beautiful rain-forest trees and foliage in southern Maui

curious young brown bear in late spring (Aleutian Islands)

looking straight down toward the tops of foliage and a simple dirt (mud) road.

When one gets a camera close enough to a drip of water, the whole surrounding world can been seen within. This makes for a rather unique and interesting image that is sure to start conversation. Seeming to be an eternity, I v-e-r-y carefully moved my camera around to capture the surrounding patch of daisies and early morning sky inside this water-lens without the slightest disturbance to the delicate drop. After a few micro-adjustments to the position just right, the sun glistened on the edge of the drop and made a wonderful sparkle highlight.

sun setting above the clouds near hawaii

aerial view of clouds forming over Gulf of Mexico

i love bamboo. there is just something about its form and usefulness that appeals to me. it grows quite fast and is very strong yet flexible. while traveling through various bamboo forests in China, i've seen new bamboo sprouts that were at least 4-5 meters tall.

I'm climbing down inside a volcano crater and am amazed with the variety of rock/soil colours that are so neatly piled about.