What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Photographed?

I recently asked asked the following question to my followers and got a huge response. In the spirit of fun and general excitement about photography, here are all the answers. Maybe you’ll recognize your own entry, or that of one of your friends!

What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever photographed?

picture of the moon
snowmen in the backyard!
Pictures in Norway (Country of)
A Awesome View of Lake Tahoe while I was snowboarding!
I think the coolest photo I took was during one of our company outing were I was able to catch my co-workers playing water polo in action with splash of water and great body angles
a small waterfall in an greenhouse, first time I used the zone system
Sunsets while on a Canadian canoe trip.
Probably Lyle Canyon on the John Muir Trail (Yosemite).
a starfish
A swan egg hatching.
A peacock in Europe while backpacking
Some underwater shots of my son playing with his cousin
not applicable
Years ago, I photographed some Buddhist monks at the Anchorage Art Museum constructing a sand mandala. It took them nearly a week of intricate work by hand to construct the entire mandala. It was a spectacularly beautiful creation and one to this day that I’ll never forget.
You do not get the picture
Grizzly bears (2) fighting with pack of wolves in Yellowstone over a recent elk kill.
“A Safari in Infrared.
I went in Tanzania last Fall and did a Safari. I had my Nikon D90 converted in Infrared, so I photoshooted a Safari in Infrared, really nice and experimental results!”
the world’s beautiful landscape
The coolest photo I ever shot was a from a trip I took to Mexico in high school to help add on to a building at an orphanage. It’s a great shot of one of the orphan children eating…really simple, touching, beautiful shot (think an image from a group like Feed the Children or something)
American rock band Styx. Weren’t they cool in the ’70 ?
the view from the prow of my kayak
Photographing on a stormy evening sunset at Monument Valley. The sunlight creep out a couple minutes before it was gone.
I shot the USS America Aircraft Carrier when it was docked at Trieste Italy Where I was living at the time. I’m a huge aviation fan, we had special access due to a friend who was a captain and especially to be on deck climbing all over the F/A-18’s and especially the F-14 Tomcats as Top Gun is my favorite movie of all time. I even bumped my head hard on the tailplane of a Tomcat I was walking underneath (best bruise I ever got!)
London’s skyline.
Early morning light on the Black Warrior River under a bridge framing the silhouette of a 53 foot boat with 8 rowers and the coxswain. The light filtered through a tree and onto the ripples of water. Possibly the most magical photographic moment I’ve ever experienced — yet. 🙂
Old barns and Farm equipment with a 35mm canon AE1 program back in high school. Still after 20 years can’t top that experience
Kids in rural Central America cracking up at the giant white guy with a camera.
one morning in Newburyport, MA after getting up to shoot the sunrise and finding the fog just NOT burning off, I drove out to the island with my husband, we stopped at joppa park where there was a kayaker getting in the water – we stopped – it was dark with fog and the sun was trying desperately to break through the clouds – the photo I captured is one of my favorites ever, the kayaker with his water trail paddling out into nothingness and the sun brightening up the sky to the right of him.
my family at the beach
My son standing on a rock by a beautiful pool in Hawaii.
“I’ve only been photographing things for about a year, but the coolest for me was probably Royalston Falls in MA.
It was more just due to the hike, and the exhilaration of having to step out onto a small platform with a sheer 40 ft drop to get the shot I wanted, no ropes or anything.
It was also one of the first waterfalls I’d ever photographed so it has a bit of a special place in my heart.”
My son!!! =) He’s the coolest thing ever!
A child’s birth…
my niece
It was an early Yellowstone morning in July of 2009 that I set out to hike. I topped a hill and discovered a large herd of bison grazing. As they neared me, I walked backwards to stay a little ahead of them. Cows with calves began to pass me on both sides. I sat on a downed tree about a foot off the ground. A very large male slowly meandered my way. When he was within feet of me, I slowly stood up, and began to move to one side. Never once did I sense any fear or distrust.
Clevelands cityscape
airplane and trains
My Family!
Alligators in the Everglades
I think it was a flying blue beetle of some sort at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It kept flying near me and hovering, then taking off. I got my camera ready and focused on the point I thought he might come back and he did! You could even see his eyes and his wings were just a blur.
The coolest thing I’ve ever photographed is whatever I photographed last – photography just gets better and better the longer I’m at it!!
“A frog in mid-jump. The blur was perfect at the back end & the front end was crystal clear.
Still wish I could find that negative.”
Dahl’s porpoises bow riding while I drove my boat. It was hard to drive and photograph at the same time.
honestly nothing else compared to photos of my daughter!!
Fluffy, who was my cat.
I managed to get a picture of lightning over Universal Studios Orlando….pretty amazing!
grand canyon
The fall colors on the trees
I love to take pictures of my puppy playing outside. He’s so full of wonder!
sunsets, and beaches
A curious young doe actually peeking around our shed on our property. It is my favorite photo.
Frogs in my pond
Easily my family and friends at my wedding. Even though we had a photographer hired, there was something specials in the pictures that I took because I could really capture a few moments of true joy!
A frozen waterfall
Stone henge
The California coastline in Big Sur right after a big storm.
Really anything in Yosemite… I have some great shots with nice coulds over Half Dome
bald eagle early in the morning on a lake
i took a picture of a whale and her baby as the mother was teacher her how hunt
Two Lynx playing, resting, hunting on Polychrome Pass for over 2 hours, awesome experience.
A deer in my front yard !
A tree branch.
the ocean
A flower. They are always different but always beautiful.
