The title "Cool Cold Boston" describes the cool color of the light and the cold describes how cold I am while making this image.
This VAST view is from downtown to the Back Bay including the Longfellow bridge crossing the Charles river. The boats at the Community Boat Center are in there winter wrap waiting for Spring to come.

The title "Cold Warm Boston" describes the how cold I am while making this VAST image and the warm is the warm light of sunset on the city.
This view from Cambridge looking across the Charles River is from downtown to the Back Bay and the Longfellow bridge. The boats at the Community Boating Center are all wrapped up for the winter, waiting for Spring to come and novice sailors to learn new skills.

The first time I saw this scene over 20 years ago I knew I needed to capture it in the Fall and so I have tried to get there to see if my imagination was as accurate as I had thought and I was not disappointed. With other projects creeping into my career this kept getting pushed off to "next year" and finally this year I made the effort to make this image happen. I live a 3 1/2 hour drive away so there is some guess work and web searching involved in knowing when peak color is. When I walked up and saw how colorful this scene was I was very happy. I was finally going to be able to make this image.
I hope you enjoy the scene as I do. I like the sense of depth to what would normally be considered a flat dimensional scene.

Without a doubt, the Maroon Bells are two of the most photographed mountains in the whole of the Colorado Rockies. Rising more than 14,000 feet above sea level just south of Aspen, the twin peaks are striped with snow all summer long. Aspen trees drape the hillsides, while Maroon Lake provides a handy mirror that grounds the whole scene in a postcard-perfect reflection.

On this particular morning, as I was walking along the north shore of Maroon Lake I couldn't help but notice this patch of white daisies still blooming even though it was late September. I watched as several people took cell phone shots of the daisies with the Bells in background, a beautiful shot for sure. As I viewed the scene I realized that there was hardly a breath of wind so the flowers were nearly motionless, an essential requirement for doing a focus bracketed set of images. With such a beautiful scene I contemplated if I could pull off shooting a gigapixel wall mural of this beauty God had provided us on this glorious morning. Always up for a challenge to capture God's creation in a gigapixel wall mural, I decided I would position my tripod about 3ft. above the ground, some 6ft. from the daisies (which is as close as my 300mm lens will focus) and attempt to included them in a shot with them as the prominent foreground subject. Plus as a bonus, the lake was nearly a mirrored surface reflecting the yellow Aspens on the foot hills of the Bells. A couple pairs of ducks quietly fed along the shoreline as I was shooting.

The Washington Monument is among the most well-known landmarks of Washington, D.C. The massive obelisk dedicated to the first president of the United States stands over 500 feet tall. Construction began in 1848 and didn’t finish for nearly 40 years due to lack of funding and the American Civil War. Made of marble, granite and bluestone gneiss; one can see the different shades in color of the stone between the bottom and top sections of the monument as the quarry stone couldn’t be matched after a two-decade long gap in construction. Fifty flags surround the base of the structure, symbolizing the fifty states of the Union.

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial on the National Mall is located at the southern end of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. This memorial is dedicated to Thomas Jefferson, an integral American Founding Father, one of the main writers of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress and third president of the United States. The neoclassical architecture commonplace in Washington, D.C. is evident in this memorial with its circular marble steps, ionic order columns and shallow dome. It is open to the elements and managed by the National Mall and Memorial Parks division of the National Park Service.

I shot this panoramic stitch at sunrise during the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms in March 2023. This was taken near the Tidal Basin Bridge (Ohio Drive Bridge) and provides sweeping views of the Tidal Basin, lined with flowering cherry trees. There is a short section along the Tidal Basin where one can see all the way to the United States Capitol Building and the Statue of Freedom, atop the Capitol Dome. Normally these trees could be mistaken for the myriad deciduous trees with their beautiful green canopy, but in the early spring these aged cherry trees burst with new life. During the peak bloom of the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C., their canopy and flowering blossoms happily hang over the edge, engulfing one in a flowering tunnel as they walk around the Tidal Basin. Washington, D.C. is filled with many unique sites and monuments which make up the cohesive whole; one of those iconic sites being the Cherry Blossoms in D.C. on the National Mall. This is the place to go to visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Thomas Jefferson Memorial, and enjoy views of the Washington Monument, White House, and government buildings, such as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as seen in this photo.

