Monthly Archives: February 2012

This is the Ahuza neighborhood at dawn with the Mediterranean coast in the background.

Trivia: One of Saddam Hussein’s SCUD missiles landed in the ravine in the foreground during the first Gulf War in 1991. Close call.

A Jerusalem landmark.

This image is from the observation tower at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park, and was made with the Canon 70-200mm f/4 that has quickly become my favorite lens for nature and landscapes. The sun was setting behind us and the moon had risen ten or fifteen minutes earlier. It was a beautiful evening.

(The Photographer’s Ephemeris looks like a useful tool for planning shots of this type.)

These buildings face West and often show vivid sunset reflections.

This is Southwest 8th Street at around 5:00 AM, taken from the sidewalk in front of the old Home Depot. Not the most elegant place to hang out, but there’s worse.