Green sea turtle basking on a public beach in downtown Kona, HI.  105 mm, F/5.6, 200 ISO, 1/80 sec exposure.

Waves crashing on the rocks at South Point.  58 mm, F/6.3, ISO 200, 1/640 sec. exposure.

3.6 meter Canada-France-Hawaii optical telescope on Mauna Kea during sunset.  48 mm, F/4.8, ISO 200, 1/13 sec. exposure.

Black sand beach patterns.  32 mm, F/4.5, ISO 200, 1/80 sec. exposure.

Huge waves breaking over the rocks on South Point, HI.  58 mm, F/5, ISO 200, 1/60 sec. exposure.

Glow from the Halema'uma'u lava lake in the Kilauea Caldera at Volcano National Park.  The cloud is SO2 gas emanating from the lava.  80 mm, F/5.3, ISO 200, 10 sec. exposure.

Akaka Falls, Hawaii.  18 mm, F/22, ISO 200, 2 sec. exposure, 0.9 neutral density and circular polarizing lens filters.

More fireworks.  18 mm, ISO 1600, F/10, 2.5 sec. exposure.

Some 4th of July pictures.  We were very close, so I aimed the camera higher.  Looking back, I wish I hadn't.  This is one of the first and I really liked the reflection of the fireworks in the cars below.  All the pictures after I moved the camera left the cars out of the pictures.  18 mm, ISO 1600, F/10, 2.5 sec. exposure.

A small stream we found along the roadside.  40 mm, F/5, ISO 200, 1/100 sec exposure.

A scenic little house and some fall color along the shores of the Mississippi River.  90 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/100 sec. exposure.

My oldest daughter strategically posing with the sunset during the Venus transit.  300 mm, F/8, ISO 200, 1/3200 sec exposure, Neutral Density 0.9 lens filter.

Something a little more current.  An awesome picture of Venus' transition across the sun.  300 mm, F/9, ISO 200, 1/2500 sec exposure.  Neutral Density 0.9 filter.

A barge and ducks on the Mississippi River.  105 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/160 sec exposure.

Changing oak leaves.  85 mm, F/5.6, ISO 200, 1/200 sec exposure.

Overlooking the Mississippi River in the fall.





Some color at one of the small towns we visited along the Mississippi River.  62 mm, ISO 200, F/5.3, 1/125 sec exposure.

We went on this trip a little early so there wasn't a lot of color, but this picture captures some of it.  I liked the contrast of the dead corn stalks in the foreground with the bright colors of the trees in the back.  75 mm, ISO 200, F/5.3, 1/400 sec exposure.



Another leaf picture from our fall trip.  75 mm, ISO 200, F/5.3, 1/80 sec exposure.

Good start to the thunderstorm season.  42 mm, ISO 200, F/5, 25 sec exposure.

This fall we took a trip along the Mississippi River.  18 mm, F/5, ISO 200, 1/100 sec exposure.

I found this mantis on the top of our work truck one day and managed to get this picture of it staring at the camera with a reflection on the truck surface.  300 mm, F/5.6, 200 ISO, 1/20 sec exposure.

Dew on a spiders web. 300 mm, F/6.3, ISO 200, 1/60 sec exposure.

I'm in the process of trying out a new photo editing program, since I switched to a new computer and lost access to photoshop. I have a backlog of photos to post and hopefully I'll become more familiar with this program as time goes on. This is a picture from back in early October. The dew had formed large droplets on the grass and other objects.