This is a panorama assembled from images taken in July 2004 using my old Fuji Finepix 2650 of Lake Powell near the entrance to the Wahweap recreation area. The lake level was rather low as you can see from the "bathtub ring". You can just see the Glen Canyon Dam at the right edge of the pan. 

Monument Valley

During a vacation last year which included a stop in Monument Valley, I found this magnificent view (amongst all the other magnificent views!). This image was taken with my Fuji Finepix 2650, focal length was 6mm, exposure was 1/240s at f/6.7, ISO 100. This image was taken on July 28, 2004. 

This image is from the first week I had my new Canon 20D. This is a Gila Woodpecker on a Saguaro Cactus. I used my 70-300mm zoom lens at 300mm f.l. The camera was set to ISO 800 and the exposure was 1/1250s at f/11. The image was taken on May 16 this year not too far from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum on McCain Loop road. 

Lyra

Ok, so everyone has to have a cat picture. This is Lyra. 70-300mm zoom in macro mode at 190mm f.l., exposure 1/60 at f/5 with flash, ISO 400. 

The crack of sunrise

The crack of sunrise, Kitt Peak, September 1, 2005. Canon 20D at ISO 100 with 24mm lens, exposure 1/50s at f/8. 

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My wife took this picture of me while we were at Fire Point on the North Rim. She used my Canon A75 set to a zoom of 16mm, the exposure was 1/1000s at f/4.8. I've got my 70-300mm zoom on my Canon 20D and it looks like I've got it zoomed out close to 300mm in this photo. I cropped and shrunk the photo down so I can make it into an avatar and I edited out the tripod that occupied some now empty space at the bottom left part of the frame (I was handholding the camera at the time anyway). 

Thunderstorm and telescope

Thunderstorm and telescope. This image was obtained on August 31 at Kitt Peak as a distant lightning storm passed to the northwest after sunset. I used a 24mm lens on my Canon 20D set to ISO 400. Exposure was 10s at f/4. 

Sunset storm clouds

Sunset storm clouds. Ominus clouds gather around sunset near our house. This exposure is with the kit 18-55mm lens on my 20D at 18mm, ISO 400, exposure 1/250s at f/5.6.

Sunset

Sunset from our back yard, July 30 this year. Canon 20D at ISO 400, 18-55mm kit lens at 18mm, exposure 1/400s at f/11.

This is the original for the previous image from July 24, in this case, I applied only the "I'm Feeling Lucky" filter in Picasa to the image.  

Yet another image from July 24. This one is from Point Imperial with Mount Hayden showing prominantly. This was converted to B&W using Picasa. My 20D was set to ISO 100 using my 24mm lens. Expsosure was 1/100s at f/8. 

Another image from July 24th. This is from Fire Point looking out over the North Rim Grand Canyon. I nicknamed these 3 flat topped rocks "The Three Stooges". It would be great to hike down to them someday and I think I was able to spot them from the distant Crazy Jug point in images I took the day before from there. This shot is with my 20D using my 70-300mm zoom lens at 300mm, exposure was 1/1600s at f/8, ISO 400. 

This deer wandered across the road while we sat in the car waiting for the lite rain to stop at our campsite in the National Forest near Fire Point on July 24 this year. We ate dinner as we watched her eat her dinner as well, roaming the meadow within a hundred feet of us or so. She had a companion who was more wary of us and stayed farther away behind us in the trees. She milled around within sight for almost half an hour. 20D with 70-300mm zoom set to 300mm. Exposure 1/200s at f/5.6, ISO 3200 in the late afternoon light. 

The dark sky on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This image was taken on July 24 this year at our campsite in the National Forest just off of the North Rim, near the road out to Fire Point. The late afternoon rains let up and the sky partly cleared, but still mar this image. The silhouette of trees around our campsite against the dark black, starlit sky of the summer Milky Way near Cygness is apparent. This exposure is with my 24mm lens at f/1.8 for 15 seconds, ISO 3200. 

Another picture from last nights game. This is Alex Cintron fouling off a ball which came almost straight at us. As I mentioned in the previous entry, there were a few drunks in the crowd and this one particularly loud Mets fan sitting a row back and about 8 or 10 seats away in the next section was hit by this ball on the fly. While he didn't seem to hardly notice it, I bet he's hurting today..... It couldn't have happened to a "nicer" guy. Zoom lens set to 214mm, exposure 1/400s at f/5, ISO 1600 with my 20D. 

I attended the Mets-Diamondbacks game last night (August 25) at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. These are my 2 favorite teams and until the D'Backs came to be, I was a diehard Mets fan. I root for the Mets as long as they aren't playing the D'Backs. Anyway, unlike the two previous games, last nights game was a pitchers duel which the Mets won 3-1. This image shows D'Backs pinch hitter Quinton McCracken in the instant just before the ball (just to his left, at about elbow height) hit him. It was the 2nd hit batsman by a Mets pitcher in the game and the first by Aaron Heilman. We had great seats in the lower level, surrounded by Mets fans (most of them friendly folks, but there were a couple of drunks in the crowd as always....) which offered a great view of the game, especially with my 70-300mm zoom lens. In this image, it was set to 190mm on my 20D. ISO was 1600 and the exposure was 1/400s at f/5. 

A storm approaches. This is an image of Lake Powell looking out over Antelope Island. This was converted to B&W in Picasa. This image was taken on July 25 of this year with my 24mm lens attached to my 20D. ISO was 100 and the exposure was 1/500s at f/8. 

One of my images from an Arizona Heat Womens Fastpitch softball game on August 12. The umpire behind the plate is my good friend Bob. Taken with my 20D using my 70-300mm zoom at 214mm. ISO was 1600 and the exposure was 1/400s at f/5. 

This image was taken from near Parrisawampitts point on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon on July 23 of this year. I converted it to B&W using Irfanview. The original image was taken with my Canon 20D set to ISO 100 using a 24mm f/1.8 Sigma lens. Exposure was 1/320s at f/8. 

One from the archives - this is a cactus flower image that I took when the wildflowers around southern Arizona were in spectacular bloom in April of this year. This image was taken with my Canon A75, lens focal length 5mm (37mm equivalent in 35mm) with auto exposure giving 1/200s at f/5.6. This flower was found along the Kings Canyon trail in the Tucson Mountains west of Tucson, along the loop near the Gould Mine.