San Francisco Sea Lions (August 2026)

Posted on September 1st, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco, wildlife. Comments Off on SkyStar Wheel from Pier 39

Beacon Grand Hotel from Cartwright Hotel (August 2026)

We just returned from a two-night visit to San Francisco. The Cartwright Hotel was our lodging place, and they had us on the top floor in the fire escape room, which meant we could go out onto the fire escape for this view.

This brought back a ton of memories as I used to go to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel (now called the Beacon Grand Hotel) in the 1980s to obtain autographs of the Cincinnati Reds players.

Posted on August 29th, 2026 under Other. Tags: buildings, california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco. Comments Off on View from Cartwright Hotel

Daxx Nielsen of Cheap Trick @ 2025 New Orleans Jazz Fest

Tonight I will get to see a band for the fifth time live that was also my third concert ever–way back in 1983.

Posted on August 13th, 2026 under New Orleans. Tags: Cheap Trick, concert photography, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii. Comments Off on Heaven Tonight

Near Upper Two Medicine Lake (Glacier National Park)

Our Sinopah boat tour captain said that if we took the trail to Upper Two Medicine Lake, we would find a “pond” just before the lake that usually has a moose in it. This looked more like another lake than a pond to me, and sure enough there is a moose in there. Unfortunately, I only had my 16-50mm lens, so no close ups of the moose. This pond, Two Medicine Lake, and Lower Two Medicine Lake are all fed by the same Two Medicine Creek that begins out of Upper Two Medicine Lake.

The mountain in the foreground on the right is Rising Bull Ridge and the one behind it in the center is Mt. Rockwell.

Posted on August 12th, 2026 under Montana. Tags: Glacier National Park, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, wildlife. Comments Off on Unnamed Alpine Pond

I walked part of the PCT to get to Ruffey Lakes and had this view along the way.

Posted on June 30th, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, clouds, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, skywatch. Comments Off on One year ago…