at eagle falls

With new to me 13x18 camera. Lens Super Angulon 90mm f:5,6

Fomapan 100, D-76 1+1

CP 7015 higballs through Minnesota City, MN with the RCP OCS. This was the first revenue train for 7015 as well as any given CP Heritage ACu rebuild.

For years I overlooked this stretch of coast, dismissing it as nothing worthy of coastal compositions. Wanting to explore somewhere new, Aaron and I decided to take a gamble and visit this beach for a potentially explosive sunset. At first I didn’t think much of the place but it grew on me as I walked up and down the beach finding different compositions that encompassed multiple sea stacks. We were a bit lucky as well that we had the perfect tide and surf conditions that made many of the compositions possible. I started out shooting this scene with sea stacks flanking the sunset as the sky burned for over 15 minutes. I enjoyed this beach so much that I ended up returning for several more visits but subsequent shoots were not quite as fruitful due to subpar conditions. I would like to return at least when I can get the idea conditions to align once again.

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Looking across from Friar's Cragg with the early morning sun just touching the top of Catbells. Three shots taken then stitched together in PS. A magical morning on Derwentwater last Sunday during our three day visit. Explore

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First light peaking through sea wheat at Outerbanks - Outerbanks,NC,USA on August 23 2014. Photo: Eduard Moldoveanu Photography

Taken while visiting Arkansas last week

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First Light

Crazy Hill

Valley of Fire

Nevada

Our first winter storm is blowing through.

(Anyone in this area interested in taking my field-trip based photography course starting next weekend should contact me through Flickr mail. There is space for one more participant.)

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