2019 Daily Photos

Mt Rainier

January 17, 2019....My August 2008 Trip. Mount Rainier, also known as Tahoma or Tacoma, is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 59 miles south-southeast of Seattle, in the Mount Rainier National Park. Wikipedia

Piano Bridge

January 16, 2019...Dubina, Texas Erected in 1885, the Piano Bridge was named for the twanging sound that was made when crossing the bridge. The bridge spans the Navidad River and connects the communities of High Hill and Dubina, Texas’ first Czech community. The connection established an economic and social value to the communities that affected the quality of daily life. Piano Bridge has seen the evolution of transportation from riding horseback to the horse-drawn carriage to Model T cars to modern vehicles.

Hermit Thrush

January 15, 2019....Pedernales Falls SP near Johnson City, Texas. From a bird blind and shot behind a glass window.

Cattle Drive

1-14-2019...Ft Worth Stockyards. The Old West comes to life before your eyes during the world's only Fort Worth Herd’s twice-daily cattle drive. Real Texas cowhands drive a herd of Texas longhorns down Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards National Historic District every day at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m

American White Pelican

1-13-2019....Flying into White Rock Lake (WRL), Dallas, Texas. About 100 pelicans spend the winter each year at WRL arriving in September and leaving in early April. Some are tagged so we know the same ones come back each year from Idaho. They have a 9-foot wing span. The only other bird in North America with a bigger wing span is the Condor.

Male Painted Bunting

1-12-2019....Shot behind a glass window at Pedernales Falls SP near Johnson City, Texas.

Bike Race

1-11-2019....Bike race in Richardson, Texas. Added Tonal Contrast with NIK software.

Nikon Shooter

1-10-2019....Ran into this pro photographer a few years ago taking portraits of an Austin family. PP done in NIK.

Chrome Steer

1-9-2019....Highway Art just west of Johnson City, Texas along Highway 290. I stop and photograph this every time I am over there. Thank you for comments and critiques.

Reflections

1-8-2019....Eisemann Center Fountains in Richardson, Texas. Several years ago the image won "Best In Show" at the Plano Photography Club. Thank you for your comments and critiques.

Pelican Flyby

1-7-2019....American White Pelican from White Rock Lake in Dallas. This one was leaving Sunset Bay and heading out to fish with his buddies. About 100 pelicans arrive every September and spend the Winter in Dallas. They will all leave by first of April. Some are tagged and we know they spend the summer in Idaho. It always amazes me that these big, fat birds can fly over the Rocky Mountains to get to Texas.

American White Pelican

1-6-2019. Yesterday at White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas.

Driving a Morgan

1-5-2019...Heights Car Show in Richardson. Texas.

Prairie Creek - Richardson, Texas

1-4-2019...Prairie Creek in Richardson, Texas after two days of very cold rain. This photo taken yesterday in heavy rain at 34-degrees. It is going to be sunny today in Dallas area. PP done by adding tonal contrast in NIK software

Go Fly A Kite

1-3-2019....This is at North Padre Island. Texas.

Kestrel

1-2-2019....an injured Kestrel at Blackland Raptor Center. The name kestrel is given to several different members of the falcon genus, Falco. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height of around 10–20 metres over open country and swoop down on prey, usually small mammals, lizards or large insects. Wikipedia

Austin, Texas

1-1-2019....a view of Austin from the Lamar Street Bridge. I retired from Texas Instruments on January 1, 2000 and have been in Austin since January 2012.