The Pulse Of Calabasas Like A Heart, Kind Of
Description: I often see freeway interchanges from the air as a human heart. While this one isn’t a perfect reproduction with four separate chambers, when I use a slow shutter Continue Reading →
Author: Peter West Carey
Downtown Los Angeles On A Calm Sunday Morning
Description: Almost any city is a treat when you visit just after sunrise on a Sunday morning and LA is no exception. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Placid Bhutan River In Bumthang
Description: Near the middle of Bhutan, up a scenic, short hike, the rivers flow clean and cold. Location: Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Exploding Prayer Flag Colors
Description: Not your ordinary prayer flag colors, with the help of a technique known as Zoom Blur. Location: Bhutan, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
What’s Across The Border With Mexico?
Description: Looking at this photo, can you tell which side is the US and which is Mexico? Sure, if you know that I live in the US, it is safe to Continue Reading →
Nepal And Bhutan Photo Tours Are Set For 2023
I am happy to announce two photo tours to Nepal and Bhutan have been rescheduled to 2023! Nepal’s Wildlife, Temples & Vistas Photo Tour is 14 days long while Bhutan’s Continue Reading →
Yosemite Valley And Mono Lake From The Sky
Description: Filtering through old photos brings me to favorites from years past, like this ever-pleasing view of Yosemite Valley and Mono Lake from a commercial airplane. How many geographic and geologic Continue Reading →
Blue Skies In Blue Building Blueness
Description: Out of the natural splendor of yesterday’s Photo Of The Day and into urban coolness. Blue skies in LA make for some wondrous reflections. Location: Los Angeles, California, USA, North America Continue Reading →
Tidewater Glacier, Close Up
Description: Small boats, like the skiffs from a 78 passenger Uncruise Adventures ship, get as close as is safe to tidewater glaciers in Alaska. I’ve been a half dozen times and Continue Reading →
Nothing But Trees And Mountains
Description: I can only capture this view with a drone and I am glad I did. It’s in the area South of Crater Lake National Park and this time of year Continue Reading →
Favorite Photos from 2021
This post is a copy/paste from my other blog, PeterWestCarey.com, where I review my favorite photos for the 2021. Not my best, just my favorite. 🙂 Another year on the Continue Reading →
The Power Of An Eagle
Description: Up in Alaska, where bald eagles are plentiful, it’s a pleasure to watch them hunt for fish, even in the rain. Location: Alaska, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Autumn Colors In Yosemite National Park
Description: Autumn is a wonderful time to visit the park. Here the Merced River passes by towering cliffs across the valley. Location: Yosemite Valley, California, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Nature’s Patterns And Lake Mead
Description: Nevada’s openness never ceases to astound me, even more so from the air. A backroad from Las Vegas to northern Lake Mead passes through swirling and eroded creations taking centuries Continue Reading →
2022 Rose Parade
Description: HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope this year brings us all various forms of happiness and joy. We had the good fortune to attend the 133rd Rose Parade in Pasadena, Continue Reading →
Mount Rainier And Mount Saint Helens In The Haze
Description: This year’s wildfires all along the West Coast, including British Columbia, left a haze for months on end. The view I love so much when returning to Washington, Mounts Rainier Continue Reading →
I-90’s Wildlife Overpass From The Air
Description: Have you driven through I-90’s wildlife overpass in Washington state and wondered what it looks like from the air? Wonder no more! For those that don’t know, this overpass was Continue Reading →
Yosemite Falls In The Fall
Description: Still flashing back to Fall in Yosemite National Park. Just for a little while longer. With all the snow they have had this past month, it’s a totally different landscape. Continue Reading →
Fall Foliage And The Merced River
Description: Still flashing back to Fall in Yosemite National Park. It takes patience, but you can imagine the park and all its fall foliage all to yourself. Location: Yosemite National Park, Continue Reading →
El Capitan And Fall Foliage Along The Merced River
Description: The title kind of says it all as we are staying put with Yosemite National Park photos for now, most of which were taken back in October during the height Continue Reading →
The Other Side Of Half Dome
Description: Take a look at yesterday’s photo. Now imagine hiking up the valley to Half Dome in the distance. Bear left a little and then hike up the side of the Continue Reading →
Bridalveil Falls And Morning Fog In Yosemite Valley
Description: I’m the sucker who always stops at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park to gawk at the magnificence of Yosemite Valley. If a time comes when I pass by without Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh At Dusk From The Sky
Description: Continuing from yesterday’s take off from Newark Airport, our flight path to LA took us over Pennsylvania and the metropolis of Pittsburgh, quite attractive for tens of thousands of feet Continue Reading →
The Shine Of One World Trade Center
Description: While waiting for a flight out of Newark Airport this Fall, the sun caught One World Trade Center just right. Such a massive reflector! Location: Newark, New Jersey, USA, North Continue Reading →
Highway 18 In The Snow And Sun
Description: If you checked out yesterday’s aerial image coming down from Big Bear Lake, here’s what it looked like heading up Highway 18 to the lake. I’ll be heading back more Continue Reading →
Last Night’s Full Moon Rising
Description: From high up in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, where there is snow! Yesterday I took a drive out of the city to check out the recent snows Continue Reading →
Early Evening Los Angeles
Description: Getting sick of the LA pictures yet? I’m not. Still plenty of exploring to do. As a matter of fact, do you have a suggestion of a particularly photogenic location Continue Reading →
Los Angeles City Hall At Sunrise
Description: I got up hella early for a Sunday (before the sun) to get images and a time-lapse of City Hall. Should have got up sooner as the light was already Continue Reading →
Downtown Los Angeles Aerial Panorama
Description: Los Angeles still manages to amaze me. For one thing, there are big rains coming Monday and Tuesday so I decided to head out and capture images of the city Continue Reading →
Paso Robles Fall Vineyards From Above
Description: Paso Robles is our ‘local’ wine country here in Southern California. While three hours North of LA, it’s a lot closer than Napa. And the wine, back when I drank Continue Reading →
The Road To Kings Canyon National Park
Description: The road to Kings Canyon National Park is a windy jaunt away from major roads. That’s one reason it gets about half the visitors as nearby Sequoia National Park. Continue Reading →
A Trio Of A Trio Of Leafs
Description: Take a look at this first photo of three brightly colored leafs, taken yesterday in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. There’s something different about this Fall photo, can Continue Reading →
Over Under
Description: I’ve been wandering LA’s downtown areas this past summer and part of the time it’s an exploration of movie sets. This one was used, at least once, in a Fast Continue Reading →
The Subtlety of Light
Description: At the end of the day, when the clouds are rolling past and the sun sinks low, every moment is unique. Location: Alaska, Washington, United States, North America Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Mt. St. Helens And Mt. Adams
Description: I am absolutely loving the new Canon EOS R5 with 24-105 L lens I picked up in June. Shots like this, with twice the pixels and a better sensor, make Continue Reading →