no photographers were harmed in the capturing of this photo (although we are in need of a new photo-assistant ;-)

Arizona plantlife

late spring in the Aleutian Islands

fresh young bamboo stalks growing in eastern Chinese forest

long and soft water drops at the upper Talafofo Falls in southern Guam

Ka'anapali Beach is famous for it's gentle shallow waters and beautiful ocean sunsets like this one.

since we did not get the chance to place one of our camera's onto NASA's deep space probe, we went with the next best thing... we photographed a piece of tile from Home Depot. yes, this is looking at only 0.4% of a 3/4-inch piece of glass tile that to the naked eye, looks clear dark brown (like coca-cola) with gold glitter streaking through. zooming in, revealed the gold specs to be sharply formed pyramids that reflected light very well. as the glitter streaked through the depths of the tile, it resembled an asteroid field with more colour and beauty than if we went with the NASA probe (mission accomplished).

this allium bud is just starting to initiate the blooming process and is looking quite good so far. It's still only about an inch (2-3cm) in diameter and i've got my camera gear just a few inches away to capture the minute details of this beautiful process.