Maui State Parks I took many astounding sunset photos on this trip to Maui This photo was taken from the beach in Maui at sunset. Each night that my wife and I were here for our honeymoon, we made sure to soak in the sunset. Below you can see another photo that I took of […]
Fakahatchee Strand Fakahatchee Strand is known for its incredible biodiversity Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park is a swamp forest in southern Florida. The park runs north to south and the dimensions are roughly 20 miles long by 5 miles wide. It is a part of the Everglades hydrologic system. These waters eventually drain to the Ten Thousand Islands, […]
Plum Island It is also famous because of the purple sands that appear at high tide. The sands get their color from tiny crystals of pink pyrope garnet. Matt and I had hiked from the road to the Atlantic Ocean out on Plum Island. The sky was a bit overcast that day, which I have […]
Koa Tree – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern The largest populations of koa are found on the islands of Hawai’i, Maui, and O’ahu. This photo is of one of my favorite trees in the world, the koa tree. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, and it can be found on Kaua’i where this photo […]
Eagle Creek Park Learn more about Rayleigh scattering There is a deep sense of peace that can be felt when you are the only one on the water early in the morning. On this particular day, I was kayaking on Eagle Creek Reservoir in Indianapolis. From what I could see, I was the only person […]
Aoudad – IUCN Conservation Status: Vulnerable The walls along the river are 1,500′ tall! This photo is from the Santa Elena Canyon in southwest Texas. This was a wild paddle for a few reasons. One reason was that the United States was on one side and Mexico was on the other. So, in this photo the land on […]
Big Bend National Park I would highly recommend taking a trip on the Rio Grande I recently took a canoe trip down the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. This was a great experience, and I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting the area. We had booked the trip a few weeks out […]
The White Mountain National Forest covers almost 800,000 acres! This month Wild Boyz Photography’s theme is “landscapes”. This landscape is from the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. This vast forest encompasses almost 800,000 acres! Most of that is in New Hampshire, but the White Mountains continue on into western Maine. The White Mountains cover roughly ¼ of […]
This slot canyon hike is located in the southern California desert This might be one of the best “short” hikes out there. It is only a 0.8-mile hike. You can hike the trail in 15 minutes, but you won’t want to. There are too many amazing views. Besides being a short hike, this is also a relatively easy hike, […]
Table Rock is in Grafton Notch State Park This wild landscape photo is from Grafton Notch State Park is western Maine. This is a 3,000-acre wilderness that is beautiful any time of year, but especially in the fall. This photo was taken this October, during the peak of fall foliage. DONATE Grafton Notch is known to have […]