This ultra-high resolution photo of the Washington, D.C. skyline allows for making extremely large fine art prints and produces a hyper-realistic look unlike that of traditional fine art photography. At well over a gigapixel, it provides the viewer unrestricted access to the most intricate details of the scene. This fine art photo of the Cherry Blossoms in DC can be printed almost twenty feet long with no loss of detail.

Without a doubt, the Maroon Bells are two of the most photographed mountains in the whole of the Colorado Rockies. Rising more than 14,000 feet above sea level just south of Aspen, the twin peaks are striped with snow all summer long. Aspen trees drape the hillsides, while Maroon Lake provides a handy mirror that grounds the whole scene in a postcard-perfect reflection.

On this particular morning, as I was walking along the north shore of Maroon Lake I couldn't help but notice this patch of white daisies still blooming even though it was late September. I watched as several people took cell phone shots of the daisies with the Bells in background, a beautiful shot for sure. As I viewed the scene I realized that there was hardly a breath of wind so the flowers were nearly motionless, an essential requirement for doing a focus bracketed set of images. With such a beautiful scene I contemplated if I could pull off shooting a gigapixel wall mural of this beauty God had provided us on this glorious morning. Always up for a challenge to capture God's creation in a gigapixel wall mural, I decided I would position my tripod about 3ft. above the ground, some 6ft. from the daisies (which is as close as my 300mm lens will focus) and attempt to included them in a shot with them as the prominent foreground subject. Plus as a bonus, the lake was nearly a mirrored surface reflecting the yellow Aspens on the foot hills of the Bells. A couple pairs of ducks quietly fed along the shoreline as I was shooting.

The picture was taken in Rago National Park in the north of Norway. The name Rago comes from the Sami language and means sledebreen, literally translated as "sliding glacier". It is the sixth smallest park in Norway. To the east it borders Sweden's Padjelanta National Park. However, together with this and the Sarek and Stora Sjøfallet National Parks, it is the largest in Europe.

A width, untouched wilderness crisscrossed only by a few hiking trails. The aim here is to protect an untouched mountainous area with sparse vegetation in its original state. A lot of rainfall and the hard granite formed the Rago into a landscape of polished, bare rocks.
In the national park you have the feeling of feeling the breath of the last ice age. Only the slopes to the left and right of the Laksågas River, the banks of Storskogvatnet (lake) and Trolldalen (Troll Valley), which adjoins the lake to the northeast, are overgrown with pines and fell birches.

From an altitude of 400 meters, bare rock reigns supreme, on which only the most resistant dwarf shrubs - such as the crowberry - and grasses can survive.
The many waterfalls in the park area also contribute to the magnificent nature, the number of which is unsurpassed by any other national park in Norway. Most of the waterfalls are formed by the River Laksåga, which offers rapids and thundering falls in the upper reaches. The river meanders quietly through quiet forests in the lower part. Directly at the outlet of Lake Storskogvatnet, the 18 m high Storskogfossen (Greatforestwaterfall) thunders into the lake-like spread of the river.

Just 1,200 metres downstream, the 43-metre-high Trollforsen (Troll Waterfall) continues the river's fall. Two kilometres further on, the Helligforsen plunges into the Helligholet gorge. But the most grandiose is the Waterfall Værivassfossen, which falls from Litleverivatnet (lake in the picture on the right) 223 m deep into the Valley Storskogdalen.

The lowest point of the park is in Storskogdalen at 120 m above sea level, the highest point is the 1,312 m high Rago (Sámi = Ragucohkka), on the southern slope of which lies the Rágujiekna Glacier. If you are lucky, you can also meet the wolverine, the most predatory inhabitant of the Nordic mountains.

The river Laksåga, whose most beautiful, meandering section is already outside the park boundaries, is home to beavers and trout. The dense forests of the valley are also home to a solid elk trunk. The two largest lakes in the park are Litlverivatnet/Bassejávri at 311 metres and Storskogvatnet at 192 metres. Both are reached by a 2-day hike through the national park.

The lake can be reached after about three to four hours - depending on your physical condition. Another 4-6 hours to the east are the Swedish border. The way there to the tree line is also strenuous, with a 5 m high cliff with luggage causing particular difficulties.

