What I’ve Been Shooting…

I had an unbelievable eclipse experience in Ohio with full Totality.

Totality

The desert skies are filled with sound and wonder.

Raptor Lunacy

Desert Lightning (F-35)

Desert Raptor (F-22)

F-15E Strike Eagle

F/A-18 Super Hornet

Thunderbirds – Over the Moon

Thunderbirds – Mirror Pass

Super Hornet Lunacy

Raptor Rising – with flare(s)

Alaska 2025: The wonders of the Alaskan Rainforest never cease to astound. From the night skies to the air, land and sea the beauty and wonder are amazing.

Lady Aurora sailing north to Haines, Alaska

The Northern Lights sailing away from Haines, Alaska

Afternoon flight from Anan Creek

Kingfisher in flight along the coast

Blossom Flight

Coastal Sentry

Baby Bear

A Strident Gull in the Lush Rainforest

Fishing at Anan Creek

Endicott Arm

Roadrunners are fascinating along the trails in the early morning light.

A Bit of Brunch

Cactus Sentry

Fast Food

Fabulous

Roadrunners are found across the desert southwest.  Although capable of flight, roadrunners generally run away from predators. On the ground, some have been clocked at 20 mph and faster.

The Hopi and other Pueblo tribes believed that roadrunners were medicine birds and could protect against evil spirits. Their unusual X-shaped footprints are used as sacred symbols to ward off evil—partially because they invoke the protective power of the roadrunners themselves, and partially because the X shape of the tracks conceals which direction the bird is headed (thus throwing malignant spirits off track.).   In Mexican Indian and American Indian tribes, such as the Pima, it is considered good luck to see a roadrunner.

There is incredible beauty and wonder along the morning trails in our desert valley

Reflections with a Snowy Egret

Yellow Breasted Warbler taking flight

Reflections with a White Faced Ibis

Cinnamon Teal taking flight

Morning Reflections with Great Egret – No Regrets

Night Skies in our desert Southwest are filled with astounding beauty and wonder

A Glimpse of Midnight

Ubehebe Crater – Milky Way 

Ubehebe volcanic crater in Death Valley is a half mile across and about 500 feet deep.  To the Timbisha Shoshone tribe of Death Valley, the crater has been known as “Wo’sah” meaning Coyote’s burden basket – the place where the people emerged to spread in four directions across the land.

Southern Utah – Milky Way