Here’s a 180 degree of the Black Hills in SD, to give you an idea of where Mt. Rushmore is situated.
Canon Powershot G12
Five shots stitched into one
Archive for the ‘US’ Category
Mt Rushmore Panorama Leave a comment
On the Oregon Trail 3 comments
Caught this wagon while passing through a little town in Oregon. First time playing around with HDR software to enhance the photo.
Canon EOS 7D, EFS10-22mm
ISO 250
12mm
f/5.6
3 exposures combined with HDR Efex
What’s your favorite American icon? Leave a comment
Last Stop: Chicago Leave a comment
Last major stop on my cross-country drive was Chicago – I caught a free concert by Low in Millenium Park, then waited for sunset for some photo opportunities. The sculpture is called Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, but everyone just calls it ‘The Bean’.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 400
10mm
f/4
4 sec
Badlands Vista Leave a comment
This is pretty much how every rock formation in the Badlands looks like – just imagine thousands of these and you’ll have some idea of the Badlands.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 400
35mm
f/5
1/250 sec
Lightning over the Badlands Leave a comment
I witnessed the most amazing (and at times terrifying) storm of my life while crossing the Badlands in South Dakota: 6 hours of continuous lightning, across the entire 360 degree horizon, interspersed with torrential downpours and hail the size of hazelnuts. But it turned out to be a great night for photography.
Done! (with my Top Ten Iconic American Sights) Leave a comment
Finally visited Mt. Rushmore. Gave me goosebumps, and I’m not even a US citizen! It was the missing destination on my personal Top Ten list of must-see attractions that are emblematic of the US and America. Here’s my list, feel free to add your favorites if they aren’t on this list:
10. Hollywood Sign
9. Gateway Arch, St. Louis
8. Yellowstone Nat’l Park
7. Golden Gate Bridge
6. Empire State Building
5. Niagara Falls
4. Lincoln Memorial/The Mall, Washington DC
3. Grand Canyon
2. Mt. Rushmore
1. Statue of Liberty, NY
Deadwood, South Dakota Leave a comment
An old mining town where Wild Bill Hickok was killed and Calamity Jane is buried, it is now just a collection of sad casinos and T-shirt shops catering to bored retirees and drunk teenagers from nearby Rapid City. Only at night does it have a bit of charm.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 500
50mm
f/25
4.0 sec
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming 1 comment
Waiting for a ray of sun to burst through the dark sky paid off, as I visited this landmark I never thought I’d see because it’s so far off the beaten path. Glad I finally saw the inspiration for ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 200
21mm
f/11
1/200 sec
Ghost town in Montana 1 comment
Elkhorn, MT: a deserted mining town 45 minutes of unpaved roads off of I-90. Truly off the beaten path. But worth it – lots of dilapidated buildings that, if they aren’t haunted, should be.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 320
f/5.6
1/320 sec
Windmills in central Washington Leave a comment
On my drive from Seattle to Bozeman, MT.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/800 sec
Cross Country Drive: Utah Leave a comment
Storm clouds that fortunately emptied of water by the time we got underneath.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
24mm
f/4
1/2000 seconds
Old & New Leave a comment
Part of the San Francisco skyline, on Market Street.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
30mm
F/5.6
1/320 seconds
Cross Country Drive: New York Leave a comment
Who said that only San Francisco was enveloped in fog? This was the view as we crossed the Hudson.
Canon EOS 7D, 15-85mm EFS
Cross Country Drive: Wyoming Leave a comment
View out the passenger window during a cross-country drive.
Canon EOS 7D, EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
ISO 100
35mm
f/4.5
1/250 sec
Leaving on a jet plane Leave a comment
Loved how the Boeing caught the sunlight while the rest of the beach is already in darkness.
Canon EOS 7D, EF-S10-22mm, f/3.5-4.5 USM
ISO 100
10mm
f/5
1/125 sec
Wedding Dreams 1 comment
Is this little girl dreaming of her own wedding, or just she just hungry?
