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Description: Sunlight in Glacier Bay National Park. Location: Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography and explore Continue Reading →
Description: The Lamplaugh Glacier in in Glacier Bay National Park is receding and leaving behind a moraine. In this case, the moraine starts where the bay ends as the glacier used Continue Reading →
Description: This post might get a little too deep into the joy of being behind the camera, so if that’s not your thing, just click on through. I love that a Continue Reading →
Description: The Uncruise Safari Endeavour anchored in a little slice of Alaskan heaven. Location: Southeast Alaska, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Learn photography Continue Reading →
Description: Onward with the editing of Uncruise photos from earlier this month! In this case, it’s hard to find a better place to kayak with nothing but the 319,000 acre South Continue Reading →
Description: Sorry that it has taken me a few days to get back in the swing of Photo Of The Day after returning from Alaska. I had times a number of Continue Reading →
Description: Just beneath the surface at low tide, sandbars reveal Nature’s idea of beauty with waves and sand. Location: Whidbey Island, Washington, USA, North America Camera: CDJI Mavic 2 Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Description: Timing and using apps like The Photographers Ephemeris or Sun Surveyor helps to place the celestial bodies where you want them. But in this case, I got lucky and had Continue Reading →
Description: It’s so fuzzy! But don’t get too close to cholla cactus, they are vicious. Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Description: It’s hard to catch the Swallows at Mono Lake while they take a break, but patience is rewarded. Here a Violet-green Swallow takes a pause before darting away. Location: Mono Continue Reading →
Description: Fall in Yosemite is a great time of year but always chancy. You never know if the snows will show up of if the valley will be covered in fog. Continue Reading →
Description: Check it out: clouds Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II + 28-300mm L Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing (email) Continue Reading →
Description: While the ‘standard’ view of the beautiful cliffs from Tunnel View is what most people associate with Yosemite Valley, I rather enjoy the view from the road to Tioga Pass Continue Reading →
Description: Seattle’s waterfront got a boost when the Great Wheel opened ten years ago. Its also makes for an interesting study in form, steel and movement. Location: Seattle, Washington, USA, North Continue Reading →
Description: If you take the road to Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park from the bottom of the valley, stop right after tunnel and look back for your last view of Continue Reading →
Description: Taken from a perch above Mono Lake, this is about the perfect distance to watch thunderclouds roll by. Location: Mono Lake, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II Photograph Continue Reading →
Description: Mono Lake in the summer is brutal but the tufas are a refreshingly different sight. Location: Mono Lake, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon 7D Mark II Photograph Copyright Peter West Continue Reading →
Description: It was from this angle that a 1 second clip of mine was used for the pilot introduction of the TV show La Brea. It is a lovely view and Continue Reading →
Description: Without looking it up, and considering this is the edge of Goosenecks State Park, can you guess the river below? Location: Goosenecks State Park, Utah, USA, North America Camera: Canon Continue Reading →
Description: Just north of Great Basin National Park in Nevada is a wilderness area that comes alive with patterns when the sun sinks low. Location: Great Basin National Park, Nevada, Continue Reading →
If you want to keep alllll the things powered up on a road trip, the AlphaESS BlackBee 1000 is a sweet choice that can do 80% of what you need. Continue Reading →
Description: Double Bluff Beach never looked so good as from way up in the sky. Those are the Olympic Mountains peeking (peaking?) out of the clouds in the distance. Location: Double Continue Reading →
Description: My drones have a mode I don’t use enough, but always love the results. It’s the vertical panorama mode that takes three vertical pictures automatically and then stitches them together Continue Reading →
Description: Bristlecone Pines in Great Basin National Park are thousands of years old and their forest doesn’t resemble what we think of as a ‘traditional’ forest. They are sparse trees and Continue Reading →
Description: You may recognize this photo from a previous post about my video Above, Around, Oregon’s Forest. It is Sahalie Falls in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains and it is beautiful in its Continue Reading →
Description: It was a chilly morning but the presence of low clouds will enhance any mountain photo. Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, California, USA, North America Camera: Canon R5 + 24-105mm Continue Reading →
Description: Believe it or not, this Great Egret ‘photo’ is a frame grab from a video. An 8K video to be precise. The extra pixels used by the 8K frame (7680×4320 Continue Reading →
Description: If the angle isn’t right for a nice waterfall rainbow, get a little higher. Koosah Falls and the waterfall trail are worth the effort when you’re in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Continue Reading →
Description: Sometimes a drone is a good way to learn things. In this case, The Roslyn Hotel and its annex, once the largest hotel on the West Coast, is seen Continue Reading →
Description: Harkening back to a visit to Hawaii in February, glimpsing wild dolphins while diving is always a treat. Location: Hawaii, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available Continue Reading →
I’ve been filming more video as of late, as you might have noticed, you faithful reader, you. And I’ve put together a quick video (less than 2 minutes) to show Continue Reading →
Description: There is just so much to see in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Most of it is off-limits to UAVs (drones), but there are a few spots Continue Reading →
Description: One advantage of having a ‘longer lens’ on a drone (Mavic 3 with the 161mm lens) is the ability to capture images that were very difficult before. In this case, Continue Reading →
Description: While this aerial photo doesn’t include the capitol building, it does contain downtown Denver. Location: Denver, Colorado, USA, North America Photograph Copyright Peter West Carey. Image Available For Commercial Licensing Continue Reading →
Description: One of the joys of visiting US National Parks is the chance to see larger-than-us animals. In the case, moose munching at the river in Rocky Mountain National Park. Location: Continue Reading →