Look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
Hey, look a-yonder comin'
Comin' down that railroad track
It's the Orange Blossom Special
Bringin' my baby back

Rails that Guard, rails that to keep it in the yard, rails that guide your walk, and rails that help with the battle fought, but my favorite is Riding the rails

You knew you weren't going to get away without seeing some black and white.

Trail I
Light
Hollow
Trail II

Bonus One:  In color --

 Depth

Bonus Two:  Bruce and Don gave me an idea; I found some of my Dad's slides from 1969 and have included those --

Dad's I
Dad's II
Dad's III

What I decided was that capturing the "whole" canyon in some single, definitive photo was impossible and that I'd be better off if I focused my shots and tried to capture some detail and texture.  

Canyon 1
Canyon 3
Canyon 4

Canyon 2

Four more from the Grand Canyon:

Mist
Yin Yang
Hard Climbing
Promontory

(Yell Uncle when you've had enough!)

Here is a second set of photos from the Grand Canyon, all taken in the morning and all featuring the interplay of sun and shadow.

Each photo has been personally pre-adjusted for your viewing convenience.

One
Two A
Two B
Four
Five

As you can imagine, I took lots of photos (300 plus during our two day stay). . . here are a few:

On the Way
Evening
Colors
Morning I
Morning II

In Sept. 2004, I went rafting through the Grand Canyon.  After departing Lee's Ferry you travel under Navajo Bridge. Watch out for Eddy's a large one can trap a boat.  Getting Deeper in the Canyon.  Along the way we visited numerous waterfalls  Small waterfall 1  Small waterfall 2 . There was also abundant  wildlife in the Canyon.  You never know when a 17 ft tall rapid may sneak up on you and you WILL get totally Drenched

I drive a Tour Bus to Lee's Ferry every Sunday as a part time job.  I always drive over Navajo Bridge (1) Navajo Bridge (2) On the trek down to Lee's Ferry we pass several Balanced Rocks.  On the west end of the Grand Canyon I drive through Millions of Joshua Trees .  Here is a shot of my bus after coming back to Phoenix Bus in downtown Phoenix AZ .

I've been racking my brains trying to decide what to do for my first post since I joined this great site several weeks ago.  Finally, I decided to start by sharing photos from my favorite place I've ever visited...the Grand Canyon.

I worked at the Canyon in 1986, and have revisited it on 4 occasions since then.  It was a great place to work, but with views like these, it made the job easier.Overlook 1 Overlook 2 Overlook 3
I've hiked to the bottom of the Canyon more than 10 times.  Some of the trails are easier Trail than others. Hermit

The second trail is called Hermits Trail, and after you hike several miles, you come to Dripping Springs. Dripping As you can see, it's appropriately named.  It was much easier to see formations like Duck on a Rock!Duck

The Grand Canyon is famous for it's sunsets, Purple Haze and the weather can be unpredictable, Storm but when you get that once in a lifetime shot it makes you appreciate the experience even more. Lightning

I can't wait to go back next year!

A few years ago we flew to Chattanooga for a friends wedding. These are a few shots from the flight.

Portland, Oregon is a city divided by a river. There are eight bridges that tie it all together. This was taken shortly after take off from PDX. We stopped in L.A. to toss a few bodies off and pick up some fresh ones. This sunset is looking back West from somewhere over AZ.  Coming back West I had picked my seat on the side of the plane and had it all set up so I would be able to see the Grand Canyon. I really lucked out and the clouds broke just as we got over  The Canyon. One more shot of The Canyon.

If you are going to shoot while flying... Clean the window, keep your camera as close to the window as you can to cut unwanted reflections and use a U.V. or haze filter if you have one. Best shooting time as per normal for landscapes is early morning and late evening because of haze problems.

Did you know that with an average weight of 4.5 grams it would take 7,500,000 of These to equal the weight of a 737 with an average load on it?

The weather has been so dreary here and there just hasn't been anything interesting to shoot, so I started looking back at some of my past pictures.  Summer before last we were traveling the southern route to California.  In the middle of the prairie while crossing Texas we came across this huge cross that had statues around it and gardens.  It was lovely.  We saw the Painted Desert and the Grand Canyon.  In the desert we found some  petrified wood and a sunset in New Mexico.  We spent a week in Mammoth Lakes in California and enjoyed every minute.  On our way home we stopped at The House on the Rock in Wisconsin.  One of my favorite rooms there has this huge carousel with
twirling lights.

These were taken back in September when I made a road trip to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon with some friends.  I just recently put this panorama together because at first glance of the 10 or so photos I didn't think it would make an interesting enough photo for the effort.  This photo is one that stood out on its own as I was putting together the actual panorama.  They were taken at the Desert View lookout about as far east of the Grand Canyon as you can get.

One of the "problems" I found on our road trip earlier this year was light.  Since we were, in fact, trying to get somewhere it was rare that I had good light for any of my pictures.  The only two places I was able to get good light was Death Valley & Redwood National Park, both of which we spend the night at.

Getting the lighting right at the ocean was hard.  I had to position Shannon in such a fasion that the light was comming at her perpendicular to the ocean AND get the ocean in the background!  There was only a few bluffs where I could do that.

Grand Canyon, Arizona
Death Valley, California
Redwood National Park, California
Redwood National Park, California

I recently visited the Grand Canyon.
This is a picture of the magic light of the sunset reflected off the rock formations of the canyon.magic sunset