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Creative + Photographer [commercial + editorial] Boulder, Colorado🤙💙 Traveler, Gen-X, outdoor and fitness person. Explore, Save + Preserve the Environment!

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Image of a toad with turquois-colored eyes -- well, those eyes are not real, they are edited in Photoshop, but it makes this toad image more artistic, like a frog from another world.

Image of a toad with turquois-colored eyes -- well, those eyes are not real, they are edited in Photoshop, but it makes this toad image more artistic, like a frog from another world.

Turquois-eyed #Toad ?
Not really, the eyes are a #Photoshop creation. It makes this #frog look more like from another #world.
#creative #turquois #wildlifephotography #photography #animals #naturephotography #wildlife #fotografie #photographer #photosky #bsky #alien

11.07.2025 18:43 👍 54 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A dead tree at the edge of a rock formation in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. The tree is almost white, the sun kind of bleached it. Bryce Canyon offers spectacular hikes for all levels of fitness and there's always something interesting to discover.

A dead tree at the edge of a rock formation in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. The tree is almost white, the sun kind of bleached it. Bryce Canyon offers spectacular hikes for all levels of fitness and there's always something interesting to discover.

Bryce Canyon, #Utah
dead tree but still standing.
#photography #travelphotography #wanderlust #globetrotter #naturephotography #landscapephotography #camping #roadtrip #explore #nature #bluesky #nationalparks #landscapes #brycecanyon #naturesky #travel #hiking #photographer #southwest #roadtrip

27.05.2025 15:04 👍 92 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon.

The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest lighthouse in Oregon.

Yaquina Head #Lighthouse in Newport - 93ft/ 28m tallest in Oregon.

#photography #photographer #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #lighthouses #wanderlust #travelsky #seascape #Newport #Oregon #roadtrip #bluesky

20.05.2025 15:56 👍 88 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
This is a sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. It is one of the most spectacular National Parks in the Southwestern USA.

This is a sunrise at Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. It is one of the most spectacular National Parks in the Southwestern USA.

Bryce Canyon, #Utah
Beautiful hiking trails, and a great campground
#photography #travelphotography #wanderlust #globetrotter #naturephotography #landscapephotography #camping #roadtrip #explore #nature #bluesky #nationalparks #landscapes #brycecanyon #naturesky #travel #foto #hiking #photographer

29.04.2025 22:28 👍 157 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Panoramic view of Monument Valley with the dirt road which leads visitors on the self-driving tour through the amazing beauty of that park.

Panoramic view of Monument Valley with the dirt road which leads visitors on the self-driving tour through the amazing beauty of that park.

Monument Valley - a classic #view that never gets old
#peaceful, the feel of #freedom, and desire to #travel
#photography #travelphotography #wanderlust #globetrotter #naturephotography #landscapephotography #artadventcalendar #explore #nature #bluesky #landscapes
#monumentvalley #navajonation

13.04.2025 22:24 👍 118 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Rocky Mountain national Park, Colorado, USA -- this view shows the park in the month of June. The park road goes up to more than 12,000 feet with fantastic views. Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the highest national parks in the nation, with elevations from 7,860 feet to 14,259 feet. Sixty mountain peaks over 12,000 feet high.

Rocky Mountain national Park, Colorado, USA -- this view shows the park in the month of June. The park road goes up to more than 12,000 feet with fantastic views. Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the highest national parks in the nation, with elevations from 7,860 feet to 14,259 feet. Sixty mountain peaks over 12,000 feet high.

Rocky Mountain National Park, #Colorado, in June.
#nationalparks #rmnp #wanderlust #travelsky #travel #photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #naturesky #lonelyroad #roadtrip #summer #adventure #hiking #explore #outdoors #travelphoto

03.04.2025 14:01 👍 86 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah - i think this is an image taken from the AGUA CANYON viewpoint.

Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah - i think this is an image taken from the AGUA CANYON viewpoint.

Bryce Canyon, #Utah
Beautiful hiking trails, and a great campground
#photography #travelphotography #wanderlust #globetrotter #naturephotography #landscapephotography #camping #roadtrip #explore #nature #bluesky #nationalparks #landscapes #brycecanyon #naturesky #travel #foto #hiking #photographer

06.03.2025 15:01 👍 312 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks. Yes, that area is so close to Moab and offers already a landscape comparable to the big Utah parks.

28.02.2025 17:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is a place worth to visit. Sometimes it is snow covered as well ;-)

28.02.2025 17:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Double Arch rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah.

Double Arch rock formation in Arches National Park, Utah.

