New Mexico
In the southwest region, New Mexico has some unique landscape locations that is deserving photographic visits. Here are some of those images.

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 27, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 27, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |

Album | New Mexico |
Taken | November 26, 2024 |
Uploaded | January 14, 2025 |
Split Rock Lighthouse
Here is a collection of photos taken of the impressive and historic Split Rock Lighthouse.

Album | Split Rock Lighthouse |
Taken | October 3, 2024 |
Uploaded | October 28, 2024 |

Album | Split Rock Lighthouse |
Taken | October 3, 2024 |
Uploaded | October 28, 2024 |

Album | Split Rock Lighthouse |
Taken | October 2, 2024 |
Uploaded | October 28, 2024 |

Album | Split Rock Lighthouse |
Taken | October 2, 2024 |
Uploaded | December 25, 2024 |
Kansas
Photos taken within my home state.

Album | Kansas |
Taken | September 5, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Kansas |
Taken | September 5, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

This image is a popular photo on Google Map for the map reference point Buffalo Soldier Monument Plaza. It is taken from the Southwest corner at the entrance to the monument. Like the other photos, this was taken at dusk.
Album | Kansas |
Taken | September 5, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Added value of a flock of geese flying into a landscape composition.
Album | Kansas |
Taken | October 26, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Got up early to catch the mist rising from the lake and creek that feeds into the lake, which is where I shot this photo. Found a heavy frost everywhere to include on the small leaves that peppered the creek. In this image the sun hadn’t as yet peaked over the Eastern hilltop. This is an HDR from 5 bracketed images. Shot on my Sony A7RIII using my iPhone sony app Imaging Edge Mobile
Album | Kansas |
Taken | October 26, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Geese flying into Wyandotte County Lake early in the morning.
Album | Kansas |
Taken | October 26, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Kansas |
Taken | May 1, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 10, 2023 |

Album | Kansas |
Taken | July 22, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

A sunrise’s golden glow radiating the water on the Missouri River at Riverfront Park.
Album | Kansas |
Taken | September 25, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Sunrise on a misty fall morning at Wyandotte County Lake
Album | Kansas |
Taken | October 26, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |
Vacations
Here are photos taken on family vacations.

Album | Vacations |
Taken | September 19, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | September 19, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 18, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 16, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

The grainy glamor of paragliding
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 20, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Somewhere in the Carribbean waters an early morning shows most cruise vacationeers are still asleep.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 20, 2017 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Rejoining the Carnival Breeze cruise ship after a half day on the Cayman Island.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 23, 2017 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | September 11, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Plane landing at Sangster International Airport as taken while standing on the side walk along Kent Avenue with Dead End Beach in front of the airport. This is a stacked image from 10 photos taken in continuous mode.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 22, 2017 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 19, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Perfect spring day at Oceanside Beach as captured from its Pier.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 16, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Vacations |
Taken | September 11, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

After leaving Jamaica for Cozumel, we noticed another cruise ship ahead of our cruise ship indicating that both ships were following a sea lane.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 19, 2017 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Pacific sunset sharing the final rays of light along the coast cliff. Taken while on a family vacation to San Diego, California. What I like about this photo is the magenta in the clouds and the red tone that showed in the rocks.
Album | Vacations |
Taken | March 16, 2015 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |
Falls
Waterfalls are often a landscape photographer’s choice scenery. Here are some of my favorites.

Chase Lake Falls is known by several names, such as Prather Creek Falls or sometimes referred to the name of a nearby town called Cottonwood Falls. This is another waterfall that is dependent upon a high water pool in Chase Fishing Lake. On this particular day after several reoccurring storms that caused flooding in the area the water was really flowing though a bit brown from all the sediment.
Album | Falls |
Taken | May 11, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Falls |
Taken | June 4, 2021 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

The lower falls requires you to wade in water and work through some broken tree limbs, but it could allow ou to capture four falls.

Part of the spillway at Geary State Fishing Lake is this wonderful waterfall that flows when the lake pool is high.
Album | Falls |
Taken | May 11, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

The beautiful waterfall located Northeast of Rifle Colorado in a small, but enjoyable state park is a very short walk from the park’s entrance and general parking lot.
Album | Falls |
Taken | April 26, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |
Arizona
This state offers exceptional scenery and many of the sites that have particular interest to me are adjacent to the state line to Utah. This enables visit to both states on many of my trips.

The backside of the Kansas City Missouri Temple was taken during sunset.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Kansas City, landscape, sunset |
Taken | August 31, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

Supermoon captured behind the Angel Moroni statue that is atop the main steeple of the Kansas City Missouri Temple.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Architectural, Kansas City, landscape |
Taken | September 1, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

The lower falls requires you to wade in water and work through some broken tree limbs, but it could allow ou to capture four falls.

Along the trail up to the Rim Overlook was this spur nestled about with Utah Juniper that point upward to a butte in the distance. I took this photo because I noticed that the junipers provided a gap between the suggesting a path that lead upwards to the overlook peak that I was hiking to. I also like the dark stones in the front right corner that act to balance the picture with the clouds peaking on the left.

