Meet "Crusty" the sand crab on the coral-sand beaches of Guam. He was kind enough to not move while I setup my gear in very close proximity and capture this macro shot.

Looks like these two are watching each others' back preparing for a mission.

northern Montana

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).

a walk in the woods during early autumn in Indiana

peeking through the trees toward Horseshoe Lake mostly covered with lily-pads and blooms

i'm keeping my distance and using my longest lens as this female hunter is sizing up lunch.

beautiful rain-forest trees and foliage in southern Maui