Duomo in the Clearing Fog
The day dawned with a white-out fog blanketing the Umbrian hill town of Orvieto. I wandered through the maze of ancient, deserted streets and alleys with my camera on the…
St Patrick’s Well
St Patrick's Well, or Pozzo di San Patrizio, is located in Orvieto, Umbria, Italy. There are 248 steps down (and up). The view in my image is looking up at…
Dahlia X-Ray
This image is a pretty straightforward x-ray of a rather small Dahlia blossom. Julian and I made the exposure last week at his radiology practice near Heidelberg. In post-production, I…
Pantheon in Paris
Construction began on the Pantheon as a church for the patron saint of Paris, Saint Genevieve. As so often happens when there is construction there were delays, then more delays,…
Under the Pont de Grenelle
Since I am jet lagged I am going to keep this short and sweet: What great fun to be back in Paris with my camera! Just now, after dinner at…
Looking Backward
"It's tough to predict things, particularly about the future," as baseball catcher and American wit Yogi Berra said. And, "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,"…
Exciting Ride to Tower Arch
So there were four of us, or six if you count me, myself, and I: also my old friend Eric, my German friend and colleague in x-ray photographics Julian, and…
Petal Pushing
I'm back at my old habits, building compositions constructed from flower petals on a light box, photographing the assemblage in high-key HDR, then combining for transparency in Photoshop, finally inverting…