Canyonlands 2011

Had a nice escape from the snow last weekend when we took the kids down to Southern Utah, it was still a little cold, and we had to endure some wind, but at least it was dry. Here are a few pics.


D700, 1/160 sec., f/11, ISO 200, 19mm


D700, 1/200 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 24mm


D700, 1/200 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 16mm


D700, 1/160 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, 1/200 sec., f/8, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, 1/160 sec., f/14, ISO 200, 14mm


D700, 1/160 sec., f/13, ISO 200, 14mm

Vacation Withdrawals

Here are a few more shots of our cruise.


D700, 1/160 Sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000, 50mm
This is a shop on the Boat


D700, 1/80 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1000, 50mm
Pretty cool Architecture on the boat


D700, 1/60 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1000, 24mm
Kind of random, but this car was parked in the middle of the boardwalk


D700, 1/160 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 1250, 14mm
another car angle


D700, 1/200 Sec, f/10, ISO 200, 70mm
McKay and the classic sunglass reflection shot


D700, 1/125 Sec, f/2.8, ISO 400, 14mm
The whole middle part of the boat was open on every level, this level was called the Boardwalk, it was way cool.

Eastern Caribbean Cruise

Michelle and I recently took a voyage on a big boat called the Allure. Not sure where they got the name, but it was quite the ship. The boat was held together by over 1,400 miles of welds, that right 1,400 miles of welded metal, that's a boat load of welds! Here are a few seascape shots from our explorations.


D700, 1/250 Sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Neet beach on St. Martin


D700, 1/400 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
This is as close as I got to a sunset shot


D700, 1/100 sec, f/18, ISO 200, 14mm
friendly little lizard, got good GoPro video of him too. Our ocean vessel is the one on the right.


D700, 1/160 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
Marina on St. Martin


D700, 1/200 sec, f/10, ISO 200, 24mm
Trunk Bay on St. John


D700, 1/200 sec, f/14, ISO 200, 24mm
Cool overlook on St. John


D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
St. Martin beach


D700, 1/250 sec, f/16, ISO 200, 14mm
A short walk from the ship landed us here


D700, 1/250 sec, f/13, ISO 200, 24mm
Here is our ship


D700, 1/2500 sec, f/3.2, ISO 200, 27mm
How could I not throw in one last shot of my little buddy

Disney World Fireworks

For Christmas last year, we surprised our kids with trip to Disney World. We experienced record cold temps the week we were there, but that didn't slow us down at all. We still stayed out for the fire works each night.


D300s, 1/30 sec, f/4.0, ISO 2000, 18mm


D300s, 1/40 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm


D300s, 1/40 sec, f/3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm


D300s, 1/40 sec, f3.5, ISO 2000, 18mm