Zion National Park I was able to catch this beautiful sunset which was illuminating the red rocks The tiny community of Springdale, Utah sits just outside of Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. In the 2010 census, Springdale only reported 529 people. The town was originally settled as a farming community by Mormons who evacuated the flooding […]
Snowy Owl – Conservation Status: Vulnerable Back in 2022, I wrote about a snowy owl at sunset This photo was taken at Hampton Beach State Park in New Hampshire, a few minutes from where I live. I was lucky to have spotted a group of photographers as I was driving by. I pulled over and got to […]
Pine Trees of Virginia – iNaturalist First of all, nudibranchs are tiny, and I love macrophotography! This photo was taken while visiting the James River in Virginia with some friends. As the sun started to go down, it became more and more evident that one tree was towering above the rest. Although devoid of branches […]
Snowy Owl – IUCN Conservation Status: Vulnerable Snowy owls only head south once every 4 years or so In this photo, a snowy owl takes off from a tree at sunset. I had been watching it for over an hour. The moment is exciting. As the zoomed-in photo shows, these are heavy birds with big wingspans. Their abundance of […]
Prickly Pear – IUCN Conservation Status: Varies Prickly pear cactus can be found throughout the world This photo was taken as the sun was setting over the mountains at Big Bend National Park in Texas. It was within an hour of sunset which is commonly referred to as the golden hour. I love taking photos […]
Big Bend National Park We got rained on in the middle of the night! This photo was taken as the sun was coming down at Big Bend National Park. We could see the thick clouds that were pink from the setting sun. It was obvious that there was rain coming down. From where we were, […]
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 […]
Bald Cypress – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern This uncanny tree also gets the nickname “eternal wood” I am not always one to take landscape photography; however, there are a few scenarios that I am almost guaranteed to snap a landscape shot: on top of a mountain and when watching the sun on the horizon. […]
Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Cayman Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Christopher Columbus called Samana Bay “Golfo de las Flechas” This beautiful sunset is from the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. More specifically this was taken near a small municipal district called, Arroyo Barril, just west of Samana. If […]
HUMPBACK WHALE – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Playa El Valle is located 100 miles from shoals of the Silver Bank This sunset is also brought to you by the Dominican Republic. However, this sunset is from El Valle, a small town along the northeastern coast. This was a remote, white-sand, cove-style beach. The beach sits […]