another spectacular view of Waimea canyon. The lush vegetation and diverse soil colours make for some very nice canyon photos.

growing in Poipu, Kauai

Arizona plantlife

mysterious mounds of rock peaking through the surface of a mineral water pond in JiuZhaiGou

huge canopy over Japanese garden creating a perfect balance of shade and sun for comfort.

I found this young Great Horned Owl in early spring while it was still cool on most days. She took to me well and never seemed to mind my presence when I came by her section of woods. In this shot she's about six weeks old and loosing most of her puffy baby feathers. This is certainly my favorite of all animals and it was a pleasure coming across one in the wild.

I planned my passage through southern Arizona when the giant saguaros would be in bloom. I always enjoy shooting flowers, but these blooms posed a new problem for me - they were all twenty to thirty feet above ground. As I hiked around exposing film on all sorts of life, I not only came across a good steep hill, but it had a large healthy cactus growing right next to it. Thanking mother nature for making this possible, I set up on the side of the hill and maxed out my largest zoom lens to capture these blooms.

one of 10,000 roses at the International Rose Test Garden in Oregon.