Mothra Lives!

This was a large moth that my wife found sitting on the side of our house. I don't know what kind it is but I had to take a picture as I don't see giant moths every day. I don't necessarily like the background of the house, but like the way the moth turned out. It was a little bigger than the size of my palm.

Rainbow

This picture was an attempt by me to produce a cool picture. I figured the rainbow would be framed well between the fork in the tree. Only problem is that it is difficult to see the rainbow well (at least for me, though I do have trouble seeing light reds). I tried playing with the picture in photostudio and decided after all my tricks the original was the best one.

Off the Coast of Belize

This picture was taken off the coast of Belize. Nothing spectacular in it, but I think it's a good picture. I have read a lot of photography books/magazines and they all talk about the "1/3" rule. I usually forget about that rule but sometimes remember like I did in this one and in this case I really think it makes this picture work. Just enough ocean and the bigger sky space allows for a good look at some nice cloud formations and gives the picture a lot of depth.

Tropical Sunset

This was the sunset on the last day of our cruise. It was also taken right after Yin and I renewed our wedding vows. It was a beautiful sunset and hopefully a good omen for some great years to come.

Mayan Temple

This is a picture of a Mayan temple taken at the Chacchoben Mayan site near Costa Maya Mexico. Yin and I visited the site during our cruise in April. Pretty neat stuff, this temple is actually the second outermost temple as each ruler would build a new temple on top of the previous rulers temple. I think that our guide said that there were two layers underneath this one. At the top of this temple was a notch that marked the southern and northernmost progress of the sun which they used to calebrate their calender that we were told was much more precise than the one we currently use today since it was based on a 52 year cycle.

Distant Storm

I finally get to post again. Well, anyone who looks at this regularly or periodically will quickly tire of seeing my weather pictures, but it is my passion and they will keep coming. This was a pretty big thunderstorm that I saw building in the east close to sunset. The only thing I didn't like about this storm is that it wasn't directly overhead.