My family at the Old Man of Storr, Scotland. Back then, I only had the 35mm f/2 on my D70 with NO TRIPOD. I remember resting the D70 precariously on my backpack by the hillside hoping that the mirror slap wouldn’t send the camera off to a long tumble down that hill. It was a combination of great family and photography experience.
the sun
Village people in the Amazon River Basin…
Anything in nature- like trees and flowers
My cat, Racer.
Tufted Puffins in Alaska
The landscape of Sedona, Arizona at sunset produced some breathtaking photographs. Puffy clouds tipped with orange and purple wisps, towering over the divine Sedona Red Rocks.
Tinkuy festival, Bolivia
Some random guy guy Kite surfing on vacation
Beautiful photographs of my daughter
forest in fall
hawaiin rainforest
wild tropical fish at Hanauma Bay
i LOVE macro – snails, bugs all sorts of little things
Marine life at The Great Barrier Reef!
Leaves sewn together in a long weaving, strand and then submerged underwater.
the sunset in Maui
A rainbow just at sunset over a really bad part of Detroit.
Probably my friends niece hugging an American flag in her grandfathers grave.
BMX racing. The bikes crashing in the turns.
Utah Desert
baby ducks
MY SONS
ALASKA….provided the perfect subject for beautiful photographs…can’t wait to go back
Bison @ Yellowstone
sand bank that was packed by a flood into an incredible pattern
I guess my best answer is, it hasn’t happened yet. I hope to move to Utah for snowboarding & Oregon after that for mountain climbing. I’ve always liked photography & videography & am getting back into it after some years. I’ve been on a nature kick lately. I’ve lived in Iowa my whole life so the mountains are just beautiful & amazing to me. This backpack is obviously great for all that & that’s why I’m entering this. Hope to talk to you soon, have a nice day, later, peace!
I would have to say the birth of a baby. The pictures captured the most beautiful moments of a life entering this world. When they were set to music, the parents had a treasure that was priceless.
my grandbaby
My happy child on a swing
During the summer in Florida we have a lot of lightening storms. One evening just after dark, I stood on the back porch at the door and started snapping pictures. When I looked at the photos later, I found one that caught a bolt! Beautiful!!
The back of a hand covered in vivid color paint
My daughter holding her newborn daughter.
Snake nest
A rotating wall cloud descending down a base of a thunderstorm.
My grandchildren just goofing around
Richard Nixon
I find cool things all the time. lately I think it was Snowy Owls at Damon Point, Ocean Shores, Washington. They were so close, it was fascinating to see them up close, and to be able to capture photographs of them sitting and flying around. I wondered who was observing whom, actually.
A Marlin chasing a smaller fish in a wave 🙂
My newborn son
The Eiffel Tower it was amazing!
When I was skydiving I took a photo of a bird that flew by me not 3 feet away.
my cat
unidentified flying object
My baby girl!
bald eagle circling directly overhead
my cats
Pompeii. The photos weren’t very good, but just being there was amazing!
A really old Headstone while fog was rolling in. I photograped it in black and white.
ME MYSELF AND I
babies birth
My son, anywhere is great
My son, the day we brought him home from the hospital, made me fall in love with photography, and I’ve been taking pictures and trying to improve ever since.
ive been all over the us i love photographing nature at its most basic but the coolest thing i ever photographed is my son
My granddaugher who was born in December <3
An underwater shark feed… on 3 separate occasions! It continues to be awesome every time.
So far the coolest has been the juvenile cooper’s hawk in our local park.
My first ever NASCAR race in Loudon, New Hampshire with my brand new Canon T3i. The looks on my son’s and daughter’s faces were amazing.
robbery suspect being arrested at gunpoint
Hammerhead sharks…
Bears @ Katmai National Park in Alaska
Reflection of the shadow of the the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary Chapel in the sky. It’s like Gettysburg is full of ghosts and this was a really cool sight. Other than that, I’m a sucker for an awesome sunrise and whatever nature brings before the rest of the world is awake.
Coolest thing I have photographer has been the interior of a decaying church. The church is on the Pittsburgh Historic Building list. So it’s not going anywhere any time soon. It’s beautiful inside. Massive structure with beautiful stained glass windows. Breathtaking architecture, inside and out. I can’t wait to go back!
American Girls dressed in Japanese Lolita fashion.
an eagle in wild
Two fire departments having a water fight with their hoses at full blast.
My new baby – he’s three months old but his expressions are amazing. His eyebrows speak for him, fun to capture in pictures.
Deer in the misty fog.
I once was able to photograph a very large bull elk that was within 20 yards of me. I was in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was just me and the elk for about half an hour. He was aware of me but made no attempt to leave until someone else came up the trail. There almost seemed to be an understanding between us that if I wouldn’t hurt him he’d hang out and allow me to be in his presence.
Deer on our RV lot eating sunfloer seeds near our firepit.
The Golden Gate Bridge
An owl we found out back one night
My newborn baby’s feet. You can almost see the light shine through them
I run a shark-diving charity for cancer survivors so I get to photograph sharks, dolphins, and other marine life!
We were in Yellowstone and driving through a secluded area. A mother Badger & her 3 babies stood right in front of our car and I got the best photos. She did look really mad and wanted to take on the Durango
my brand new grand babies and all my grandkids at playing swimming or what ever they are doing i just love taking photos
San Francisco on a daily basis. It never fails to surprises me with new shots
a praying mantis close up
The coolest thing I’ve ever photographed was my aunt’s baby shower. It was amazing being invited into such an important point in her life and being able to capture everyone’s happiness and excitement on camera.
