Dancing House by Frank Gehry
Prague, Czech Republic, 2013. Frank Gehry is noted for the "organic" appearance to his architectural designs. We saw Dancing House, which is a office building in Prague. It was on a busy street and required digitally removing many electrical lines from in front of the building.
Tucumcari Trading Post
Tucumcari, New Mexico, 2014. Tucumcari is a small town in eastern New Mexico along Historic Route 66. It has some of the best preserved old buildings from the Route 66 era.
Western Stockman Parade
Denver, Colorado, 2014. The annual West Stockman Show in Denver kicks off each year with a parade and cattle drive down 16th Street in Denver.
Lunar Eclipse
Pedestrian Bridge, Des Moines, Iowa. The lunar eclipse occurred while we were visited Des Moines, Iowa and we used this downtown pedestrian bridge as a foreground for the moon. 2014
Milky Way at Rock Cut
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2014. Modern digital camera equipment make this type of photograph fun and easy to capture.
Early Light on the Tetons
This is a reflection of the Tetons in the Snake River at Schwabackers Landing in the Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming, 2014
South Park
South Park, Colorado from Trout Creek Pass, 2015
Kanarra Creek
Kanarraville, Utah, 2014. Kanarra Creek is the water supply for Kanarraville, Utah. It is located just off Route 15 in western Utah near Zion National Park.
Altar of Sacrifice
Zion is one of the many wonderful National Parks in the southern United States. Getting good photographs in the narrow canyon can be challenging. Zion National Park, Utah, 2014
Rocks on Fire
The wonderful colors of the sandstone in the slot canyons is not as noticable in the canyons as in pictures as your eyes are adapted to the low light and don't see much color. Antelope Valley, Arizona, 2014
Falling Sand
When it is windy there is sand almost constantly falling down into the slot canyons. You have to be very careful with your camera equipment. Antelope Canyon, Arizona, 2014
Sunbean
The slot canyons of the Colorado plateau are the result of erosion of the soft sandstone by water. You need to photograph them around noon so that there is light coming into the canyons. Upper Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, 2014
Rocks on Fire
The wonderful colors of the sandstone in the slot canyons is not as noticable in the canyons as in pictures as your eyes are adapted to the low light and don't see much color. Antelope Valley, Arizona, 2014
Loretto Chapel Stairs
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2015
Skylight Dome
The late afternoon sun resulted in a cool blue appearance of the dome at the Ralph Carr Judicial Center, Denver, Colorado, 2014
Denver Union Station
Denver Union Station had a recent remodel completed in July, 2014, that added modern elements while preserving the old historic ones.
Tucumcari Twilight
Along Route 66 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, 2015
High Rise Condos?
Cellblock of the Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlings, Wyoming. 2014
Mormon Barn
Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Wyoming. The use of a telephoto lens for this image results in the mountians looming over the barn. 2014
Drying Peppers
While a legitimate way to dry peppers in the southwest is out in the sun these are often just ornemental. Old town Albuquerque. 2014
Pedestrian Bridge at Night
Des Moines, Iowa has this lovely bridge downtown that is a great foreground for cityscape pictures. 2014
Hiking the Dunes
The small hiker in the foreground gives scale to the large size of the dunes. The cloud shrouded mountains in the background add a little mystery. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado 2014
Empty Saddle
Scout's Rest, North Platte, Nebraska. This is the barn at Buffalo Bill's Ranch in North Platte when he retired. 2014
Milky Way
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. Modern digital cameras make taking picture like this relatively easy and fun. 2014
Looking Out at the Capital
This is the Colorado State Capital as seen from the Ralph Carr Judicial Center, Denver, Colorado. The Capital Dome just re-opened from tours after a remodel that included a new gold coating. 2014.
Rotunda Dome
Colorado State Capital Rotunda, Denver, Colorado. The dome of the Colorado State Capital was just remodeled and received a new goldcoating. 2014
Kimo Theater Mezzanine
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2014
Kimo Theater Mezzanine
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2014
Kimo Theater
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2014
Pioneer Still Life
Fairplay, Colorado 2015
Under the Dome
We were driving along Interstate 64 in southern Indiana and saw a highway sign for the Sisters of St. Benedict monistary. The nuns were very accommodating and allowed us to take a number of images of their Chapel. This is a fisheye lens which causes the distortion. Ferdinand, Indiana, 2013
Kimo Theater Stage
Albuqueque, New Mexico, 2015
Squirrel Cage Jail
This is the outside of a very unusual cylindrical jail building in Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2013
Wooden Stairs
Well worn stairs at Lutherhaus, Wittenberg University, Wittenberg, Germany. I love circular stairways for their simplicity and beauty. 2013
Cathedral Dome
Berlin Cathedral, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Setting Up
The use of a fisheye lens causes distortion to the picture, but stresses the large size of the opera house. The "curtain" is really a fireproof wall to prevent fires behind state from spreading into the theater. Dresden Opera House, Dresden, Germany, 2013
Church Tower Stairs
Very well worn stairs were the only way to get to the top the the Munich Cathedral bell tower for a view of the city. Munich, Germany, 2013
Not Afraid to Look
Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2015