On one of our days in the Cinque Terre, we decided to take the ferry from village to village in order to see and photograph them from the Ligurian Sea. The panorama image here came as we departed Vernazza and headed towards the next village over – Monterosso al Mare. The sea was pretty calm … Read more…
This past Monday night I put up on my office wall the 2013 edition of my favorite travel calendar: ‘1,000 Places To See Before You Die’ by Patricia Schultz. It’s a really good calendar, even for the casual ‘armchair’ traveler. Lots of good travel photos, descriptions, and summary itineraries focused on one destination per month. … Read more…
On one of the nicer days during our stay in the Cinque Terre region, we took the train from Riomaggiore to Monterosso al Mare and then hiked the trail section to Vernazza. Along the way, we passed this woman near the southern edge of Monterosso al Mare working on a nice painting of the colorful … Read more…
Here’s a photo taken as we walked along the shoreline of the Cinque Terre village of Monterosso al Mare on a very cloudy, dark, and windy day. The colors on shore were very muted under this gray sky, so I decided to desaturate them completely in Lightroom 3, leaving only the Italian flag/pole and sea … Read more…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! This image came as a result of a brief stop we made while exploring the southern part of Santorini, Greece. The panorama merge came out looking pretty decent, so we decided to use it for a Holiday 2012 greeting. Have a great week and a very happy New Year as … Read more…
This shot is from high upon a foot trail just to the southeast of Riomaggiore, one of the five villages of Italy’s Cinque Terre region. It’s a fairly steep climb in some parts of this path, but with a good guardrail to help keep people safe. I liked the colors and rock formations in this … Read more…
This shot isolates a bright white dome and spire against a backdrop of the Caribbean Sea in Cancun, Mexico. This is part of a Riu resort complex we stayed at, visible from an elevated sundeck area. The resort’s pool and beach areas just below this view were buzzing with activity, but you’d never know it … Read more…
This shot shows the shoreline of Lake Michigan south of South Haven, Michigan, near Van Buren State Park. This was a late October photo, so there weren’t many people to be seen at all… mostly just a bunch of wind-blown seagulls.
This shot came from a late October walk along the shore of Lake Michigan near South Haven in the southwest part of Michigan. It was a really windy and brisk day, mostly sunny with lots of nice white clouds moving quickly by. The edge of Lake Michigan was about 20-30 feet behind me as I took … Read more…
We were walking around the old Venetian ‘Kastro’ (castle) area of Naxos, Greece, when we came across a few rundown buildings with low roofs. As I recall, we turned around for some reason and spotted this black and white cat checking out his surroundings from a safe perch on a low rooftop. He wasn’t too … Read more…
This was a very opportunistic shot taken during one of our typical morning walkabouts on the Greek island of Santorini, near the town of Fira. We came upon a small square with a typical Greek white and blue building, and here was this nice looking dog just hanging out on the front step, enjoying a … Read more…
This shot shows some close-up detail of a poolside statue at a Riu resort in Cancun, Mexico. The land in the background is Isla Mujeres (Island of Women), which somehow seems extra appropriate for this one.
This image depicts an ancient Mayan presenting a gift of corn. This may be Yumil Kaxob, the Mayan maize (or mais) god. I shot this one at a resort’s jungle garden in the Riviera Maya region, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The original had fairly muted colors in it, so I converted here to black and white.