Alright it might not be exotic but I had a blast at the San Diego Zoo!
About 20 years ago, I was visiting Beijing China during the winter. On the day I was scheduled to visit the Great Wall, there was a snow storm making it difficult to go to the wall. Instead, we went to a lesser known portion of the Great Wall. There was snow all over the mountains and wall, and the clouds were low, ominous and purplish in color. When the pictures were developed, I realized how pretty the location (and environment and colors) were. This is when I decided to learn how to take better pictures.
A Weddell seal that came up to breathe while I was quietly eating a sandwich by myself.
The old Autour du Rocher ruins.
a couple of summers ago, I went on my very first whale watching trip at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. A beautiful day temps were in the 70s and the sky blue with scattered clouds. When we got to where the whales were we sat and watched a whale start breaching. The coolest thing I have ever photographed (so far) was a whale mid breach…halfway out of the water.
nothing because i have no camera
A canyon below me while zip lining
children the excitement, the awe moments in a childs life
the coolest thing I ever photographed was back in Nov 1989 when people were crawling all over the Berlin wall and hammering away at it.
Glowing firefly Squid
Dew droplets on a spider web using a macro extension tube and a zoom lens made for one of the most unique looks into a tiny world that I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to imagine how much detail there is in everything until you take the time to look a little closer.
“That’s hard… Hmmm, coolest thing would be a funnel cloud over Rancho Cordova, CA while on my lunch break.
I later found out, it had just touched down a few miles away.”
A gorgeous rainbow after a heavy thunderstorm which I learned later caused considerable damage in the area. The beauty of the rainbow should both the majesty and beauty of mother nature.
Sun ray in Antelope Canyon in Arizona
A close up of a Gzizzley. I was in Banff at an overlook early one morning alone deciding where to shoot from. As I walked across the overlook watching this magnificent scene I looked down and I was about 20 feet from a adult grizzly eating his way up the hill. As I slowly backed away I took a few BLURRY images. After getting safely back to the car I rolled the car in front of him and took a few clear shots.
NFL players during a game while on the sidelines
The sunset where my friend looks like he’s holding the sun between his two fingers.
ummmm Canadian bums
Autumn reflections in a pond partially covered with scattered leaves and water plants – looked like a Monet painting!
awesome pics of my kids
The Dom in Cologne Germany
A rundown part of Chattanooga, TN. A gang there puts up posters of an “Evil Mickey Mouse”, and the old broken down brick walls were plastered with evil Mickey everywhere. Additionally, there was a tree growing out of the wall!
A beautiful scene of a flower at my school.
My daughter entering the world, photos taken one year, seven days ago 🙂 Love you Charlotte Grace 🙂
Crowd shots at Bonnaroo during Pearl Jam’s set
planet jupiter
A baby snapping turtle about the size of a twoonie.
I live on the northern California coast. I chronicle a lot of my trail runs through the Redwood forests around here in a written and photo blog. I’d have to say that photographing a runner, in the fog, beneath the towering Redwoods is the coolest thing! 🙂
My son! Always. May not be so cool to others, but he is the coolest son to me and my wife.
a new baby
gotta be my 92 jeep wrangler, playing in the snow in oregon…or the kids
A deer swimming 4 miles out in Lake Ontario.
My Husband standing with the crew from Pawn Stars after selling them a case of WWII Japanese Landmines on the show.
A drifted log wedged between two rocks at Selway Falls, Idaho
The coolest thing I have ever photographed was the island of Kauai from a helicopter. The island was used in Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean, so to see it from above was breathtaking!
Every, new concert I get to photograph; I love the energy and enthusiasm that the musicians put out and that I am able to capture through my lens….it’s invigorating and exciting!
BUTTERFLY AND HUMMINGBIRD
Humpback whales breaching in Maui! I’ve been there the last 2 years during whale season and have gotten some amazing photos.
a couple of flowers that my mom got for mothers day
My pair of Avicularia versicolor (pink toe tarantulas) mating. My Nikon captured it all, and it was in PERFECT lighting!
Palouse Falls in Washington state during spring run off with it’s roaring chocolate water.
My mother & myself on New Year’s eve after the ball dropped. I special monent, since minutes prior I was about to put her out of her misery and going to kill her to end her suffering. God stepped in aand made her normal temporaily to stay ny hand.
A very teeny tiny friendly little frog I found at Lake Oroville, CA. He climbed onto my brothers thumb and was the same size as my brothers thumb-nail. He was so adorable and the photo came out amazing, with the background blurred and the frog and my brothers hand completely in focus.
A rainbow
Full moon under the At. Louis Arch
Colosseum Roma
I was taking sunset pictures at Mission Beach, San Diego, California. I was trying to out varying shutter speeds and panning to attempt to capture a good picture of the seagulls flying by. Once I got the pictures on my computer I realized that there was a very prominent shark fin and outline in a couple of the pictures. I had been to focused at the time to notice.
Abird feeding its chicks.
Riding on a train in Bulgaria that was simular to the orient express and snaping pictures and videos going through the moutains…
accidental double exposure of old wooden ship.
Besides my children, I would have to say an empty harbor after Hurricane Ike. It was at dusk and the waters were very calm, but all of the boats were gone. It makes me a little sad every time I look at it. I also have a pretty unique picture of fog setting in, but it was taken with a really cheap camera. “phone” The fog is in a perfect line about 8 feet off of the ground as far as you could see.
A horse
Bald Eagles in Florida. They are Awe inspiring.
a tornado funnel forming
someone passing out drunk
My VW Bug back in the 70’s
NHRA Dragter’s at Gator Nationals, I had a pass to get onto the track.
