Category Archives: Travel Photography

Blog posts that contain images made while traveling.

New Definition of “A Cold Shower”

By Jim | Published April 5, 2022

Today’s post features a Yellowstone regular actor … Old Faithful as it erupts in the winter landscape.  Enjoy this sequence of the eruption. Geyser at rest: Eruption inevitable: Shower Time! Steam filling the Old Faithful landscape: Near the end of eruption: Coming up … some other geysers were actively erupting during our visit.   Photographic […]

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Bubbles in the Mud

By Jim | Published March 31, 2022

Today’s post features some more images I captured in late February in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming). The mud pots featured in this post were located in the Fountain Paint Pots area of the park, near Old Faithful. One definition I found of the mud pot is that it is a sort of acidic hot springs […]

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‘Icy Hot’, Part 1

By Jim | Published March 24, 2022

Today’s post features some of the thermal pools located near Old Faithful, in Yellowstone NP. These were captured during my recent short visit to Yellowstone and the Tetons. Coming up … a few more thermal features, along with geysers “at work”.   Photographic Equipment Used: Canon 5D Mark 3 camera Canon 28-135mm, f/3.5-f/5.6 IS lens […]

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Chilling Heat Wave

By Jim | Published March 21, 2022

Today’s post features a few images I captured as we entered the thermal feature area around Yellowstone’s Old Faithful. With temperatures starting at about 14F, mentally it “felt” like we were encountering a temporary heat wave as we began entering the thermal features area: Coming up … some images captured as we hiked around some […]

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Behemoths in the Snowy Landscape

By Jim | Published March 16, 2022

Today’s post features a few of the bison images I captured during my recent trip to Yellowstone NP. It gets quite cold in winter here … the snow can fall to incredible depths in winter here … but the “Behemoths”, or bison remain a fixture within and around the park as they struggle to overcome […]

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Firehole Riverscapes

By Jim | Published March 10, 2022

Today’s post features a look at Yellowstone NP’s Firehole River and some of it’s many picturesque views in the winter. A wide angle view of the river with some of it’s many cascades: A closeup at the river’s edge, with snow and ice covered rock: Along the banks of the Firehole River, a small tree […]

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A Change of Season

By Jim | Published March 8, 2022

Today’s post features an image I captured a few days ago when I visited Yellowstone NP and Grand Teton NP in Wyoming. Yellowstone and the Tetons are always great places to photograph landscapes and wildlife, but the picturesque landscape during the winter months adds an extra layer of interest! Today’s post features an image captured […]

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Double the Fun

By Jim | Published February 22, 2022

Today’s post comes from one of my past Baja (Mexico) photo trips. On the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Laguna San Ignacio is a popular and most extraordinary place to visit. This area is normally a busy fishing area for the area’s fishermen. In late fall, Gray Whales migrate here for both breeding and […]

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Life Under the Sea

By Jim | Published February 16, 2022

Today’s post features a collection of underwater photographs I captured while snorkeling in the Sea of Cortez (Baja, MX) a few years ago. I don’t even have identifications for most of the fish … but I still enjoy pulling these up on my computer and reliving the “Sea of Cortez Experience”! Some of the varied […]

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The “F” Bird

By Jim | Published February 14, 2022

Today’s post features some more images captured in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez … the Magnificent Frigatebird. With it’s normal northern range limited to the very southern U.S. and northern Mexico coasts and islands, this was a “lifer” for me. As we sailed the Sea of Cortez, we would occasionally see one or more of these […]

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