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New Hampshire Fall : A Nature Photography Adventures photo shoot in New Hampshire focusing on covered bridges on an overcast and drizzely day.

New Hampshire Fall

A Nature Photography Adventures photo shoot in New Hampshire focusing ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 11:22am PST

Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure : This was not a photography adventure. Here are some photos that I took with my Nikon Coolpix P-90 in landscape mode. I did enhance these a bit with Photoshop, but you can tell I took them on a programmed setting. Don't recommend a Coolpix for manual controls -- not so good.

Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure

This was not a photography adventure. Here are some photos that I took ...

Updated: Sep 18, 2009 3:27pm PST

Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure II : I created these images with the Nikon D-300, mainly when not on the rafting part.

Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure II

I created these images with the Nikon D-300, mainly when not on the ra ...

Updated: Sep 19, 2009 10:42am PST

Atacama Desert in Chile : A Nature Photography Adventure. These are scenes from the northern high desert Atacama region, one of the driest places on earth. The gallery begins at the Valley de Luna, a lunar-like landscape of eroded salt-rock formations. Then there are several photos of the Tatio Geysers, which are 14,100 ft above sea level. We left San Pedro about 5 AM for a two-hour winding road trip to arrive at sunrise. It was 20 degrees. There were bus loads of people to watch the about 100 geysers, which start their show just before sunrise. It begins to die down about an hour or so later. Then everyone goes to swim in the thermal pools and the fun for us starts as we see the gorgeous and artistic gurgles happening around us. It was hard to drag ourselves away -- we stayed long after our guide was ready for us to leave. Another day, we toured all over a salt lakes area, where I saw some of the most exquisite mountain and lake scenery I have ever seen. On our way there, we spent some time walking through a village that was under construction by the Chilean govt. Chile is certainly a place I long to revisit.

Atacama Desert in Chile

A Nature Photography Adventure. These are scenes from the northern hig ...

Updated: Apr 21, 2009 10:56am PST

Torres del Paine and Eco Camp : A Nature Photography Adventure. Torres del Paine in the Southwestern part of Chile comprises a mountain system independent from the Patagonian Andes range. We stayed 4 nights at the Ecocamp right at the foot of the towers that you see from many perspectives in the photos in this album. This claims to be the only ecolodging in Patagonia. Ecocamp follows a sustainable design model, obtaining all energy from natural and renewable sources, recycling waste and so on. This album contains only a small number of the many photos I took at this location.

Torres del Paine and Eco Camp

A Nature Photography Adventure. Torres del Paine in the Southwestern p ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2011 12:49pm PST

El Calafate and the Perito Moreno Glacier : A Nature Photography Adventure. El Calafate is a town in the Patagonian Andes in the Southwest of Argentina. Bordering a glacial lake, the town looks like it's in the Swiss Alps. We stayed at Estancia Alice, on Lago Argentino surrounded by golden fields and foothills with high snowcapped mountains in the distance. Lago Argentino is one of Argentina's largest lakes. The estancia is a sheep farm and is a lovely place to stay. Thirty two miles away along the shore of Peninsula Magallanes is Los Glaciares National Park where we spent a day walking on the Perito Moreno Glacier and photographing the glacier from the boat we took to get there and from a long viewpoint very near the glacier. The walk was amazing -- more strenuous than the one Doug and I took in Alaska '03 and with far less equipment. We got some good shots of a crevasse and what the area looks like from the vantage point of the glacier. Near the end of the walk, we were treated to a different kind of "shot" -- whiskey. Then we stumbled back down the rest of the way off the glacier. It was glorious! This album records some of those experiences but photography can communicate only a part of what it is truly like to be there -- one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. And the glacier experience was ecstatic.

El Calafate and the Perito Moreno Glacier

A Nature Photography Adventure. El Calafate is a town in the Patagonia ...

Updated: Apr 07, 2009 1:14pm PST

Peninsula Valdes, a Nature Photography Adventure : Feb. 16 and 17. Peninsula Valdes provides the finest wildlife viewing in Patagonia. The Falkland Current provides food for elephant seals and huge sea lions. This area is the breeding grounds for both species. Also there are migratory shore birds, maras (rodents), guanacos, rheas, hairy armadillos, and grey foxes. We spent quite a bit of time hanging out with the elephant seals on the shore near to where we were staying at a delightful estancia (ranch) far from other humans. Then we traveled around the Peninsula. It was amazing.

Peninsula Valdes, a Nature Photography Adventure

Feb. 16 and 17. Peninsula Valdes provides the finest wildlife viewing ...