The birth of a baby!
A stealth bomber
friends at camp
MY CHILDREN
A glacier calving at the Hubbard Glacier taken from the deck of a cruise ship.
the sunrise while in a plane
A mother duck and her ducklings crossing a street with a line of cars stopped waiting for them to cross
Being new to photography everything that I photograph is cool to me, when I get the result I wanted. I love photographing the details in ice and frost and I really enjoy photographing the white pelicans that are in the area. But a horrible day out shooting is better than the best day in the office by a long shot!
a fishing dog
A sunset in New Mexico while standing on the top of a mountain. You could see the world from up there.
The Wailing Wall in Jerusalem
I really enjoy photographing sunsets but have a real nice shot of some plants at White Sands with the mountains in the background
i tool pictures of dogsledding when i went on a trip to Thunder Bay
A mother lion and her baby cubs enjoying their kill – a zebra!! In Tanzania – fantastic!!!
Photos of my daughter
Mt Rainier
A dragonfly at the lake hovering in front of me
A male ablino Piliated Woodpecker, the really cool part is I got the photo with his very long tongue sticking out.
mountain Alps
sunset and sunrise
My family
Fresh snowfall on North Vancouver mountains. Jan 1st, 1980 take from Falsecreek.
scenery in bahamas
Was cottaging and my friends husband found a skull under the deck…We think it was a beaver skull but not sure. Got some really cool photos though!
a stop animation
The coliseum in Rome. It was beautiful and moving and I took the shot and sunset and I love the photo so much I’ve blown it up and it’s hanging in my house!
A macro shot of a honeybee on a flower
A live Frog under a large tree at nighttime. WOW!
ocean waves
a child mid-leap
a bald eagle
I have photographed a young hawk swimming to capture his prey underwater.
Bald Eagles
my laughing cat
Hands down it is Yosemite at dusk..beautiful sun shots on Half Dome…
A Maui Sunset.
coolest thing i’ve photographed has been the pipiwai trail in maui. it’s a state park with a path through a bamboo forest. the bamboo is thick and tall, and blocks out most of the sunlight. it’s almost like entering a tunnel — it’s eerie and it’s magical. the bamboo sound like wind chimes as a breeze blows through.
a white dove on the sand at the beach
Ny daughter of course
whales off coast in oregon
a Hawk
The coolest thing I’ve ever photographed was a hawk hovering above a lake while shaking the water off its wings and body like a dog, in mid-air, after it had plunged into the water trying to catch a small fish.
alligators/wildlife in the swamp in LA
Birth of my son
my kids
A trip to Kaui, Hawaii. Although I didn’t do it justice and will eventually go back.
The fabulous scenery of Italy (it was a great trip!) So beautiful!
The Canadian Rockies … in Alberta and in British Columbia.
The sunset from an airplane over Greenland! Still my most favorite photo to date, hanging over my couch in my living room.
My family and I love to go to the zoo. One day I was able to get a really clear picture of a rhino. It was sitting so still it didn’t look real!
denali park in alaska
Dolphins when I was a kid
I’d say it was the 2 X 3 black tail buck eating the bird seed from the feeder in my back yard while I was eating lunch on the deck. 🙂
raindrops falling
hummingbirds feeding
Canadian geese nesting
The little barefoot girl in Guatemala with her fish
My wife
Grand Canyon
my children at birth
a Butterfly
A bumblebee coming out of the ground!
The Lancaster airplane!!
The Canadian Snowbirds at the Waterloo Airshow Ontario
A double rainbow!
we were at a lake when a tornado hit with a rainbow crossing the back ground and another the moon was really close to the earth and we lived a big city and got an amazing pic from a bridge with the city at night
the birth of my son and daughter, they’re so beautiful!
My first child
The sunset
I was on a bike trip with a group og kids when I was 14. I got a great sunset with my 110 camera. I still have that picture. I am now 49. I will always remember that trip.
an old train station
My girlfriend, but maybe even better…I had never done underwater photography before and am amazed at the awesome pics I took. Amazing color and subject!
The Winter Dew tour with all of the pro snowboarders and skiers that I’ve loved to watch on TV. It was insanely cool to shoot them in person.
The Grandchild Peaks in Juneau.
A captured a huge group of monarcs (butterflies) in a mud puddle. It was beautiful!
Call my cheesey, but last summer I took a picture of a huge flower in a pot at a ranger station and when I turned around, my 5 year old slid over and took the same shot with his point-and-shoot, so I took one of him taking his picture. My favorite picture is now the one I took of him at 5 years old – and just last week he won a 12 and under state wide contest with that shot he took. Now that…that’s cool.
A marten in the lake stealing my fish off my fishing line.
The birth of my first child…I gave birth and did most of the photography myself!
NOTHING NONE THING
nothing i photo graph.
My 2 year old twin girls holding hands while playing at the park!
That would have to be the birth of my son. I really can’t think of anything cooler. 🙂
a baby turtle sitting on a bigger turtle and they let me get close. Really cute
The Waikiki Beach Sunset last September. It was classic! The orange/yellow/gold hues were shining through the darkened palm trees
My son and his bride saying their wedding vows. Honestly, there have been other cool things but this is the most recent and the HIGHLIGHT in the last few months so I remember it most!! 🙂
Ancient native American ruins
“My daughter playing on the beach
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Ancient Ruins in Turkey
I was attending an event at the metro zoo in Miami, Fla, and managed to snap a photo of Irene Cara (Fame) coming out of the ladies room with paper stuck to her shoe.