The hike to the lake is not difficult, but not to be underestimated either. In bad weather, the route is not necessarily suitable, as the smooth rocks can become very slippery when it starts to rain.

And rain is really not uncommon in this area.

This is a cropped version of my full sized Hanging Lake photo. You can order custom sizes with alternative cropping to meet your exact needs.

Hanging Lake is a short but difficult hike to two waterfalls and one of the most beautiful lakes in Colorado. Hanging Lake is one of Colorado’s otherworldly gems. Its wispy waterfall tendrils, gumdrop-green waters, cliff-side location (hence the name) and lush surroundings make it one of the state’s most popular hikes and is why it was named a National Natural Landmark in 2011.

According to the National Park Service’s National Natural Landmarks Program, “Hanging Lake is a unique example within the Southern Rocky Mountains … of a lake formed by travertine deposition, “ which we know better as a form of limestone deposited by mineral springs. Here, “natural geologic and hydrologic processes continue to operate as they have done throughout the history of the lake. The site also supports one of the best and largest examples of a hanging garden plant community.”

One of the most popular iconic hikes in Colorado, Hanging Lake narrowly escaped the Grizzly Creek wide fire in August of 2020. It is located in Glenwood Canyon, about 7 miles east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The trail remained closed through much of 2021 due to treats of flash floods from the burn areas.

Hanging Lake had long been on my list of "must photograph" locations. I had tried several times to schedule a trip to this location near Glenwood Springs, CO. This year at the start of our Fall Colors tour of Southwestern Colorado, we intentionally booked a campground nearby so that I could add this location to my portfolio. I purchased the require hiking permit 4 weeks ahead of time because they often sell out weeks ahead of time. The 1.25 mile (2.5 miles round trip) and 1000 ft elevation gain hike with my 35lb camera bag on my back was about all these 72 year old legs could handle. But I did make it and boy was the effort ever worth it.

This is a focus bracketed and stacked image. It is made up of 2928 images with the majority of the the images being Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 297 individual Focus Stacked images, 11 rows x 27 columns that were stitched to create the finished image.

Oct. 3, 2023. 7:30am. -- The previous two days had been nearly steady rain. The overnight weather forecast had predicted snow down to 9000 ft., with clear skies at sunrise. So we got up early and drove to this location on County Rd 5 that we had scouted out the day before. Hoping for fresh snow on the peaks the Good Lord didn't disappoint us. The higher mountains were wearing a new coat of fresh powder snow. A dusting of snow remains on the evergreen trees near the tree line. Thankfully, it had not gotten too cold which would have caused the scrub oaks and Aspens to turn brown. As we were shooting we could hear an Elk bugle in the valley below us. As I was editing the photo I found him standing looking up towards me as if to say "I see you!". He is featured in the close up view in the lower right area of the photo.

Balcony House, with its well-preserved rooms, kivas, and plazas, stands as a tribute to those who built and occupied the site in the thirteenth century, the ancestors of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.

Balcony House was a mid-sized village of 38 rooms and two kivas and probably housed up to 30 people. Two naturally-occurring seep springs were located nearby, one within the alcove and one just below. Interestingly, its alcove faces northeast, which means the homes inside received little warmth from the sun during the winter months. Perhaps residents considered other needs, such as easy access to water, more important.

Evidence of how room and passageway construction in the alcove evolved through time can easily be seen in Balcony House. Today, the tunnel, passageways, and modern 32-foot entrance ladder are what make it the most adventurous cliff dwelling tour in the park.

The photograph is a visual feast, a full-frame capture that encapsulates the diversity and vibrancy of dahlias. Photographed from above, the image is a tapestry of multicoloured blooms, presenting an array of dahlia varieties that span the colours of the rainbow. The frame is filled to the edges, creating a seamless mosaic of nature's splendour.

Each flower, while part of a larger whole, stands out for its unique beauty — from the tight spirals of a micro pom to the expansive elegance of a dinner plate dahlia. The soft lighting envelops the flowers in a gentle glow, highlighting their varied textures and forms, and allowing each colour to resonate with life.

