I've been struggling to figure out how to crop this shot for quite some time. It finally ocurred to me to just go wide. Really wide. It might come out kinda of puny on a computer screen (heaven forbid a phone). Make sure you click the image to enlarge it at least somewhat.
This is obviously the South, Middle, Grand, and Owen in their wintery glory. Glad I wasn't up there, it looked cold.
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An assassin bug waits patiently in a bougainvillea blossom.
Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Late light on Warbonnet peak, as the moon looks for a way around it. Warbonnet guards the southern entrance to the Cirque of the Towers in Wyoming's Wind River range. It is truly impressive from any angle.
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A foggy dawn in Grand Teton NP (last winter). It's not here yet, but the weather is turning over, the flowers are sagging, the spiders are looking for hiding places, and I can feel winter creeping up on me.
... or maybe this one. I love this shot because you see all her big brown eyes at once, while she stabs venom into her still-struggling victim.
The first day of Halloween is almost here, and I'm trying to choose a mascot pic for the great day. Should I go with this one, or...?