I borrowed my buddies 100 -400mm Canon ISW lens and shot a rhino at Brookfield Zoo… you can see every wrinkle around his eyes… it’s amazing!
The Chicago Air & Water Show from a boat on Lake Michigan. Pretty rad watching planes fly a few hundred feet over your head.
Two of the Space Shuttles at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, in which the Kelly twins had flown. I had gone to school with them and was amazed to see this beauties up close.
Trains and cars are my favorite!!!
Death Valley with the moon out, figure 8 cloud over a mountain, soaring blackbird, and black highway at the golden hour of sunset.
Blooming spring flowers!
my kids!
an amazing waterfall in Jamaica
I once photographed the eyes of a fly using a macro lens and a magnifying glass.
A picture of my sunflowers that had a bee and monarch butterfly on it..
My mom.
A grizzley bear on the side of the road while I was in my car, safe and sound.
a turtle
A singer performing in church under the spotlight
My grankids and the family dog
My niece and nephew, whats cooler than that.
A friend doing cosplay
MY GRAND KIDS
A flower that was blowing in the wind! Took the pict ure ages ago but it came out awesome!
blue angles
A BEAVER IN THE WILD
A branch of out Birch tree in the front yard that had the background blurred out. My wife sent the picture to Posterjack in Toronto and had it printed on a wrap around fram.
It’s a toss up! Last summer I got the chance to photograph one of my favorite bands at an outdoor event in Louisville, KY. Plenty of sun, loud music, and a very candid band playing their hearts out. And this spring I managed to catch a bullfrog “singing” in a garden pond. The little guy let me get within 6 inches of him and take his picture. The images I got are awesome!
Just the beauty and amazing landmarks of Puerto Rico just had an amazing time there with my camera of course
My kids
While taking a paddle boat ride at my cottage, two dragonflies landed on the boat. I got an amazing picture of them ‘interacting’
two guys on horses at the drive thru at hardees burger joint
The coolest photo I ever shot was a group of alligators sunning themselves down in the Everglades. I was only a few feet away and got a really detailed shot with only a basic digital camera.
My Kids… the feeling of snap that moment of pride and love for eternity is better than any thing you can achieve in any commercial shoot…
MY GRANDDAUGHTER I HAVE SO MUCH FUN TAKING PICTURES OF HER AND ALSO MY DOGS
the sunset on Grand Bahama Island
civil war reinactment in Gettysburg Pa.
I photographed a rainbow
Coolest thing I’ve ever photographed is a line of dolphins jumping out of the water at the beach.
Whale sharks underwater in Mexico while they were feeding.
The wonders of Nature.
The Ultraman.
I try to photograph, artistically, all of my foster cats and foster puppies.
“Getting up early to photograph a landscape and being lucky to have really amazing light at sunrise. Photographing a landscape immediately after a storm with amazing clouds and sun shining through.
Action shots with cool light emphasizing the movement. “
My brother and sister playing in a snow fort they built together.
Took a picture of a branch of our birch tree with the background blurred out. My wife sent it to posterjack in Toronto and had it printed on a wrap around frame. Gave it my daughter as a house warming gift. I am just a hobby phtographer and still learning.
“a woodpecker eating out of my hand.
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Sunsets in the Greek Islands
Tiger cub with my 2 year old granddaughter
a fly
A gigantic freight train.
Bambi deer
Lake Tahoe is absolutely stunning.
my dog coming up out of the water after diving
My wife jumping and clicking her heels; when we first married.
I once took a very fluky photo of a recreational-costumed relay that looked like something out of a hallucination!
Beautiful Arizona sunsets of purples, pinks, oranges, and blues!
Me, myself and I.
A series of time-lapse photographs of lights on Las Ramblas in Barcelona
The coolest? Denali iceberg in Alaska…
Leaves in ice. OK, it may not be the most original idea you’ve heard, but the combination of color, texture, different aspects of light in a single place, the finality of their motion locked in place and the impermanence of each of these aspects enchant me each and every time!
Seals playing on an island, while on a cruise.
Yosemite Park.
“Me & Liam Mayclem at Pier 39 (He is a Celebrity from the TV Show “”Eye on the Bay”” that’s not necesarily the cool part – I was the Grand Prize Winner of a VIP Event With the Raiders and 49ers and left a bit early and Liam asked Me for Directions to the Location – on the TV Show He is the “”Tour Guide”” yet he was asking me for directions in his own City, that was Cool – see my Cover Photo ~
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Me swimming with Wild Dolphins in Hawaii
coral reefs. It was magical
My daughter — I’m not very good, but she’s an easy subject to get a wonderful smile.
My dog Shadow’s perfect shadow projected on shades in my room.
beautiful bc
The sunrise
Loved ones.
A random squirrel eat something.
A laboratory in disarray after an earthquake. I worried rvery one would think I was goul but the photos were used to establish an insurance claim.
beaches in greece
a cow giving birth to a calf
St Basil’s Cathedral at night.
My hubby at dusk outside with his dog Shera jumping in the air after a ball.
Can’t think of anything off the top of my head but I love photographing waterfalls, my favorite.
