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Hi. I live in Millis, Massachusetts about 25 miles SW of Boston. I started taking photography seriously at the end of August, 2006 when I took a photography course in Pingree Park, Colorado, in the Rockies. Since then I've traveled with Nature Photography Adventures to Peru, the Oregon Cascades and Coast, Belize, Tanzania, Gustavus, Alaska, and Monument Valley in the Navajo Nation. In Feb 10 - Mar 6, 2009, I traveled to Patagonia in Argentina and Chile, Atacama desert, and Easter Island. I welcome comments and am always looking to try to improve my photography.

Galleries

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.

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 :

Grand Canyon Rafting Adventure II

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 poos 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 and is 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: Apr 16, 2009 2:51pm 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 wi ...

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 :

My Smug Mug

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

practice - summer :

practice - summer

Updated: Jul 07, 2009 8:00am 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