These sentry boxes (called garitas) look out to the ocean from every corner of fort San Felipe del Morro.  Their distinctive rounded dome tops have become a cultural symbol for Puerto Rico.

The beautiful interior walls of Fort San Felipe del Morro.

I snapped this photograph of the Bronx Zoo’s coy pond using one of the few lens filters that I keep on hand – the polarizer.  In this instance, I used it to filter out reflections from the water in order to capture some real underwater detail of the scales and fins.  The polarizer is also useful for eliminating window reflections and has the added benefit of making blue skies more blue.

Here is a second picture of the same art exhibit at Governor’s Island.  This time I converted the picture to duo-tone giving it a red hue which I thought looked strange for the subject matter.

I snapped this picture of an art exhibit during a visit to Governor’s Island in New York City.  A little bit of light peaking through the leaves of a nearby tree created a natural spot light effect.   

This picture of a Shiva statuette was taken at an Asian Heritage Month event in NYC using available light (i.e. a small desk lamp).

This blackbird landed on a post several feet in front of me just as I was about to go on a morning walk. Bad omen or not, I thought the light hit his black feathers in a nice way.  It was certainly worthy of a photograph.

This duotone photograph was taken from a hiking trail at Pinnacle Peak in Scottsdale Arizona. 

This photograph of moss and vine growth was taken with a 100 mm macro lens while I was surounded montrous red wood trees.  Sometimes the most interesting pictures in the forest can be captured by focusing in on the small and unnoticed aspects of forest life.

This photo of an owl was taken with a 300 mm lens from one of the many hiking trials at Big Sur National Park in California. 

These are the famous sea lions of Fisherman’s Warf in San Francisco. I focused on one sea lion that kind of looked like a character from a Dr. Seuss book.