Updated: May 16, 2009 1:31pm PST

Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo : A Nature Photography Adventure. Feb. 15, 2009. Punta Tombo is on the South Atlantic shore and is home to these penguins from September through April. The rest of the year, they are at sea. The male arrives first and repairs the nest, usually the same one every year. The females arrive, there's a short courtship, and then mating occurs. Chicks are born in November. Male and female share equally in child rearing. -- To get there, we flew from Buenos Aires to Trelew. The next morning we drove about two hours.

Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo

A Nature Photography Adventure. Feb. 15, 2009. Punta Tombo is on the S ...

Updated: Apr 05, 2009 12:56pm PST

Iguazu Falls, a Nature Photography Adventure : Feb. 11-13, 2009. Iguazú Falls in Northern Argentina on the border with Brazil. We visited only the Argentinian side and stayed at the only hotel in the national park. Over a mile wide, the falls plunge 260 ft. These photos were taken with my backup camera a Nikon D-80 as my main camera got drenched the first afternoon there when we walked out to Devils Point and encountered a downpour of epic proportions.

Iguazu Falls, a Nature Photography Adventure

Feb. 11-13, 2009. Iguazú Falls in Northern Argentina on the border wit ...

Updated: Apr 02, 2009 4:20pm PST

Cape Cod in Late October : I took these photos while attending a Nature Photography Adventures workshop in Provincetown on Cape Cod. These images are mostly from the Wellfleet Audubon. We took photos of the birds at a park off Rt. 6 in Provincetown.

Cape Cod in Late October

I took these photos while attending a Nature Photography Adventures wo ...

Updated: Nov 20, 2008 1:49pm PST

Mesa Verde National Park : On the way back from Monument Valley to Denver, Paul, Maxine, and I spent an afternoon in Mesa Verde and took a quick look at the ruins. We stayed the night in at Fair View Lodge, which was very inexpensive and the food at the restaurant is wonderful.

Mesa Verde National Park

On the way back from Monument Valley to Denver, Paul, Maxine, and I sp ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2008 10:38am PST

Brief Look at Arches National Park : I spent an evening and a morning in Arches National Park on my way to Kayenta, AZ and Monument Valley. While there, I took the photos in this gallery. It's a wonderful place and I hope to return there soon and spend more time there. The time stamp on these photos is actually two hours later than when I shot them.

Brief Look at Arches National Park

I spent an evening and a morning in Arches National Park on my way to ...

Updated: Nov 14, 2008 12:20pm PST

Monument Valley, a Nature Photography Adventure : Scenes from mostly Monument Valley throughout the day. Most of these images are within the park. A few are from around Mexican Hat.

Monument Valley, a Nature Photography Adventure

Scenes from mostly Monument Valley throughout the day. Most of these i ...

Updated: Nov 12, 2008 7:08pm PST

Canyon de Chelly, a Nature Photography Adventure : Canyon de Chelly is a National Monument in the Navajo Nation, Az. It contains Anasazi Cliff Dwellings.

Canyon de Chelly, a Nature Photography Adventure

Canyon de Chelly is a National Monument in the Navajo Nation, Az. It c ...

Updated: Nov 11, 2008 7:21am PST

Antelope Slot Canyon Art : A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from Upper Antelope Slot Canyon near Page, Az.

Antelope Slot Canyon Art

A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from Upper Antelope Slot Canyon ...

Updated: Nov 08, 2008 1:19pm PST

Monument Valley Sand Dune Art : A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from the Sand Dunes section deep within Monument Valley Tribal Park

Monument Valley Sand Dune Art

A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from the Sand Dunes section dee ...

Updated: Nov 08, 2008 12:26pm PST

My Smug Mug : c'est moi

My Smug Mug

c'est moi

Updated: Oct 31, 2008 12:08pm PST

Around Anchorage : On a visit to the Clements family after Gustavus Photo trip.

Around Anchorage

On a visit to the Clements family after Gustavus Photo trip.

Updated: Sep 27, 2008 6:35pm PST

Gustavus and Glacial Bay, SE Alaska : a Nature Photography Adventure

Gustavus and Glacial Bay, SE Alaska

a Nature Photography Adventure

Updated: Sep 22, 2008 1:10pm PST

Rapa Nui, a Nature Photography Adventure : Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is 2,360 miles from Santiago, Chile. You'll see a few of over 900 Moai or statues that rest throughout the island. These are basalt statues and are unique to this island. At its maximum length/width, Rapa Nui is 15 miles and 8 miles wide. The most widely accepted opinion is that Rapa Nui was first populated about 500 AD by Polynesians. There the people lived in isolation for some 1,200 years and developed the only writing system in all of Polynesian -- Rongo Rongo. Everyone lives in one village, Hanga Roa. Horses on Rapa Nui are allowed to have the run of the place and you can see them everywhere. You see horses roaming freely throughout the island. These aren't wild horses. All of them are owned by island inhabitants.

