Welcome to Africa!
A young male giraffe in the central Kalahari of Botswana appears to be smiling a welcome to the strange little creature in the 4×4. I recently traveled to Africa for the first time, and stayed a full 3...
View ArticleThe Arabian Horse (and other horsey matters)
Khallie and her friends graze in the flowers. I really have to interrupt the travel blog routine to squeeze in a bit about my horses. I have two, both girls. The filly in the foreground is my...
View ArticleKafue I
A large bull cape buffalo, among a herd on the move and kicking up dust, pauses to stare down the stranger in Zambia’s Kafue National Park. When I traveled through Zambia recently, the new president...
View ArticleKafue II
A warthog boar with impressive tusks stands in the forest near the Kafue River, western Zambia. This is the second of two installments on Kafue National Park in western Zambia. After visiting the...
View ArticleYellowstone I: Wolves and other Critters
Part of a small herd of bison begin to feed on a frosty morning in Lower Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park. I visited Yellowstone again this year. I spent a week+ there last August, and...
View ArticleMy Little Companero
Charl the Shih tsu at his favorite place in the world: the Oregon Coast! I don’t think I have made my little buddy the subject of a post yet. I don’t even include him in many pictures, though he is...
View ArticleHappy Mother’s Day!
This is the day to celebrate all the things your biggest fan has done for you. So I have put together a short series of photos from my travels. Pictures of my own mom remain in printed form only....
View ArticleFriday Foto Talk: Isolating Subjects
Their shapes and fact that these camel thorn trees in Namibia are in silhouette helps to isolate them from the background of dunes. The strong morning light washes out the background, further...
View ArticleTravel Theme: Dry
It’s been too long since I’ve participated in Ailsa’s travel theme posts. This week the topic is Dry. Enjoy these images from southern Africa. I was there for three months a couple years ago, at a...
View ArticleTwo for Tuesday: We’re Coming!
If you want to see desert bighorn sheep, you can’t do much better than east Zion National Park in Utah. Not the canyon itself so much; that can be a zoo in the warmer months. If you travel east,...
View ArticleGlacier National Park in Springtime
The Mission Mountains north of Missoula, Montana I’m in the mood for a travel post, so here goes. This is the first of at least two parts. Glacier National Park lies in northwestern Montana. It’s...
View ArticleTwo for Tuesday: Close-up Signs of Spring
Orange globe mallow in bloom. Yesterday was the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. So in celebration here’s a Two for Tuesday post. It’s where I post two photos that are related to each...
View ArticleFriday Foto Talk: Point of View & Staying Safe
A recent shot from a lovely place in the Colorado Rockies called Bluebird Lake. Let’s follow-up on the topic point of view (POV) and in particular last week’s Foto Talk on ethics and legality. As you...
View ArticleFriday Foto Talk: Video & Wildlife
My blog series on video for still photographers continues. It’s not been too popular, something I figured would happen because of the the nature of blogging. The blogosphere is quite biased toward...
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