Mount Gould

Mount Gould shining in the morning light.

Camp Sportsman Lake

This was our second night of camping while traveling the Sportsman Lake Trail through the Gallatin Mountains in Yellowstone. Our campsite was next to Sportsman Lake and our headlamp lit it up like a light bulb. We had a clear, crisp and amazingly beautiful night. The silhouette of the ridge around Sportsman Lake really made you feel small, especially at night with the Milky Way shining so brightly overhead. I didn't have a tripod with me and took some practice shots with a timer delay while resting the camera in different positions on a rock. I was so excited when I saw this one and think it's the best shot I've ever taken.

Reflecting Pool

The sheltered pond (Duck Lake) in the foreground was like a mirror for the setting sun, clear sky and contrasting storms and fires in the background over the 136 sq mile Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone National Park.

San Juan Mountains

Looking East to North East on the way up towards Black Bear Pass. There was a storm starting to form North of us with the occasional lightning bolt in the distance. Didn't wait around for it to get closer and started heading further up towards the pass to Telluride before any of the bad weather got closer.

Grinnell Glacier Dreamscape

The smoke from the forest fires on the western slope of the mountain can be seen sinking into the Grinnell and Salamander Glacier basin. Grinnell Glacier is the lower glacier on the left side of the frame, Salamander Glacier is feeding it from above, via a 400 foot waterfall. Grinnell Glacier is 100 feet thick and the lake is 100 feet deep. For a better sense of scale he black band of rock above Grinnell Glacier and attached to Salamander is 100 feet thick.

Lake Josephine

The view looking North East over Lake Josephine, back towards Many Glacier Hotel, at the start of our early morning hike up to Grinnell Glacier.

Little Chief Mountain

View of Little Chief Mountain, near the Saint Mary's Falls trailhead.

St Mary Falls

The upper part of St Mary Falls, late in the afternoon, in Glacier National Park.

Eclipse Totality

The temperature dropped, the cicadas and crickets started chirping and daylight plunged into darkness. Even some stars became visible (there is a star or planet just to the left of the frame).

Moon Oasis

A silhouetted view of the moon from the gardens in the Inn at Furnace Creek.

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

The Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park. The wind had been blowing hard all day, kicking up massive amounts of sand in the air. Late in the afternoon, things settled down and we walked out into the dunes. You can see how large the dunes are by spotting the people on the dunes in the distance.

Titus Canyon

Emerging from Titus Canyon into the valley. Death Valley National Park.

Lamar Valley After Rainshower

After a day of driving around the Lamar Valley in the cold rain, the skies opened up and the bison rejoiced.

Here Comes the Night

The sun setting on our campsite in the Bighorn National Forest. The shadow from the ridge to the West was moving quickly towards our tent.

Camp View

Watching the sun set on our campsite, Bighorn National Forest.

Mexican Sunrise

Watching the sun rise over the Gulf of Mexico, from Riviera Maya.

Snowy Flag

Flag on the front lawn of the Stranahan Manor House in WIldwood Metropark

Goll Woods Express

A colorful canopy of trees, holding back the sunshine in the distance. Looking South down CR26 outside the Goll Woods parking lot.

Setting Corn

The setting sun filtering through the trees onto a field of corn.

Supermoon July 2014

The first of three "supermoons" this year. Unfortunately it was very cloudy and it only broke through the clouds a few times while I was out. Wish I had my camera earlier with me when I first saw it rising over the horizon.

Chicago Sunset

A view of the sun setting on downtown Chicago and the Willis Tower in November of 2013. I really like this shot other than the reflection in the glass above the sunset. It was so pretty that I couldn't resist going with one of the more technically correct photos that didn't have the sun. Removing those reflections were beyond my post processing skills.