 WATER |
 ROCK |
 DESERT |
 SKY |
 TREES |
 PLANTS |
 ANIMALS |
 MAN-MADE |
 PATTERNS |
 CLOSE-UP |
from time to time, i see a shot that just shouts "tropical" and i capture the moment just for that reason.
Tropical Essence 4
foliage on the tropical island of HaiNan
Tropical Essence 3
this is an extreme closeup shot of a silicon wafer that has shattered. like most hard & brittle materials, the broken fragments have scalloped patterns along the shattered edges (like broken glass). this particular fragment's pattern resembled a lightning storm and shows off an area of 0.0055 x 0.0037 inches (averaging out to the thickness of a sheet of paper).
Chrome Lightning
a grouping of vibrant hot-pink oriental day-lilies
Oriental Day-Lily
cluster of apple blossoms during mid-spring
Apple Blossoms
I particularly liked the lines in this image; the way trees and shrubbery were growing up the sides matched the angle of the peaks. The mountain walls were exceptionally steep (nearly vertical) which made it easier to capture the grassland foreground and keep the mountain peaks crisp and close. The sun was still early and somewhat low which pronounced the roughness and magnitude of this shear wall of rock.
Valley Walls
guam coast
Shore 1
looking straight-down on top of a lovely pink hyacinth. The fragrance is quite strong and i can understand why the French like to use these Mediterranean flowers in their perfumes.
Top of the Hyacinth
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