Rapa Nui, a Nature Photography Adventure

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is 2,360 miles from Santiago, Chile. You'll s ...

Updated: May 04, 2009 2:44pm PST

New England Spring : Photos taken over a few months in spring 2009

New England Spring

Photos taken over a few months in spring 2009

Updated: Jun 16, 2009 5:42am PST

Around Here :

Around Here

Updated: Oct 07, 2009 12:21pm PST

Arches 2009 : A Nature Photographer Adventures Photo Design Workshop in Arches and Canyonlands (Utah), October 2009. Most of my images in the Canyonlands are uninspiring so not included. There are a few of sunrise and early AM at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands.

Arches 2009

A Nature Photographer Adventures Photo Design Workshop in Arches and C ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2009 4:09pm PST

More Arches/Canyonlands : These images were created over the two days before the design class in Moab, Utah. Oct., 2009

More Arches/Canyonlands

These images were created over the two days before the design class in ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2009 1:59pm PST

With Nature Photography Adventures: Costa Rica, A Nature Photography Adventure :

With Nature Photography Adventures: Costa Rica, A Nature Photography Adventure

Updated: Feb 28, 2010 1:46pm PST

With Nature Photography Adventures: Arenal and Nature Preserve :

With Nature Photography Adventures: Arenal and Nature Preserve

Updated: Mar 11, 2010 12:41pm PST

France Roamings : Here is a sampling of several hundred images I recorded in France. This group includes Arles, Lyon, lavender fields and villages in Provence, and some scenes from the French Alps.

France Roamings

Here is a sampling of several hundred images I recorded in France. Thi ...

Updated: Aug 01, 2010 1:16pm PST

Toronto : A Toronto travelog from the weekend of July 23-26, 2010 when I flew Porter Airline from Boston to visit my son, Sean Cole who is living there these days.

Toronto

A Toronto travelog from the weekend of July 23-26, 2010 when I flew Po ...

Updated: Jul 29, 2010 1:53pm PST

Paris : Some images from Paris showing a little bit of what I saw there.

Paris

Some images from Paris showing a little bit of what I saw there.

Updated: Aug 01, 2010 10:16am PST

Snowy Mountain Range, Medicine Bow, Wyoming : These images are of the Snowy Mtn Range, about 40 miles West of Laramie Wyoming in August 2010. Mountain Meadows Cabins is at 10,200 feet about 9 miles west of Centennial, which is at the foot of the mountain range. On the other side of the range is Saratoga, Wyoming. This area is largely undiscovered by tourists and is one of the most beautiful areas on earth.

Snowy Mountain Range, Medicine Bow, Wyoming

These images are of the Snowy Mtn Range, about 40 miles West of Larami ...

Updated: Sep 04, 2010 1:36pm PST

Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park : Ed and I spent a week here Sept 24 - Oct 2 during a mostly overcast, misty, foggy, and rainy week. It was mostly warm and humid though with only two chilly days. Nevertheless, it's a very lovely and relaxing place and it was fun to be there with no internet and spotty cell phone service.

Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park

Ed and I spent a week here Sept 24 - Oct 2 during a mostly overcast, m ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2010 12:47pm PST

Provincetown, MA :

Provincetown, MA

Updated: Oct 11, 2010 7:05pm PST

Serengeti : A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from my trip to Tanzania in 2008. A magnificent adventure.

Serengeti

A Nature Photography Adventure. Images from my trip to Tanzania in 200 ...

Updated: Jan 03, 2011 2:24pm PST

Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, 2008 : The world's largest complete volcanic caldera with an area of 100 sq miles.

Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, 2008

The world's largest complete volcanic caldera with an area of 100 sq m ...

Updated: Jan 16, 2011 5:52pm PST

Tanzanian National Parks : Scenes from Sinya Camp and Tarangire National Park

Tanzanian National Parks

Scenes from Sinya Camp and Tarangire National Park

Updated: Feb 02, 2011 6:53pm PST

Patterns in Nature : Colors and designs in places I have been

Patterns in Nature

Colors and designs in places I have been

Updated: Jun 15, 2011 6:11am PST

Oregon Coast, May 2011 : Many beach scenes, sea life, designs in sand, reflections, rock formations.

Oregon Coast, May 2011

Many beach scenes, sea life, designs in sand, reflections, rock format ...

Updated: Jun 08, 2011 12:02pm PST

Oregon -- river, flowers, woods and small waterfalls : Favorite spots in Oregon (and Northern California) -- Woods, flowers, small waterfalls, river scenes, etc. The first eight photos map out what's in the rest of this presentation.