While hiking the Rim Overlook trail I noticed that at a certain elevation close to the overlook area you could see Mt Pennell in the far ground unobstructed by the Capital Reef terrain. This is perhaps the photo I like the best from my trip to Southern Utah. I like how you are lead in the photo to mountain in the far ground. What I don’t like is that balance is a bit weighted to the left. This shot was taken from a hand held position while hiking.

While hiking the Rim Overlook and Navajo Knobs trail this view materialized. Capital Doom is to the right and Mount Pennell is in the background.

A pinnacle stands as a sentinel to hikers that the Wahweap Hoodoos are just ahead. Hoodoos are noticeable in the distance along the cliff.
Temples
Temples built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have architectural beauty that offers photographic opportunities.

A historic restoration of the Nauvoo Temple that was destroyed after the exodus of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints captured between the transition of golden hour to blue hour.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Architectural, building, Night |
Taken | August 9, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

A HDR night scape of the Kansas City Temple, which is a sacred structure built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This HDR is comprised of five images. This was my second series of night scapes using the HDR technique.
Album | Temples |
Taken | April 1, 2016 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

A HDR night scape of the Kansas City Temple, which is a sacred structure built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This HDR is comprised of five images. This was my first series of night scapes using the HDR technique.
Album | Temples |
Taken | April 1, 2016 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Temples |
Taken | December 15, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Temples |
Taken | August 10, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Supermoon captured behind the Angel Moroni statue that is atop the main steeple of the Kansas City Missouri Temple.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Architectural, Kansas City, landscape |
Taken | September 1, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

The backside of the Kansas City Missouri Temple was taken during sunset.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Kansas City, landscape, sunset |
Taken | August 31, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

Supermoon captured behind the Angel Moroni statue that is a top the main steeple of the Kansas City Missouri Temple. Image was captured on the August 31 supermoon.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Architectural, Kansas City, Night |
Taken | September 1, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |
Cityscapes
Second to landscape photography endeavors is to work at taking interesting cityscapes. I particularly like to photograph cityscapes at night. If you can add water into the composition, then I think that I have the optimum image in the making.

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | February 19, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 5, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

A drive with courtesy billboard marks this Kansas City cityscape. Yet this part of the interstate has been closed for a couple of years. So a sign for no cars.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | November 23, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

I was enthralled by the submerged patio lights at the Washington Memorial that seemed to point to the Capital.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | January 30, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | March 4, 2021 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Blue hour adds the same blue case onto the muddy Missouri and Kansas Rivers sandwiching downtown Kansas City in a rich blue.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | November 30, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | April 27, 2021 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | December 1, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

A beautiful setting sun added the golden glow to the downtown buildings of Kansas City as seen from the patio above the Amtrak station.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | November 23, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | September 13, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | December 1, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Perching high atop a closed interstate on ramp from the Fairfax industrial offered a rare opportunity to capture the Kansas City cityscape with the Broadway Bridge lights.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | December 1, 2019 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 4, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 5, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 2, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 5, 2022 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

After waiting years for a supermoon to rise between key Kansas City skyscrapers, PhotoPills showed that a Sturgeon Supermoon would occur and this is the shoot that I took.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 2, 2023 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

What an incredible moment to finally be able to get a full moon over 1 Kansas City Plaza Skyscraper low enough for it to look good. The plus was it was a Supermoon.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | August 2, 2023 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |

Lincoln Memorial aglow as flags flutter at the World War II Memorial.
Album | Cityscapes |
Category | cityscape |
Taken | January 30, 2020 |
Uploaded | August 13, 2023 |
Utah
The Southwest is one of my favorite location to visit and photograph. Southern Utah scenery ranks as one of my most favorite areas. If I can add some hiking or overlonding to get to a more remote area to capture that special location, then I have definite interest.

The backside of the Kansas City Missouri Temple was taken during sunset.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Kansas City, landscape, sunset |
Taken | August 31, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

Supermoon captured behind the Angel Moroni statue that is atop the main steeple of the Kansas City Missouri Temple.
Album | Temples |
Categories | Architectural, Kansas City, landscape |
Taken | September 1, 2023 |
Uploaded | September 11, 2023 |

The lower falls requires you to wade in water and work through some broken tree limbs, but it could allow ou to capture four falls.

Along the trail up to the Rim Overlook was this spur nestled about with Utah Juniper that point upward to a butte in the distance. I took this photo because I noticed that the junipers provided a gap between the suggesting a path that lead upwards to the overlook peak that I was hiking to. I also like the dark stones in the front right corner that act to balance the picture with the clouds peaking on the left.

While hiking the Rim Overlook trail I noticed that at a certain elevation close to the overlook area you could see Mt Pennell in the far ground unobstructed by the Capital Reef terrain. This is perhaps the photo I like the best from my trip to Southern Utah. I like how you are lead in the photo to mountain in the far ground. What I don’t like is that balance is a bit weighted to the left. This shot was taken from a hand held position while hiking.

While hiking the Rim Overlook and Navajo Knobs trail this view materialized. Capital Doom is to the right and Mount Pennell is in the background.

A pinnacle stands as a sentinel to hikers that the Wahweap Hoodoos are just ahead. Hoodoos are noticeable in the distance along the cliff.