Comet NEOWISE in the evening sky over Forbes Lake, July 14.  50 mm, F/4, ISO 6400, 5 sec X 8.

Akureyri, Iceland.  Panoramic generated in Photoshop.

Western fjords near Flateyri, Iceland.  31 mm, F/10, ISO 200, 1/400 sec exposure.

Milky Way Galaxy reflected in Forbes Lake, IL.  14 mm, F/2.8, 15 sec exposure.  12 images at ISO 5000, 2 images at ISO 10000 stacked for noise reduction in Photoshop.

Mountains reflected in a bay, view from Hvitanes, Iceland. 24 mm, f/11, ISO 400, 1/500 sec exposure, cropped.

Milkyway  Galaxy over Forbes Lake, IL.  Composite of 15 stacked photos, 18 mm, F/2.8, 25 sec exposures, ISO 3200.

Milkyway Galaxy over Stephen A Forbes State Park, Illinois.  14 mm, F/2.8, ISO 3200, 25 sec. exposure.

Minneapolis skyline as viewed from Bde Maka Ska.  Panoramic stitched together in photoshop.

Trees reflected in Marlow Pond at Sam Parr Biological Station.  120 mm, F/4.5, ISO 200, 1/320 sec. exposure.

Snowy reflection in Marlow Pond, Sam Parr Biological Station.  40 mm, F/7.1, ISO 200, 1/200 sec. exposure.

A particularly bright lightning stroke reflected in Forbes Lake.  18 mm, F/5, ISO 200, 96 sec exposure.

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

This shot is from roughly the same position as the last, but later on, allowing the already setted sun to light up the clouds a nice golden and red color.

Snow! This is Siesta Lake along Tioga Road. I was going for the reflection in the water, which turned out ok.

On our second day at Yosemite, I went on a morning photo walk sponsored by the Ansel Adams Museum. I'm glad I did it as it took us some places I wouldn't have found on my own. This shot features the back side of El Capitan with a hint of it's reflection in the wetland in the foreground. We were told a few weeks prior to this the water was a little higher and the grass lower so that the reflection was much more pronounced.

A reflected picture of a boat from the pond by our house.

200!

I wanted to try something different for my 200th picture. This is my first attempt at star streaks and it did not go smoothly. I sat outside for 1 hr before I realized that the settings on my camera were wrong and it hadn't really been taking the picture. So I scaled back for this shot, which represents a 35 minute exposure instead.

This picture was taken along a stream that runs near our house. Cyprus trees grow all along this stretch of the bank, and their roots form these nob-like structures.

Some brightly colored trees on the shoreline of Forbes Lake.

I thought this picture had some cool reflections in it. The stream is Skillet Fork and runs near our house.