Oregon -- river, flowers, woods and small waterfalls

Favorite spots in Oregon (and Northern California) -- Woods, flowers, ...

Updated: Jun 10, 2011 6:25am PST

Gardens 0n Cape Cod -- July, 2011 :

Gardens 0n Cape Cod -- July, 2011

Updated: Jul 17, 2011 11:56am PST

Winter Getaway in Sarasota, Florida : Liz, Mike, and I spent a wonderful President's Birthday weekend in Sarasota. We walked across Ringling Bridge and back. We went to an art festival that seemed endless, and we went to Maria Selby Gardens. Most of these photos are from there though there are a few that I snapped when taking a walk around the neighborhood.

Winter Getaway in Sarasota, Florida

Liz, Mike, and I spent a wonderful President's Birthday weekend in Sar ...

Updated: Feb 28, 2012 11:08am PST

Galapagos Islands Adventure with Nature Photography adventrues : Images in no particular order from 2 weeks on the Samba in the Galapagos Islands win Nature Photography Adventures, April 2012. This is the first draft. There's more to come -- still no Sea Lions, for example.

Galapagos Islands Adventure with Nature Photography adventrues

Images in no particular order from 2 weeks on the Samba in the Galapag ...

Updated: May 06, 2012 2:25pm PST

More images from Galapagos Islands with Nature Photography Adventures : Hanging out with Sea Lions. Glimpses of Sea Turtles in the water, we snorkeled along side them one day. Tortoises in abundance. Some sunrise and sunset images. And some images of very pretty gulls.

More images from Galapagos Islands with Nature Photography Adventures

Hanging out with Sea Lions. Glimpses of Sea Turtles in the water, we s ...

Updated: May 08, 2012 12:20pm PST

Scanned family photos over the years. :

Scanned family photos over the years.

Updated: Aug 04, 2012 1:16pm PST

Shooting on Cape Cod with Meagan : August 27 - 28, my daughter, Meagan Cole, and I photographed in Sandwich center, Cotuit Bay and other places around this area on the Cape.

Shooting on Cape Cod with Meagan

August 27 - 28, my daughter, Meagan Cole, and I photographed in Sandwi ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2012 11:35am PST

More scenes from the Cape :

More scenes from the Cape

Updated: Sep 19, 2012 7:26pm PST

Traveling in Columbia River area : Roaming with friends and these are some of the images I saw.

Traveling in Columbia River area

Roaming with friends and these are some of the images I saw.

Updated: Oct 12, 2012 6:18pm PST

2012 Oregon Cascades Adventures : Waterfalls and wineries. I've lost track of where some of the waterfalls in this album actually are but the waterfalls include these: Horsetail Falls, Shepperd's Dell, Latoutette, Multnoma, Proxy, Sahalie, Koosah, Silver Falls State Park Upper North Falls, Clear Water Falls, White Horse Falls, and many others.

2012 Oregon Cascades Adventures

Waterfalls and wineries. I've lost track of where some of the waterfal ...

Updated: Oct 17, 2012 12:34pm PST

Belize in December, 2007 : My third trip with Nature Photography Adventures in 2007. We spent most of the trip exploring caves and Mayan ruins. In one cave, Barton's Creek, we paddled in and took photos while spot lighting cave structures and walls. In another we had fun coordinating flashes to light up the cave around us. Belize is very green and beautiful and there are gorgeous flowers, birds, and butterflies. I hope it's true when I say my photography has improved since my visit there.

Belize in December, 2007

My third trip with Nature Photography Adventures in 2007. We spent mos ...

Updated: Nov 08, 2012 1:39pm PST

Buenos Aries : Buenos Aires images. I didn't take very much of the city. Not a city girl.

Buenos Aries

Buenos Aires images. I didn't take very much of the city. Not a city g ...

Updated: Jan 22, 2013 7:58am PST

Machu Picchu - 2007 : Visit to Macu Picchu in 2007. A Nature Photography Adventure trip.

Machu Picchu - 2007

Visit to Macu Picchu in 2007. A Nature Photography Adventure trip.

Updated: Jan 22, 2013 1:34pm PST

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I started taking photography seriously in August, 2006 at a photography class in the Rocky Mountains. Since then I have traveled primarily with Nature Photography Adventures to South America, Central America, Africa and within the US, especially the southwest, Oregon and Alaska. I live in New England, so have photographed Cape Cod, Maine, and around the Boston area somewhat extensively. In July 2010, I traveled in France with friends. This April, 2012, I spent 15 days in the Galapagos learning many new things, including snorkeling for the first time in my life.