Arches National Park #Utah Save our #NationalParks! Be #outspoken
#utah #desertscape #desertlandscape #photography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #naturephotography #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #foto #resist

24.02.2025 16:11 👍 253 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 0
Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport, Oregon, photographed at sunset.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse in Newport, Oregon, photographed at sunset.

Yaquina Head Lighthouse in #Newport, #Oregon at #sunset
#photography #photographer #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #lighthouses #wanderlust #travelsky #fotografie #seascape #bluesky #PNW #oregoncoast #lighthouse

21.02.2025 18:26 👍 105 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
View along the ridge of a sand dunes in Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. Dunes are up to 750ft / 230m high. The sand dunes in the park are the tallest aeolian (wind-produced) dunes in North America, heaping mounds of sand that tower more than 700 feet above the valley floor. The park covers over 149,000 acres of land and is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America.

View along the ridge of a sand dunes in Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. Dunes are up to 750ft / 230m high. The sand dunes in the park are the tallest aeolian (wind-produced) dunes in North America, heaping mounds of sand that tower more than 700 feet above the valley floor. The park covers over 149,000 acres of land and is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America.

Great Sand Dunes #NationalPark in #colorado
Dunes are up to 750ft / 230m high
#desertlandscape #photography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #naturephotography #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #foto #photosky #NPS

18.02.2025 23:24 👍 132 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
Colorado National Monument is a National Park near Grand Junction, Colorado. It has a beautiful campground, and it is also close to Moab, Utah.

Colorado National Monument is a National Park near Grand Junction, Colorado. It has a beautiful campground, and it is also close to Moab, Utah.

Colorado National Monument ... U.S. #NationalPark near #GrandJunction and #Moab, #Utah
#photography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #NPS #camping #vanlife #colorado

09.02.2025 19:51 👍 178 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
Heceta Lighthouse Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. Built in 1894, named after Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century.

Heceta Lighthouse Lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. Built in 1894, named after Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century.

Heceta #Lighthouse on the #OregonCoast. Built in 1894, named after Spanish #explorer Bruno de Heceta
#oregon #photography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore #photosky #lighthouses #PNW #sunset

05.02.2025 15:22 👍 152 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
The yellow-eyed penguin, known as hoiho, is a penguin unique to New Zealand. The species breeds along the eastern and south-eastern coastlines of the South Island of New Zealand, as well as Stewart Island / Rakiura, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands.

The yellow-eyed penguin, known as hoiho, is a penguin unique to New Zealand. The species breeds along the eastern and south-eastern coastlines of the South Island of New Zealand, as well as Stewart Island / Rakiura, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands.

Yellow-eyed penguins ... #NewZealand
#wanderlust #wildlifephotography #photography #animals #naturephotography #NZ #penguins #yelloweyedpenguin #wildlife #travel #travelphotography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #naturelovers #globetrotter #explore #skyphotography #beach #photographer #sealegacy

01.02.2025 15:43 👍 93 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Hand-feeding a 'Joey' (Baby Kangaroo) with its natural food supply

Hand-feeding a 'Joey' (Baby Kangaroo) with its natural food supply

Hand-feeding Baby Kangaroo, called a ‘Joey’, with their natural vegetation food
#wildlifephotography #photography #animals #naturephotography #australia #kangaroo #cuteanimals #wildlife #fotografie #travel #travelphotography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #naturelover #globetrotter #explore

30.01.2025 23:26 👍 56 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Munich Neues Rathaus. meaning New City Hall. To have this view and a panoramic view over Munich, check out the 'Alter Peter' (Old Peter) church and it offers tours to the observation deck of the church tower.

Munich Neues Rathaus. meaning New City Hall. To have this view and a panoramic view over Munich, check out the 'Alter Peter' (Old Peter) church and it offers tours to the observation deck of the church tower.

Munich's City Hall ... at #Marienplatz. Adjacent, Alter Peter (Old Peter), best view over #Munich #downtown.
#Germany
Check out nearby #beer and #food places like #augustiner

#citytravel #cityphotography #photography #bluesky #beerlover #globetrotter #fotografie #photosky #travel #wanderlust

30.01.2025 16:11 👍 43 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

That’s what commonly happens🤙… and creating memories! Even if one can’t remember really everything… Sounds like you had fun in Munich!

30.01.2025 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bighorn Sheep, photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Bighorn Sheep, photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.

Bighorn Sheep ... Rocky Mountain National Park
#Colorado #nationalparks #rmnp #wanderlust #travelsky #travel #photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #bluesky #nature #naturesky #roadtrip #summer #adventure #hiking #explore #outdoors #bighornsheep #photographer

29.01.2025 17:24 👍 54 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Zugspitze is the highest mountain (2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in Germany and located south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and close to the border to Austria.