Olympus C3000Z
ISO 200
f/2.8
1/50 sec
Indian Chief surveying his realm 1 comment
I like to take little figures with me on trips and insert them into photos where appropriate. On my trip to the Southwest, I took along this little Indian. He ended up in a lot of my photos.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
85mm
f/22
1/30 sec
Movement, #2 Leave a comment
Another action shot against a blurry background. This one is one the rope swing at Kipu Falls in Kauai, HI.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
22mm
f/4.5
1/30 sec
Movement, #1 1 comment
I was quite pleased how I was able to freeze my son’s body against the moving background. But it took a couple of takes to get the hang of it.
Canon Powershot G10
ISO 80
13.8mm
f/4.5
1/60 second
Adirondack Morning Leave a comment
Morning mist over Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks.
Fuji FinePix F10
ISO 400
10.4mm
f/7.1
1/600 second
Mt. Rainier Sunset Leave a comment
This photo was taken the evening before our ascent to the top of Mt.Rainier, from our base camp.
Fuji FinePix F10
ISO 100
24mm
f/5
1/100 sec
Hood Ornament Leave a comment
At the LeMay Car Museum in Tacoma – the largest private car collection, all housed in a few barns!
Canon PowerShot G10
ISO 800
25mm
f/4.5
1/25 sec
Monument Valley Dust Storm Leave a comment
Shot during a dust storm tearing through Monument Valley in Spring 2010.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
50mm
f/5.6
1/80 second
Saguaro Series #2 Leave a comment
These were all shot with my iphone, and a cool little app called ‘Hipstamatic’.
Saguaro Series #1 Leave a comment
I love these sentinels of the desert – quiet giants that dominate the Arizona desert.
Early Morning in the Presidio Leave a comment
Driving through the Presidio in San Francisco early in September, I spotted this bicyclist ahead of me. I only had a few seconds to catch him and those beautiful sun rays in the same frame.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
78mm
f/5.6
1/13 seconds
American Condor over Zion Canyon Leave a comment
These majestic creatures were circling 1000 feet below me as I was standing at the edge of Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park. Each one of them is tagged for observation/tracking.
Canon EOS 7D, 70-300mm
ISO 200
300mm
f/10
1/60 second
Alcatraz in Fog Leave a comment
No wonder no one ever escaped – who’d find their way out of this?
Canon EOS 7D, Ef70-300mm
ISO 100
240mm
F/5.6
1/1250 second
Golden Gate at Night Leave a comment
Shot on a recent balmy fall evening, just after sunset. Reminds me why I live where I live.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
21mm
f/4.5
5.0 seconds
Half Dome Ant Trail Leave a comment
This was shot on Memorial Day weekend in 2006. Culmination of a 8 hour hike starting at 5 am, we were rewarded with snow on top of Half Dome and gorgeous views of Yosemite Valley.
Fuji Finepix F10
ISO 200
8mm
f/6.4
1/800 second
Sierra Nevada Tree Leave a comment
I shot this on a hike in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with a point-and-shoot. I loved the detail and the melancholy mood of a dead tree that could be 1,000 years old.
Fuji Finepix F10
ISO 200
10.4mm
f/6.4
1/500 second
Sunrise in Antelope Canyon 6 comments
I shot this while on spring break vacation (2010) with my son in Arizona/Utah. This was in the Lower Antelope Canyon, around 11:30 in the morning, when a few openings in the canyon allow light to reach all the way to the floor of the canyon.
Canon EOS 7D, 15-85mm
ISO 125
15mm
f/14
13.0 seconds
Hello world! 1 comment
Welcome to my photo blog, featuring snapshots that strike my fancy (and I hope yours, too). Here’s my first picture – of the Stanford Dish, a large telescope visible from Highway 280 near Palo Alto.
Canon EOS 7D, 50mm F/1.4
ISO 400
50mm
f/2.8
1/6400
Edited with Silver Efex Pro
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 
