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Ok I have to admit this is not what I usually shoot, at least in the recent past. But, with the change in our World with the Corona Virus I have sheltered in place and I am searching for Photography opportunities to keep the creative juices flowing. This image is a Macro of the top of my Canada Dry Ginger Ale Can captured with a 40-year-old Nikon 55mm F-2.8 Macro Lens that is Manual Focus and just as sharp as the day I purchased it. The trick to manually stacking images is making sure you stagger your focus point and have enough DOF to insure the images blend This image is an 11 image stack done manually and stacked and created using XnConvert to go from NEF files to Tif Files and stacked in Zerene Stacker. This is so fun and super easy to do. So, I will be playing and posting some other Macro images in the days to come. Oh, the water droplets were created using a 60/40 mix of Glycerine and Water. The light is from my desk lamp and the Color Temp. is @ 2800 K

Bloom

From a distance, I saw the Sunlight backlighting this huge tree and the shadow area behind it was glowing blue. Spring has officially arrived.

Blue Heron

I have captured images of this beautiful bird many times but around where I live there are several that live on the creek and they are so hard to capture. Today it was like he never knew I was there, but I have a feeling he did.

Night Spin

Nightscape photography is my new passion. I have spent many hours under the stars in total amazement. This image is a 200 image Star Trail capture. I photographed this with a Nikon D-850 / 14-24mm lens@ 30 sec exp / 3sec interval @ F2.8/ISO 400 / Edited in StarStax

Flight Of The Gull

I captured this on a Marsh in South Carolina in the Summer of 2019

As It Begins

I captured this image in Canyonlands NP on a foggy morning. This place is amazing and around every turn there is another landscape to explore.

Majestique Morning

The mornings in the mountains are beyond explanation. In this image I am approaching the upper altitudes of The Rocky Mountain National Park as the Sun was rising.

Among The Giants

I captured this image in Arches National park and in this view you can see the Tower of Babel to the right and the Three Gossips to the left. The main road run right through them and if you haven't been there you have to go, it is nothing short of amazing.

Goblin Valley

I love shooting the Milkyway. This image was captured in Goblin Valley Utah in the Spring of 2019. We are getting close to this year's season. Nikon D-850 16 Images stacked / ISO 6400 / 4 sec / F 2.8 2-Z-96 lights on a small stand were used 1 - The light used for the area in front of the camera was bounced off rocks behind me for a softer light 2- The 2nd light was direct light to the right of the scene to create shadows and highlights for contrast.

The Storm Dunes

I was in Colorado for a short trip in the Summer of 2019 and as I was out for a few days driving around the State I ran across the Great Sand Dunes. On this afternoon the sky was littered with storm clouds as the Sun began to rise.

Lakeside

I found this small lake in Colorado back in the Fall of 2019 while exploring the Brainard Lake Recreation Area. This was outside the park and I do not know the name of the lake. I was traveling along HWY 72 / Peak to Peak HWY. It might have been a seasonal lake.

Countryside

On this morning I drove into the countryside and was graced with a foggy scene as the Sun made her way into another day.

Misty Morning

The Sun breaks through the clouds and lights up the foggy landscape.

Ridgeline

I was hiking around Watson Lake in Arizona as the Sun was setting and came across this ridgeline. The Sunset only lasted a few minutes and it was getting dark so I hurried to capture this scene.

Valley Of The Sun

I captured this in the Grand Canyon National Park

The Night Awakens

I captured the Milkyway as the lighting illuminated the sky and storm . I captured 16 images of the Mikyway and stacked them but only used one foreground image and blended them in post.

Delicate Arch

Arches NP at night. The foreground was captured at Sunset and the Milkyway later the same night

The Windows

Captured on a Hike into Arches NP at Sunset. To get this image you have to climb and navigate a sketchy trail up the side of a cliff. Once there, you see this scene but right in front of you is a sheer drop to a rocky chasm below.

When Color Fades

The time I spend in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee has always been a time of searching out those intimate details in Nature. My vision is constantly evolving .

I'm Up Here!

This tiny Bird is a Yellow Rumped Warbler. As I was capturing these tiny birds I was wondering how the so gracefully sore through the trees and bushes without hitting them.

River Blue

Early this morning I found myself on the Ohio River during Blue Hour. I can not describe how quiet it was at this location.

Misty Mountain Morning

Captured from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee