Red Bridge

Japanese Friendship Gardens - Last image of the day. What really caught my attention was the water. The water actually was not calm. I utilized the ghost removal feature of Photomatix and was shocked at the results. Very nice!

Evening Barn

Battelle Darby Metro Park – This is one of the horse barns at Darby Dan Farm. I discovered this place while on a run. The Galbraith family donated a lot of land to create the park. As you can tell, the place is very photogenic in the evenings.

Sun and Water

Scottsdale, AZ - The first light of the day shining on the Arizona Central Canal. I actually took this image on my tripod with the lens sticking between the fence posts. It turned out well.

Light House at Sunset

Acadia National Park - This was my primary photographic target on this weekend trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. This is the Bass Harbor Lighthouse. Sitting out here on the pink granite rocks of this May weekend was well worth the four hour drive from Portland. The only sounds that I could hear was the crashing of the waves, interrupted by the occasional seagull.

A selective color image of some yellow bath houses on the coast of Sorrento Italy.

Boats of Sorrento

Aug 10, 2013, Duomo di Amalfi - the Cathedral of St. Andrew For some reason, every time I come to Italy, I find myself in Amalfi. This is the stairs leading from the tomb of St. Andrew to the sanctuary. The texture of the walls and the light coming through the window made for a good HDR candidate. OK, it was also one of the few places that I could take a photograph without a tourist in the way.

Castel Nuovo, Naples Italy - August 6th, 2013 Did some evening shots in Naples. Great way to spend my B-day. My Shipmate Ray and I are here on annual training from the Navy. We had dinner at an outdoor cafe called Peroni. Great pasta! Sweltering hot and humid all day and night. I usually do not stick around Naples at night, but since I had company, I decided to see what the place looks like under the lights.

The nice thing about going to the beach is the scenery keeps changing. This sunset was a nice gift while visiting my grandparents.

Here you can clearly see what the locals call Pele's Braids. They are referring the Pele, the Goddess of Fire and her braided hair.

A lightning storm erupts over Crazy Horse Mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Although taken from Yosemite, This is actually looking into Enyo National Forest. I do not know the name of the mountain or the lake, but it was a view I had to pause for a while to take in.

Interior of the Vatican

Itailian Row Boat

Snake Eyes

Jenny Farm

Lone tree in HDR

Gardens of St. Andrews

Canal of Venice

Gondola

Masquerade

Pathway to the Mountains This is actually a combination of three images. The ground is from the plains of Montana. The background and sky is from Glacier National Park. The walls and wood beams are from the Alamo in Texas.

This image is a combination of two separate images. The angle is actually standing on a bridge in front of a cemetery in Portland, Maine. The sky was captured one fall morning at the Jenne Farm in Vermont.

Surreal image of the coliseum with a fantasy night sky.

This is a composite of 4 different images. The church structure is the interior of St. Andrew's in Amalfi, Italy. The moon and clouds is a combination of two separate images. The grass is a picture of the Great Plains in North Dakota.

I thought that I would try some digital editing. I combined some pictures of clouds together with a few images from Pompeii, Italy and a digitally made starry background. It does not have a very high resolution but it was a neat experiment.

HDR image of the village of Amalfi in Italy. This small village nestled between the Mediterranean sea and the coastal mountains is a tiny jewel. My visit there was all to short. I cannot wait to get back and explore it some more. To see more images of the Amalfi coast, follow this link: http://snapbysnap.com/Travel/Amalfi-Coast-Italy/13099103_rKxuZ#949607128_gc2xY

One of the benefits of my job is that I get to travel. Follow the link below to see more of the light houses of Maine. http://snapbysnap.smugmug.com/Travel/MaineLighthouses/13068668_W2yNW#946845260_L2bgx

Translucent Glass Background

OK, I decided to through in a studio image today.

HDR Garden

Old barn with an American flag

Old barn in the rain.

Young Spring Flowers

Butterfly

Bench in park

Recently I took a short series of images of some snakes. The room was exceptional dark and I had to use a high ISO. The noise in the image was unacceptable however, some post processing made them interesting. Check out the rest at http://snapbysnap.com/Wildlife/Snakes/11949677_LpQDo#846453715_uUs9Y

Barn on Hill This barn has been capturing my eye for the last year. I've been driving past it on my way between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. I finally took a detour off the interstate and found it. Even though it was raining, the image can out pretty good. Drove by this site the other day. This barn is now history.

Old Car in HDR Here is a clear lesson why you always keep your camera with you. My wife and I were on a drive in the country when we came on this car. With perfectly green spring foliage surrounding it, we had to stop and snap a few pictures.

Naval Color Guard. Sea Cadets of Naval Operation Support Center Indianapolis parade the colors for the retirement ceremony of ITC Robert Smith. This image is treated to create the effect of coming from a Norman Rockwell painting.

Old Indiana School House. While driving home I decided to get of the interstate for a while and found this old one room school house. It was raining so I had to shoot from inside the car.

Night time in a city park. This was actually taken at around 6 am in the War Memorial plaza in Indianapolis.

I finally got to see my tree in my front yard bloom. I'm usually gone our it rains so hard that the flowers are all on the ground by the time I get home.

A hand holding a piece of sushi in a pair of chopsticks with more sushi in the background.

Sushi and Soup

Traditional oriental Table Settings