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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 →

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 →

Photo Of The Day – BC Ferry At Sunset
Title: BC Ferry At Sunset Location: Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada, North America Description: Pleasant evenings and ferry boats across the waters in BC. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Lens: Canon 28-300mm L ISO: 500 Focal Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Sunrise And The Ferry
Title: Sunrise And The Ferry Location: Puget Sound, Washington, USA, North America Description: It’s hard to beat the view as the sun rises over the Cascade Mountains and a ferryboat passes Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Mount Lassen Vertorama
Title: Mount Lassen Vertorama Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, USA, North America (40°30’33” N 121°27’55” W) Description: A chance encounter on our way out of the park to see Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Unnamed Falls On Boulder River
Title: Unnamed Falls On Boulder River Location: Boulder River Wilderness, Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA, North America Description: These falls are found along one of my favorite hikes in the Washington Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Ferry Boat Approaching Mukilteo In Morning Light
Title: Ferry Boat Approaching Mukilteo In Morning Light Location: Puget Sound, Washington, USA, North America Description: While not taken this morning, the view was close. This time of year, until Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Dark and Light Dunes
Title: Dark and Light Dunes Location: Algodones Dunes, California, USA, North America Description: The Magical Hour was magical indeed on this day. ———————- Camera Canon 7D Lens Canon 28-300mm L Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Morning From The Ferry
Title: Morning From The Ferry Location: Puget Sound, Washington, USA, North America Description: This time of year I get lucky and get to witness the sunrise from the morning Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – BC Ferries At Sunset
Title: BC Ferries At Sunset Location: Strait of Georgia, Either Washington or British Columbia depending on exact location, North America Description: I knew of the San Juan Islands growing up Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Forest Reflection
Title: Forest Reflection Location: Barclay Lake, Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA, North America Description: A minute later and the wind had erased the calmness. Also the kids next to me splashing Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Evening At Double Bluff Beach
Title: Evening At Double Bluff Beach Location: Double Bluff Beach, Whidbey Island ,Washington, USA, North America Description: I’ve been to this beach probably a hundred times over the last 10 years and each Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Sunshine On The Treasury At Petra
Title: Sunshine On The Treasury At Petra Location: Petra, Jordan (30°19’20” N 35°27’6″ E) Description: The Treasury At Petra is one of the most widely recognized images from the Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Intimacy With An Arch
Title: Intimacy With An Arch Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA, North America (38°44’38” N 109°29’59” W) Description: One of the most iconic arches in Utah, that of Delicate Continue Reading →

My Favorite And Odd Photos From 2013
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I am presenting these images from 2013 in the hopes that you find something you like. That being said, there are some images here only I might like, and I’m good with that. I started taking more “odd” photos in 2013, experimenting with blue and playing with colored tonic water poured over fruit and vegetables. While I love the mountains and travel, there are a lot of subject matter that interest me that will never get the “oooohhh” and “ahhhhh”s that those picture garner. But that’s what photography is for me, endless exploration and experimentation to present a view of what is in front of me.
Some of these images made the cut because they are stand-alone pretty. Some made the cut because they hold memories for me and my family (and I know my wife will be reading this post so I want to help jog her memory of the happy times we have shared). And then some….well, I’ll group these images by style to make it easier. Let’s start with the pretty stuff and then move into family memories (there were too many to show them all) and then the odd stuff you might not know me for.
This post will be gathered in a compilation my friend Jim Goldstein puts together of various photographers’ “Best of 2013” lists. If you would like to join in, check out this link. I’m wondering if this list will be included as Jim suggests (rightly so) narrowing your list to five or ten images. I have 32 in this list. I don’t follow direction well.
How To Use This Slideshow For Best Effect
If you are reading this in a RSS viewer or on email, I suggest you click on over to a web browser (Here’s a link to make it easier for you). It works on your phone (probably), tablet or computer and the bigger the screen the better the images.
Now do you see that in the upper right corner above this text? Once you click that, you’ll have a full browser view of the images. You can then use the control arrows at the bottom of the image or your mouse’s scroll wheel. Or just flick them aside on your tablet like you would other pictures.
Image Descriptions
1. Cho Oyu and Photographers, Nepal
2. Sunset from 39,000′, somewhere over California, USA
3. Machermo Range And Dudh Pokhari, Gokyo, Nepal
4. Himalayas and stars through a windows, Machermo, Nepal
5. Yak and Kangtega, Nepal
6. Mt. Rainier and Reflection Lakes, Washington, USA
7. Mt. Baker at sunset, Washington, USA
8. Mt. Hood and Trillium Lake, Oregon, USA
9. Photographer and the Moon, near Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
10. Sun through the trees, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
11. Moonrise over the Cascade Mountains from Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
12. Sunset on the Washington Coast, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
13. Temple Of The Mad Man, Bhutan
14. Monks at ceremony, Jakar, Bhutan
15. Blossoms and field, Jakar, Bhutan
16. My daughter and her friend exploring trees, North Cascades National Park, Washington, USA
17. SMORES!!!! Sequoia National Park, California, USA
18. Looking up, Sequoia National Park, California, USA
19. My wife and daughter at a Papohaku Beach, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
20. My daughter flying a kite, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
21. Sunrise over Maui aboard the UnCruise Adventures Safari Explorer, Hawaii, USA
22. Jessie breaks open coconuts, Molokai, Hawaii, USA
23. A mega-pod of dolphins off the coast of California, USA
24. Military gravestones, Medical Lake, Washington, USA
25. Playing with LEDs, Mt. Baker, Washington, USA
26. Rust and waves, Metchosin, British Columbia, Canada
27. Moths to a flame (look closely and you’ll see the repeating pattern as the light hit them), Clinton, Washington, USA
28. Spinning dancer, Paro, Bhutan
29. Nature’s ladder, Washington, USA
30. Keeping pace with the falls, Oregon, USA
31. How to make an okay sunset even better (panning blur), Whidbey Island, Washington, USA
32. Sunset on our second to last night on our honeymoon 🙂