Zugspitze is the highest mountain (2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in Germany and located south of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and close to the border to Austria.

Zugspitze Summit Cross ... #Germany 's highest peak (2,962 m / 9,718 ft).
#bavaria #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #wanderlust #hiking #globetrotter #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #photosky #zugspitze #fotografie #bluesky #mountains #summit #garmisch-partenkirchen

26.01.2025 17:19 👍 58 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Olympic Tower (in german: Olympiaturm) in Munich, Germany -- it is located on the Olympic Park grounds created for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Olympic Tower (in german: Olympiaturm) in Munich, Germany -- it is located on the Olympic Park grounds created for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

Munich Olympic #Park ... a #masterpiece of design.
Built for the 1972 #SummerOlympics. #Stadium designed by #architecture firm Behnisch&Partners. #Olympic Tower is 291m / 955ft.
#munich #photography #cityphotography #wanderlust #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #photosky #fotografie #bluesky

25.01.2025 16:50 👍 38 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Alpsee in Bavaria, Germany, close to Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle.

Alpsee in Bavaria, Germany, close to Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle.

Alpsee - a romantic lake in Bavaria, #Germany. Not far from #munich and located near #Neuschwanstein and #Hoheschwangau #castles ...
#bavaria #photography #naturephotography #ladscapephotography #wanderlust #globertotter #tavel #travelphoto #travelphotography #photosky #alpsee #fotografie #bluesky

23.01.2025 15:12 👍 364 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 2
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Suck It Up... visualized. Kangaroos sometimes regurgitate the vegetation they have eaten
#photography #video #resilience #kangaroo #australia #travelphotography #travel #wanderlust #animals #nature #naturephotography #animalphotography #bluesky #nature #photographer #animalvideo #video #naturevideo

22.01.2025 11:35 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968

National Civil Rights Museum, #Memphis
Located at the former Lorraine Motel, where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968
#MLK #MLKday #MLKday2025 #photography #history #civilrights #tennessee #documentary

20.01.2025 15:55 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Agreed, after Memorial Day late May and early June is the safer bet! 🥶☃️

19.01.2025 17:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, at ca. 12000 feet elevation

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, at ca. 12000 feet elevation

Rocky Mountain National Park, #Colorado
Best time to visit is May to October.
#nationalparks #rmnp #wanderlust #travelsky #travel #photography #travelphotography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #bluesky #nature #naturesky #lonelyroad #roadtrip #summer #adventure #hiking #explore #outdoors

19.01.2025 15:49 👍 42 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
View of the famous beer hall Hofbräuhaus, Am Platzl, Munich, Germany

View of the famous beer hall Hofbräuhaus, Am Platzl, Munich, Germany

Munich + Beer ...
This is the famous Hofbräuhaus located in beautiful #downtown #Munich #Germany
Nearby are some of the other exceptional #beerhall
#citytravel #cityphotography #photography #bluesky #beerlover #beersky #hofbrauhaus #streetphotography #fotografie #fotosky #travel #wanderlust #beer

19.01.2025 15:28 👍 43 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Saguaro Cacus bloom in the Sonoran Desert Arizona

Saguaro Cacus bloom in the Sonoran Desert Arizona

Saguaro bloom … best time to enjoy is May to early June. A native cactus in the #Arizona #SonoranDesert
#photography #travelphotography #Saguaro #naturephotography #landscapephotography #nature #cacti #wanderlust #travelsky #photographer #bluesky #bloom #flowersky #greencolor #photosky

15.01.2025 18:41 👍 53 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Antelope Canyon, a Navajo Nation park in Arizona -- that is a slot canyon with an incredible sunlight falling into an opening at the top.

Antelope Canyon, a Navajo Nation park in Arizona -- that is a slot canyon with an incredible sunlight falling into an opening at the top.

Antelope Canyon, #arizona
A Navajo Nation park near #PageArizona #HorseshoeCanyon

#antelopecanyon #photography #photographer #photosky #naturesky #naturephotography #fotografie #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscapes #naturesky #naturelover #wanderlust #explore #photosky #foto

14.01.2025 16:27 👍 73 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Squirrel sitting on a tree while it is snowing

Squirrel sitting on a tree while it is snowing

Winter arrived ... amazing how #squirrels stay positive and make the best out of #winter ... Here in #colorado we still get 300 days of sun per year.
#animals #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #animalsky #naturesky #naturelover #photosky #foto #fotografie

14.01.2025 14:53 👍 50 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0