Yellowstone, our oldest National Park. Each visit no matter what the season is a real treat!

American Bison

Image captured with Nikon DXs, AF-S 200-400mm on Lexar Digital Media

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Image captured on Nikon D200, 10.5mm Fisheye on Lexar Digital Media

Old Faithful…iconic Yellowstone

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 17-55mm on Lexar Digital Media

We took DLWS to the Oregon Coast (My stomping grounds) in June. With the long hours of daylight, the persnickety Oregon weather and the biggest group ever…the Photo Gods smiled and gave us some magical moments. We departed the hotel three of the six shoots in torrential rain only to arrive at our destination and have the clouds part, rainbows and amazing landscapes to be found wherever we turned.

We began DLWS at Charleston Harbor where there are many wonderful old fishing boats with tons of charachter.

Image captured with Nikon D200, AF-S 12-24mm on Lexar Digital Media

This old, weathered boat looks towards Coquille River Lighthouse…memories of days gone by.

Image captured with Nikon D200, AF-S 17-55mm on Lexar Digital Media

Close up detail of Coquille River Lighthouse

Image captured with Nikon D20, AF-S 70-200mm VR on Lexar Digital Media

Seastacks reflected in wet sand at Bandon Beach

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 12-24mm on Lexar Digital Media

So Texas is an ideal location for photographing birds in May. It’s one of my favorite Safari destinations.

Curve-billed Thrasher

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 600mm f4 on Lexar Digital Media

Crested Caracara

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 600mm with TC-17E on Lexar Digital Media

Scaled Quail

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 600mm on Lexar Digital Media

Back to snowy country for April with our third DLWS at Bryce Canyon. It’s such a popular location…you can see why. After DLWS was over, I stayed on for another several days hoping and waiting for a snow storm. The morning I was to depart, I awoke to a foot of new snow…..

The early bird catches the untracked snow. There wasn’t another soul around. The quiet was deafening!

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 12-24mm on Lexar Digital Media

The stormy weather combined with the fresh snow just screamed out for B&W. Image captured in color and converted to B&W infrared using NIK Color Efex Pro 2.0

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 70-200mm VR on Lexar Digital Media

The storm began to break…

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 17-55mm on Lexar Digital Media

And Bryce was revealed with a fresh dusting of snow.

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, 10.5mm Fisheye on Lexar Digital Media

March found us in Costa Rica where we spent nearly three weeks exploring rain forests, cloud forests, volcanos and birds galore.

Savegre River Waterfall

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 12-24mm on Lexar Digital Media

Arenal Volcano

Image captured with Nikon D70 converted to infrared, AF-S 12-24mm on Lexar Digital Media

Costa Rican Cloud Forest Pano

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 70-200mm on Lexar Digital Media (2 images combined with Photomerge in Photoshop CS3)

Resplendent Quetzal

Image captured with Nikon D2Xs, AF-S 300mm on Lexar Digital Media