One of the coolest things I’ve ever photographed was a Giant Cedar, about 8 feet in diameter, at least a few hundred years old, with a brand new tiny Cedar Sapling growing in front of the base of the old tree. I titled the shot “New Growth Springs from Old Growth.” This photograph is one of my greatest inspirations to this day. The metaphor reminds me that new growth springs from the roots and foundation of my old growth. This is the case with all of my growth, not the least of which is my growth as a photographer. 🙂
double rainbow over denver skyline
The coolest hing I’ve photographed is the backcountry areas of Joshua Tree NP. I love that late in the afternoon when the sun sinks low, things start to happen. Color erupts, rocks go from gray to golden yellow, dry desert plants go from dull gray to rich, deep green, a washed sky turns deep blue, those white clouds pick out a palate of color to display. And if you really spend time paying attention, the desert provides unlimited texture amongst the rocks, plants, and shapes. For me, it’s natures ultimate studio waiting for the right person to capture it.
The coolest thing I’ve ever shot is the sunrise over the Pacific ocean from the 10,000+ ft. summit of Haleakala on Maui.
Girls in bikini’s while at the beach! 🙂
The children at the day care I work at.
the chandelier by Chihuly at the Bellagio
the coolest thing I have ever photographed was the sunset on the beach in hollywood florida
During a thunder storm I captured a picture of a lightning strike behind what appeared to be a tornado.
Planet Earth and everything on it!
My puppy
Deer in the backyard
The coolest thing i photographed was two prairie dogs, tht looked as if it one was whispering into another’s ears. damn cool
my baby’s smile
My hand
My family
That would have to be the sunsets in Kauai. The sky glows red and you feel so amazed at the sheer beauty of something so simple.
a caerved iceblock!!!!!!
I photographed the panoramic views from the top of Koko Head in Oahu. Absolutely beautiful
i photographed an eagle swooping down and snatching a fish out of the water
moose giving birth to twins
Niagara Falls in mid-winter, with the sun creating sparkling reflections off the ice!
A 365 of my daughter’s first year of life. On day 354 now.
The mist rising out of Panther Gorge from Haystack Mountain.
whales on a whale-watching cruise
The pyramids at Giza!
Capturing the moment a baby opened her eyes and looked at her mum for the first time.
Dolphins in the Caribbean…they were swimming and it was neat to photograph them and get the various shots.
Math teachers are pretty cool. I’m a math teacher. I’ve photographed myself (not teaching math).
A rabbit that just popped up to visit me while flagging construction on a dead gravel road. The eyes of this rabbit are just magical.
The sun rising over the ocean with cruise ships in the backround.
My son with our Chihuahua Paco
animals in the wild on my trip to Costa Rica
My friend working in her art studio!
The Eiffel Tower
Sunset over lookout mountain just outside my house!
The coolest thing I have ever photographed is my daughter. She changes every day, and I live to document her life through my lenses (hence the need for the backpack!)
Castles,cathedrals and ruins in the United Kingdom.
I would love to have the opportunity to do some aerial photography other than just shooting with my iPhone through the window. Going over the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam were probably the most amazing things I’ve ever shot, and I did use my phone to do it. I got an amazing shot of the Pat Tillman bridge at the Hoover Dam, surrounded by the lake and the mountains it cuts through. Here on the ground, one of my favorite most amazing days of shooting was in Phoenix, Arizona, especially at sunset in the foothills.
The coolest thing I have ever photographed are the tent rocks behind my house in the Jemez Mtns. It had just snowed and the clouds were drifting in and out of the rocks. It gave the picture a sort of primordial feeling…besides being beautiful!
My daughter fixing her hair at the sliding door. What made it nice was that the sliding door was scratch up by dogs. It made it look unique.
The morning sky on my way to work.Overcast and the skies had gorgeous shades of purple
My Grandbabies
people’s faces
Sunsets while camping.
A photo of a cloud that look like an angel with wings and another with a gown and where the head is look close up has eye, nose and a mouth no photoshop either. Another cloud looks like a bearded man looking down at the earth.
A pic of my grandson just after birth
Feet. Everyone was sitting around talking at Thanksgiving and I took pics on the sly. Then put them together in a collage.
I would say it was Bryce Canyon in Utah. the sky had the bright fluffy clouds and the sun was bright on the rocks and it look gorgeous!
I am new to photography so I’m hoping to expand the cool things but so far it has been a cold, wet nose on a dog. It turned out looking cold & wet.
The moon, Jupiter and Saturn in a night shot. It was a lot of work, but beautiful!
blue egret
Running Dogs
pictures of my dogs, ever try to get 3 dogs to sit still, pose and click really fast!
a single rose at the Rose Garden in Eugene OR. It was early in the day, drops of moisture on the petals, sharp and close in
I enjoy it all,,,no limits…
A tree after an ice storm at sunset.
“I was doing an article on wildlife rehabilitation, and I was invited to see the animals at a rehabilitation center. I got to get up close and personal with owls, kestrels, eagles, falcons, hawks, bobcats, and wolves.
MY favorite was the Great Horned Owl and the wolves. They were incredible! They had such character in their eyes, and their gaze was intense. It really was quite fascinating. “
Midnight sun above the Arctic Circle..best picture I’ve ever taken.
A hockey season. It was only OHL not NHL, but I still loved every minute and learnt so much.
A tree engulfing an iron fence. I titled it “only the strong survive”
Grizzly bears and wolves! Nothing excites me more than photographing predatory animals.
Although I’ve been to Venice, Italy, Arches National Park, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon and other scenic places, the coolest thing I’ve ever photographed is my newborn son. Nothing beats the feeling of satisfaction I get from looking at a picture I took of him.
I photographed a mirage when I was driving through Texas. Unfortunately anyone I showed the picture to thought I was showing them a picture of a pool of water on the road.
Bisti Wilderness full moonrise.
Shooting from my Cessna using a strut-camera mount fired from the cockpit. Thirty-six exposures.
