
Ground-based Drone Mirage
Description: Let me explain this mirage. It’s a drone photo, but after I was forced to land with the battery down to 10%. But that’s still enough battery to take photos, Continue Reading →
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Description: Let me explain this mirage. It’s a drone photo, but after I was forced to land with the battery down to 10%. But that’s still enough battery to take photos, Continue Reading →
Description: Forests are quite beautiful from above. Even when they seems to have diseased and/or dying trees. Location: Philipsburg, Montana, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Continue Reading →
Description: Just before the hail came, I chanced flying the drone for a better view of the thunderstorms I saw sweeping across Idaho today. Location: Idaho, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic Continue Reading →
Description: Who doesn’t love a plump, little marmot? Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America Camera: Canon R5 + 100-500mm L lens Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Continue Reading →
Description: Today you get a four-pack of photos fresh from Grand Teton National Park! Taken today during a nice clearing between storms (it is supposed to rain all night), luck is Continue Reading →
I bought these USB chargers because I wanted a LOT of power when I travel. Enough to power a laptop, drone charger, camera batteries, tablet, phone, etc… These two fit the Continue Reading →
Description: The rustier, the better. As long as it’s not in use. This beauty is located in Vernon, which has its own water tower (for another day’s post) but this one Continue Reading →
Description: A blast from the past during a family trip riding one of those ‘hop-on, hop-off’ busses. They are a great way to orient yourself to a new city. And if Continue Reading →
Description: I am home now and yet, the Goosenecks State Park photos keep coming. For being such a small (10 acre) space, it sure produces a lot of photos. The park Continue Reading →
Description: Two doorways, same direction Location: Maryhill State Park, Washington, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore the world with Far Continue Reading →
Description: Happiness is a campsite in the sun. Even if the winds are blowing 20MPH+. Today is the day I bequeath this tent I have had for over 20 years to Continue Reading →
Description: It was about 100F when I was here, so we didn’t explore much, but I have plans to go next winter and photograph more of the dunes. Location: Death Valley National Continue Reading →
Description: Take across the Willamette River from downtown Portland. Location: Portland, Oregon, USA, North America Camera: DJI Mavic 3 Cine Hasselblad Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Description: I believe the burn shown here is from the Caldor fire last year in the high Sierra near Lake Tahoe. I do plan to start a project of returning to Continue Reading →
Description: Sunset in Alaska with nothing but mountains and sea. Mountains and sea. Location: Alaska, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Continue Reading →
Description: When the sun is out in Iceland in the winter, there are few places I’d rather be. Such a glorious landscape. Location: Iceland Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Continue Reading →
Description: Saturday was a windy, cloud-filled day in the San Fernando Valley. I was happy to see billowing and wispy clouds at sunrise and quickly grabbed my drone, intent on seeing Continue Reading →
Description: If you’re wracking your mind thinking, “Where in the US Springbrook National Park?“, take a breath. It’s in Australia where their National Parks are as numerous as our state parks, Continue Reading →
In 2021 the Prius Camper saw a fair amount of road miles and improvements. For those unsure of what a Prius Camper is, it’s just a Prius you camp in. Continue Reading →
Description: Sunsets at the Grand Canyon bring the rocks to life in a way you don’t get at midday. Location: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & Continue Reading →
Description: Sunsets don’t all have to be tack-sharp landscape images. Location: Seattle, Washington, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D & 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Description: I’ve been in Kathmandu for just all the weather it typically experiences. Rain, sleet, haze, more haze, monsoon, sunshine with visibility to the Himalayas. But this night in 2013 had Continue Reading →
Description: Buddhist prayer wheels, like these found in Kathmandu, Nepal, typically contain scrolls of prayer inside. When the wheel is spun, the prayers for healing and enlightenment are sent out to Continue Reading →
Description: A little behind-the-scenes info here: The problem with getting underwater photos is the amount of shorter wavelength light at different depths. Basically, there isn’t as much red and orange light Continue Reading →
Description: A second camera I took with me to Hawaii last week was my trust, and small, Sony RX-100 VII. I have used this camera in the past to shoot super Continue Reading →
Description: Another aerial shot just a few moments before I took yesterday’s out over the water. Haleakala is the large mountain rising over 10,000′ above sea level, while descending thousands of Continue Reading →
Description: If you ever get the chance to scuba dive or snorkel with wild turtles (not in a place that baits them), do it! These sea creatures are mesmerizing to Continue Reading →
Description: It’s a good time of year right now to visit Death Valley National Park, before the temperatures likely set new high records this summer. The colors and patterns all around Continue Reading →
Description: Before the sun crests the horizon, the sky is a deep blue. Golden light reflects off the modern structures in Downtown Los Angeles. Location: Los Angeles, California, United States, Continue Reading →
Description: A road leads to the summit crater of Haleakala, the major peak of the island of Maui, and also a National Park. Across the channel you can see Mauna Kea Continue Reading →
Description: We all know the famous views of Machu Picchu. Heck, I have a few on this site (here and here, for instance). But have you ever figured just how high Continue Reading →
Description: So far this week has been all wet, so let’s dry off in a high and dry location: Bryce Canyon National Park The hoodoos you see here have been sculpted Continue Reading →
Description: If you don’t know exactly what you’re looking at, don’t be alarmed. It’s a little hard to figure out. But if the title of this post tipped you off, you Continue Reading →
Description: Hiking to Mount Whitney in the Fall is the best of seasons. The high up places are cool but not icy and the color changes are worth the effort. Location: California, Continue Reading →
Description: Today I am very happy to get this image out of my head and onto the Internet. It’s been bouncing around in my noggin’ for close to a year since Continue Reading →