Hawkeye

I was sitting in my office working one day last winter and a large shadow pass by the window. I looked out and saw this hawk with an attitude taking a break from hunting field mice (and little dogs) in our neighborhood.

01 February 2006, My Backyard

Canon S2 IS, Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec

Aperture: F/4, Focal Length: 72 mm

Cropped & Edited with ArcSoft PhotoStudio

Up and Away - Ballooning on the Front Range

I heard a noise outside the window a few years back on Thanksgiving afternooon and looked out the window to see what it was. I grabbed my A70, ran upstairs, and just happened to catch this balloon in flight right over our neighborhood.

November 28, 2003 - Hot Air Balloon & the Front Range - Pikes Peak

Cannon PowerShot A70, Shutter Speed 1/1000 sec, Aperture: F/3.5

Photostitching with Canon ZoomBrowser

Dragon Spirits - The Bell Tower

A Bell Tower in the heart of Xi'an, China. Legend has it that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (First Emperor of the Ming Dynasty) built this Bell Tower on top of a gigantic dragon held in check by a 300m chain. Bell Towers were built all over china to repress dragon spirits. This shot was taken from our hotel room in Xi'an.

July 24, 2006 - Xi'an, China - Bell Tower
Canon S2 IS, Shutter Speed: 6 sec., Aperture: F/8