Walking along the Santa Cruz Wharf, I caught a sea gull stalking and stealing the lunch of a fisherman – who unwisely left it on the wharf’s rail. Thought it was pretty cool – and rather funny!
Two hawks on a building pad shortly after sunrise…
Eagle having a snack
Sky in sunrise
Jousting at the Renaissance Festival!
Hummingbird at the feeder outside my window
I captured the sun at just the right time for a pic of an old wooden chair with the yellow paint wearing off next to some flowers.
The sun setting on the lake. It shows its reflection in the water, along with the different shapes of the clouds. You can’t tell which is the reflection and what is the real sunset it so clear!
mountain fall colors
My kids!
New England Landscapes.
Walt Disney World’s fireworks show and castle extravaganza
I took a picture of my children and took one of my hands cupped together, then I exposed each one on the same paper to where my children were sitting in my hands.
My Favorite Singers While At Their Concert.
My bulldog wearing an helmet—so funny looking!!!
Crater Lake, Oregon
my young son frolicking on a field covered with white daisies, a beautiful fun and captivating scene!
a series of celebratory images of a championship
A Swimming Penguin
Recently learned the light painting technique in my college class. It is so cool, every shot is different.
A saguaro cactus at sunset against the night sky.
I don’t know that it was necessarily cool, but I was at the West Warwick, RI nightclub the night Great White burned it to the ground. After escaping the blaze and making it back to my car, I remembered I had my camera in my coat pocket (which I had left in the car). I snapped a couple shots and effectively captured one of the worst nights of my life on film.
lights in the sky
My dad and his grand son the summer before he passed.
My grandchildren are my favorite photograpic subjects.
My daughter 🙂 Nothing is cooler than being a mom!
A waterfall
My daughter’s first steps!
vert skateboarding
a sheep giving birth to 2 baby lambs
My son’s baseball games from 1995 to 2007. Not only did I have the opportunity to catch some great action, I was able to share it with the other parents.
My son catching a Bull Redfish in Indian River Lagoon on light tackle
Niagara falls
my very elegant siamese. super photogenic.
Warships at sea
a tree that had yellow leafs it was beautiful and the sky was so blue that day
My nephew, who I met for the first time when he was three. It was of him on a slip n slide. His smile was blinding. Just amazing.
My travels across the country.
a squirrel chasing a guy at the grand canyon
the monks in chiang mai doing their morning walk in their bright orange robe wearing flips on the dirt road. the people are putting food offering into the monk’s bowl as offering
There’s been many pictures of nature, or the middle of my sons laugh. One of the coolest ones though was while I was moving, it was taken I believe in GA, it was the side mirror of the car & you could see everything clearly. In the mirror, there was the road & the trees. Then, it corresponded PERFECTLY with the road & trees that came in blurry due to us driving.
The coolest thing I’ve ever photographed was the gold light of the sun peeking through the black storm clouds in Taylor County, Ga over a cow pasture. It was a really beautiful stormy sky.
My pets. They always have lots of interesting poses and things they do,
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Squirrel tearing into a cushion.”
My daughter or The Colosseum in Rome.
a kitiwiki landing on a cliff face in iceland on one of the islands with a 600mm lens, great action shot
my cat sleeping over my laptop. it was sweet and funny!
The Eiffel Tower at night on Valentines Day.
My daughter! The different faces she can make in the matter of seconds are priceless. She also has these bright blue eyes so theres never a picture that comes out bad.
Buffalo in yellowstone
Half Dome, Yosemite
The Hale-Bopp comment about 20 years ago!
the birth of a calf on my grandpa’s farm
open sea
My friends clowning around at a medieval event.
Without a doubt, my grandchildren.
my pets
The Grand Canyon was beautiful!
My grandson in his many moods. He is so easy to photograph.
My beautiful wife!
My cat making a funny face
I took some super macro shots of salt and pepper that I have framed in my kitchen.
my bride during our wedding
My ferret 🙂
A pod of dolphins jumping & spinning in the Pacific Ocean from Hanalei Beach in Hawaii. An unexpected & cool treat!
wienermobileest thing you’ve ever photographed? (Feel free
The Taj Mahal
The huge 1000-foot Great Lakes freighter ships coming into the duluth, MN port under the Aerial Lift Bridge. The bridge is a beautiful & unique subject!
MYSELF WITH MY GIRL FRIEND.
overhang of old church
A ocean full of jellyfish
flying goose
There was an outdoor concert right off the Mississippi river a few years ago. It was an all-day event and ended with the band Flyleaf after dark. It was a challenge to use the stage lights, shadows and smoke to capture unique photos with different moods.
“It was a snail on a bike trail.. trying to get to the other side..
I watched him for about 15 min..”
My kitten
A dead snake that i shot at the gun range.
My children and pets, you can’t go wrong with kids and animals 😀
my newborn colt
My family’s smiles.
A neat rattlesnake.
Yosemite National Park
FAMILY STUFF
a flower
I managed to capture my dog mid-shake, with water droplets launching off of his fur. His face is all distorted–it looks hilarious!
“Still, Grand Canyon or Texas Canyon
Action,Two Badgers fighting”
my baby
Just some sunsets…nothing crazy. I did get the end of a rainbow once.
My babies! No matter how old my kids get, those will always be my favorite pictures!
Chichen Itza during the spring equinox 2012! Many people worshiping the sun-snake shadow made for amazing shots!
NASA at night during christmas
My children when they were babies, the clouds that made pictures.
a shooting star while out waiting for the sunrise at Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii
The Eiffel Tower at night, 40 years ago this summer.
