the exotic blooms on this particular tropical vine last only a day. After just missing a couple of openings, a gardener friend and I was pulling shifts going to check on it's status twice a day. Finally, late one morning, the magnificent passiflora opened to display it's unparalleled details. Immediately, I load up an excessive amount of gear so that nothing would warrant a second trip and spent several hours more than adequately capturing the moment on film. As the day progressed and the sun started getting low, the entire wonder began to close only to fall off the next day; but on film it lives on.

Below ground caverns in Arizona wilderness, carved out by centuries of flash flood waters from rain many miles away.

northern Indiana

aerial view of clouds forming over Gulf of Mexico

It's been raining most of the day and it's paying off by making this typically smaller waterfall much more voluminous.

from time to time, i see a shot that just shouts "tropical" and i capture the moment just for that reason.

Sunrise on the high plateau of Colorado.

Typically when I shoot autumn images, I am biased toward early autumn so that there is more green with only some yellows and orange. I so much appreciate the lush greens that nature produces and it looks so full of life. Although fall colours are quite beautiful, I still prefer to maintain a fair amount of green in the photo as this makes the other autumn colours more pronounced and appreciable.