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The Merlion, a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's body, is a national icon of Singapore
Taken at The Butchart Gardens, a beautiful and well-known botanical garden in Brentwood Bay, BC, Canada.
Varenna is a comune on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres north of Milan and about 20 kilometres northwest of Lecco.
Varenna was founded by local fishermen in 769, and was later allied of the commune of Milan. In 1126 it was destroyed by the rival commune of Como, and later received the refugees from the Isola Comacina, who had met the same fate (1169).
Light trails from boats that ferry tourists around the Singapore river and Marina Reservoir and lights from the building brighten up the city when night falls.
Fire Canyon in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada is a dramatic sandstone formation that showcases exactly where iron deposits seeped into the silica millennia ago, by an abrupt change from white to red. On this evening, the last throes of the sun shone right along that line of demarcation to illuminate the prominent snowcap of Virgin Peak below the clouds in the distance, while also showcasing the full moon above the clouds.
It was a blustery evening with temperatures in the low 50s and winds gusting to 30 kts, but it was a spectacular sight to behold, and true to Colorado Plateau form, within a week the high temperatures were forecast to be near 100°F.
Recognition:
Best in Class, Nature/Landscape category - NOV 2024, Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC)
Selected for Display, Large Print - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
Hospital Beach (or the Tide Pools) in La Jolla is a pretty popular spot for photographers.
This was my first visit of what will be many more, I'm certain. I was surprised to find it relatively quiet with few other people. It was a beautiful evening with a decent sunset. I truly love living in San Diego.
While visiting Zion National Park for the first time, we took advantage of an opportunity to see Bryce Canyon under snow on New Year's Day 2020.
As seen here, the cloud cover was pretty significant in southern Utah, and Zion was socked in, so we decided to see the snow covered hoodoos at Bryce a mere two hour drive away. My personal favorite park is Bryce Canyon because of its otherworldly imagery, and this visit under a considerable amount of snow confirmed its position. Stunning visuals, relatively unpopulated trails and vistas, and easy access, made this a very worthwhile visit to start the new year off right!
Late afternoon leaf-peeping led me to South Lake on the edge of the John Muir Wilderness in the Eastern Sierras.
As the sun was starting to play hide and seek with the clouds, I decided that hiking further onto the Bishops Pass Trail was probably not going to yield much, so I loitered around the trailhead looking for interesting compositions. I like how this wide angle, including Hurd Peak worked out from this vantage.
With several years of la Niña plaguing Southern California, South Lake is extremely low. The cafe and pontoon boat proprietor at Sabrina Lake told me they haven't been able to put boats in South Lake for three years, and this coming winter looks like another dry one. These clouds, despite being a nuisance for photography produced no rain.
There's such a satisfying feeling as a photographer, when you reach a location before sunrise, when everything is still dark and deep hues of blue and grey, and the first light of the sun begins to illuminate the world in front of your lens.
Standing in the depths of Zion Canyon on a blustery winter morning, my eyes tearing from the sub-freezing gusts, the anticipation is palpable. When the first hint of light starts to warm the Towers and Temple of the Virgin under a still deep blue sky, it is truly one of the Creator's great ceremonies.
Recognition:
Merit Image - 2022 Professional Photographers of California (PPC), Landscape category
Best in Class - MAR 2021 Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC), Nature/Landscape category
Some digital modification to the original base image to include fog and light beams that simply weren't there during my visit.
One of my favorite lighthouses to photograph, Marshall Point Light is a humble structure in Port Clyde, Maine, which became famous when Tom Hanks ran out along its boardwalk as part of the running montage in the movie Forest Gump.
Recognition:
Merit Image - JUN 2023 Professional Photographers of California (PPC) State Image Competition - Open category
Merit Image - JAN 2022 Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC) - Illustrative category
Accepted for Display - DEC 2021 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Waiting for the sun to rise on a rocky knoll just east of the North Window Arch, I saw the pre-dawn light begin to work its way onto this formation.
The red sandstone around the Colorado Plateau is so distinctly different from other places. And, adding to that, these strange formations that occur all around southern Utah just make me think about what pre-historic times must have been like with no trace of man or industry, no trails, no pollution, just the purity of nature in all of its fantastic form.
The brilliant masterstroke exercised in setting aside public lands to protect and preserve them cannot be overstated.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - JAN 2023 by Darkroomers Photographic Club, San Diego, CA.
Nymph Lake in RMNP reflects the remaining light of the day on a late Spring evening.
This small alpine lake (approximately 300' to the distant shore) is the first body of water encountered along the Emerald Lake Trail, one of the most popular hikes in RMNP.
I was very pleased to catch the last vestiges of light on the peaks of the front range, ahead - most prominently, Thatchtop on the right and Storm Peak, Longs Peak and Pagoda Mountain from the left.
Something about the look from this Red-crested Turaco made me think of a Southern woman looking at me with soft sympathy, as if to say, "Bless your heart."
Every visit I have undertaken to the Brevard Zoo over the past 15 years or so, has impressed me by the breadth of their collection. Birds, reptiles, mammals from all over the world, in a relatively small regional zoo, which is very accessible and well maintained. If you find yourself on the Space Coast of Florida, I think it's worth a visit.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - AUG 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
Sunset at the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park.
The fiery colors of the setting sun match the near boiling temperatures of the spring water releasing steam that dances across the surface of the mat with the breeze.
About 90 minutes before this I was chatting with another amateur photographer who asked where I thought the best sunset might be, and I pointed him south toward the Tetons to catch the colors illuminated on the peaks (where I'd been the previous evening). I wish I had his contact info to apologize. This turned out to be far more spectacular than I imagined possible.
The sandstone in the slot canyons around Antelope Canyon is actually cut and shaped by wind more than water, though water plays a role.
Recognition:
Selected for Display - JUN-JUL 2024, Color Scenic: Landscape, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, San Diego, CA
Merit Image - SEP 2023, Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC) Nature/Landscape category
2nd Place, Other - 2022 Image of the Year. Darkroomers Photographic Club, San Diego, California.
Accepted for Display - SEP 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
As the sun begins to set on the West Coast, the last strong rays touch on the inselbergs and taller Joshua trees of the high Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree National Park.
Captured near the parking lot for the Barker Dam Nature Trail, I like the way the light is caught only by the tallest inselberg, the spines of the Joshua Trees, and the few clouds in the sky.
Recognition:
Selected for Display - JUN 2023 San Diego County Fair International Exhibition of Photography (Monochrome Landscape category
Accepted for Display - OCT 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.
This is my take on the Sturgeon Moon of 2019. The full moon of August is often referred to as the Sturgeon Moon.
It was pretty incredible to witness this on Coronado Beach as the moon rose over the historic Hotel del Coronado. Though, I must confess, this image is a composite of two different exposures, one to get the detail of the moon, and one to capture the foreground, the moon actually appeared in this size.
I spent a few days in the Eastern Sierras attempting to capture Fall color images.
Hailing from Pennsylvania, I find the shift, overall, to be a bit less captivating than the change in the Northeastern United States, where there exist a wider variety of deciduous trees. That's not to say that fall in the West isn't pretty, it's simply more focused on the Aspens as they turn gold against conifers like Junipers and other pines.
As my trip wound down, I made a last stop at Whitney Portal, the Trailhead for climbing Mount Whitney from the Eastern Sierra. Due west of Lone Pine, I had hoped I might find some remaining vibrant color. Unfortunately, this location was well past its peak, though there were still signs of autumn throughout. I thought this natural leaf catch was a brilliant last stand.
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - NOV 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.