This overhead perspective brings a sense of unity to the diversity, showcasing the dahlias not just as individual blooms but as a collective celebration of nature's palette. The careful arrangement and selection of flowers create a harmonious balance, ensuring that the eye dances across the frame, delighted by every shade.

This art piece transcends mere floral photography; it becomes a study of variety and unity, a reminder of the boundless creativity found within the natural world. It's a gentle, vivid reminder of life's colourful journey, captured in the transient beauty of dahlias under a soft, diffused light.

David Lineton's collection of extremely high resolution texture photographs is truly unparalleled.

First, David and his team sourced a variety of the highest quality marble slabs, wood panels, slate tiles, and other beautiful materials. Then, he photographed them using the VAST technique for creating photos that are hundreds of times higher resolution than normal photographs.

The resulting images are exquisite, not only in their artistic quality and aesthetic character, but also their incredible resolution. This resolution allows these texture images to be printed and used at very large sizes without being blurry or low quality the way that normal resolution texture photos would be if used at large sizes.

David's collection of texture photo files is perfect for large art pieces, wall coverings, wall murals, backdrops, wallpapers, faux-materials, and so much more. The gigapixel-quality digital files are available to be licensed for your project today.

The Crystal Mill is an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Colorado, United States. The mill is situated in one of the most beautiful, picturesque sites in the Colorado Rockies and reputed to be the most photographed area in Colorado state. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Situated east of Marble, Colorado about 6 miles up a rugged 4x4 former mining trail road used by miners in the late 1800's, the mill is near the ghost town of Crystal at an elevation of 8,950 ft. The trail continues into the Elk mountains to through an area known as the "Devils Punch Bowl" and has a reputation of being the most deadly back country 4x4 trail in Colorado.

The mill was constructed in 1893 by George C. Eaton and B.S. Phillips, promoters of the Sheep Mountain Tunnel and Mining Company. The penstock powered the air compressor. In turn, the enormous compressor ran drills in the nearby Sheep Mountain and Bear Mountain gold mines. The drills were used to bore holes in the mine walls for the placement of dynamite. After the dynamite was detonated, the miners removed the whole ore.

Even after the operation shut down in 1917, the site has been preserved with the help of the Gunnison and Aspen historical societies and today The Crystal Mill remains an attraction for the city of Crystal.

This is a focus bracketed/stacked image consisting of 4728 individual images to yeild 165 focus stacked images in an 16 row x 115 column array resulting in a 14 ft. x 14 ft. wall mural.

David Lineton's collection of extremely high resolution texture photographs is truly unparalleled.

First, David and his team sourced a variety of the highest quality marble slabs, wood panels, slate tiles, and other beautiful materials. Then, he photographed them using the VAST technique for creating photos that are hundreds of times higher resolution than normal photographs.

The resulting images are exquisite, not only in their artistic quality and aesthetic character, but also their incredible resolution. This resolution allows these texture images to be printed and used at very large sizes without being blurry or low quality the way that normal resolution texture photos would be if used at large sizes.

David's collection of texture photo files is perfect for large art pieces, wall coverings, wall murals, backdrops, wallpapers, faux-materials, and so much more. The gigapixel-quality digital files are available to be licensed for your project today.

Icy temperatures well below freezing, only a short cool summer, the most adverse conditions and yet green in green.

The boreal forests stretch as a green belt around our northern hemisphere and are the largest contiguous forests on earth. Herds of reindeer, bears and lynx often roam undisturbed through a globally unique forest landscape.

Further north in the tundra, trees no longer grow. The boreal forest - also known as the boreal coniferous forest or taiga - is the world's northernmost form of forest and stretches from Alaska across Canada and Scandinavia to Siberia. The forests, some of which are still undeveloped and difficult to reach, are the largest remaining primeval forests on earth.

Given their size, it is surprising how little we are aware of the forests of the far north and their importance. Boreal forests make up more than a third of the world's forest area and are the dominant forest type in the northern hemisphere.
The forest in the picture is located at the Stora Sjöfallet National Park in Sweden. It is part of the Laponia World Heritage Site.

Some of the very, very slow-growing trees sprouted during the Viking Age, fell in the Middle Ages and their roots are still alive. The oldest tree in Scandinavia
"Old Tjikko" is estimated to be at least 9550 years old.