A possum in a tree.
Giraffes at the zoo.
A double rainbow at the small street mall I grew up going to. It felt so magical. I just wish I still had the photo but maybe one day I’ll see a double rainbow again and of course be ready with my camera. =)
A TREE
My darling kitty.
My dogs 🙂
big ben at sunset!
The coolest thing that I ever photographed was a picture of my grandma before she died 12 years ago
waves in the ocean and leaves on the trees during the fall
I was able to photograph a red moon one night which was eerily cool
My long-haired chihuahua just being her beautiful self.
My husband wanted to surprise me by cooking me dinner, the funny part of it all he was standing by the stove completely naked and all you could see are these to big round buns. so I grab the camera and took his picture. he had no idea until his co-worker called him and asked whats with the picture? it seems more funny cause my husband is in the USAF…
manatees that I saw on a canoe trip in florida.
an eclipse
Nature and animals that I encounter every day.
My son! Cheesy, but I love that kid!
on a trail in Highland Hammock State Park, there was a tree stump and a tiny white snail drinking from a tiny puddle in the middle. Was an awesome sight, the snail getting a drink in the Florida summer heat. I love that picture. Just ask if you want to see it!
An egret seeing his reflection in a pond at the golf course.
a snake starting to eat a frog. i saved the frog.
Pitched rocks into the lake and took pictures of the ripples through some fall colored trees. The sun was shining perfectly of the lake, pictures came out AWESOME. My favorite, besides the ones of my kids of course!
My daughter pitching in fast pitch and getting the ball coming out of her hand.
“my family
because i love them!”
A flock of wild turkeys that were right outside my front door.
Fish in my pond. The water was so clear that they looked like they were floating in air.
My children on the top of the tallest structure at Coba in Mexico.
Had an Olympus Camedia 3300Z in an underwater housing on a dive in Fiji. At the end of the dive a Giant Manta Ray swam by us, did a loop d loop and swam off. Unfortunately all I got was vaguely Manta shaped blurs. Coolest thing to photograph, but the pictures didn’t come out.
Showy Lady’s Slippers in a wetland in Northern Minnesota
The 2012 Ohio girls high school basketball semi and finals, my first major media event with full access, shooting from the arena floor. lot of fun, lots of action.
Beautiful waterfalls in Costa Rica
Sunset and a lighthouse on Oahu, Hawaii.
it was this huge tree I seen in california
going down a slide in a water park with my moms waterproof camera.
an ant hill
Grass, trees and flowers.
mountain lion
My precious family.
The Great Pyramids in Egypt!
Flying butterfly with its wings in action
driving down I95 passed a shack on the road and took a pic of it while still driving. the shack came out while around it was blurry….perfect!
weird bugs
I found a tree frog on my camper’s deck amongst the morning glories. Took out my camera and got as close as I could to it and the picture came out amazing. Just natural lighting. Looks like I took the picture in Belize or somewhere.I call it Stare down in Wisconsin.
trip to BVI on a yacht
my grandchildren
sodona az anywhere there is nice
A helicopter coming into our lake to pick up water to fight a fire.
A beautiful lake just before sunset with baby ducks in the foreground.
colorful flowers
A beautiful homeless woman overlooking the ocean
I have taken a lot of really neat pictures but right now my favorite is a series I am working on of street photography specifically people at bustops
weird looking bug
fiji and the ocean
Eagles on the Mississippi.
Home baked cookies and pies at Christmas.
A vineyard in Portugal.
me, I, and myself
I would have to say my sons…three of them and not one of them was hitting the other one!
I got a great shot of a baby and momma deer in my backyard kissing. it was priceless
The Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg Tennessee from the highest point when there was snow all over them. It was beautiful!
Sunsets at the beach!
Bull elk, standing about 15′ from the road in the early morning. It was a frosty morning and you could see his breath hanging in the air. He was big and proud!!
The lunar eclipse in the late 90s when the comet was going by the earth too at the same time
Battle Rock SP, Port Orford, Oregon during hurricane-force winds while clinging to the side of a building.
I snapped the hugest spider I ever seen in my life!
I am a mountain guide in alaska, most of my photography is on high alpine terrain.not only is it remote locations that most people never see, it also is every changing sometimes even hour to hour. Pretty much every time i take my camera out i get to capture a unique, once ever moment.
the two turtles on top of each other at the sedwick county zoo it does not happen very often so it was neat to see and photograph.
My Daughter. She in now a model because of it.
MY NEWBORN NIECE
2 cows going at it
a tornado
Two bald eagles playing on the cliffs of the Colorado River in Palisade Colorado.
Two little girls spinning circles as the snow flakes fell around them.
My dog a spur of the moment Idea for a contest cut out the dog face in a t-shirt stuck on some sun glasses on his head put the shirt on a hanger and stuck his head threw it. I won best character for the t- shirt contest .
Sacrificing wife’s coupons to the volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island
a hummingbird
The coolest for me was most resent picture I took. My wife bought me a telescope for Christmas this past year. waiting for a clear night to stare at the moon, finally! sitting pretty in the nights sky, just as beautiful as the day she formed from molten earth. The MOON! With all amazement, I stood in awe just staring through the glass onto this white colored, crater filled moon. An amateur at photography, I pull out my cell phone camera, put it up to the lens and just stared clicking pictures. I must say, I was impressed
the Grand Canyon
I photographed the Berlin Wall a few years ago!
When my daughter was younger with the grass blades amd a flower she was holding I was on my elbow and got a rerrific shot