Photo Of The Day – After Sunset From 39,000′
Title: After Sunset From 39,000′ Location: Above California, USA, North America Description: High above the clouds, this image is what happens when you look away from the sunset while in Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Mount Rainier And Reflection Lakes At Sunrise
Title: Mount Rainier And Reflection Lakes At Sunrise Location: Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, North America (46°46’7″ N 121°43’51” W) Description: One aspect I like about digital photography is Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Distant Buttes
Title: Distant Buttes Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: As the sun sets over Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA, haze catches fire and mimics the orange Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Khumbi Yul Lha – Sacred Sherpa Mountain
Title: Khumbi Yul Lha – Sacred Sherpa Mountain, Nepal Location: Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal Description: Reflected in a the eddy of a nearly frozen stream on the bed of a hanging Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Clouds Over Acacia Trees On The African Savanna
Title: Clouds Over Acacia Trees On The African Savanna Location: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania Description: As the sun approaches the horizon to the West, two lone trees mimic the clouds above Continue Reading →

Traveling Through Colors: Blue
There are beautiful blue skies in California today and maybe that’s why so many of the images in this post are of the gorgeous skies contained therein. Whatever the case, Continue Reading →

Traveling Through Colors: Orange
I go through phases with my photography and it is especially easy to grab on to a color concept when looking through the images on a recent trip. In this Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – The Treasury (Al Khazneh) In Petra Light By Hundreds Of Candles Under A Canopy Of Stars, Petra, Jordan
Title: The Treasury (Al Khazneh) In Petra Light By Hundreds Of Candles Under A Canopy Of Stars, Petra, Jordan Location: Petra, Jordan, Asia Description: A few nights each week the Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Fireball Sunset
Title: Fireball Sunset Location: Palos Verdes, California, USA, North America Description: The sun setting over the Pacific Ocean last night from Palos Verdes, California. Camera Canon 7D Lens Canon 28-300mm Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Sunset And The Cliffs
Title: Sunset And The Cliffs Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: From the Green River Overlook in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, the sun cuts dramatic shapes around Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Canyonlands Gooseneck Bend Panorama Exploration
To use this image, simply click and drag to move around. Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out, or use [Shift] to zoom in and [CTRL] to zoom Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – The Treasury At Night
Title: The Treasury At Night Location: Petra, Jordan, Asia Description: The Treasury at Petra, Jordan, is a beautiful structure as seen from the inside out in this unique image shot Continue Reading →
Photo Of the Day – Point Vicente Lighthouse At Sunset
Title: Point Vicente Lighthouse At Sunset Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA, North America Description: Out past the congestion of LA, along the California Coast, Point Vicente Lighthouse stands guard Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Sunrise At Mesa Arch II
Title: Sunrise At Mesa Arch II Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: Mesa Arch is lit from light bouncing off the cliff face below it. A unique Continue Reading →

Photo Of The Day – Orange County Sunset Panorama
Title: Orange County Sunset Panorama Location: Orange County, California, USA, North America Description: The hills over Orange County, California, are a wonderful location to capture beautiful sunsets, especially when clouds Continue Reading →
Photo Of The Day – Below Mesa Arch At Sunrise
Title: Below Mesa Arch At Sunrise Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, North America Description: A unique view of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park just after sunrise. Camera Canon Continue Reading →