Robert Swanson's photos

As our ship approached Sydney Harbor for a magnificent entry, I saw that the moon was playing with the clouds. This was taken with the Nikon D700, near the entrance to Sydney Harbor. More photos at: swansongrp.com/oz2016/sydney_entrance.html and swansongrp.com/photos_night.html

We were entering Sydney Harbor at night, and the sights were remarkable. The illuminated sign for Luna Park is famous, and well worth a picture. (Some people thinks it's kinda creepy) For the Sunday Challenge, this is very definitely a "type" of architecture. Note the towers on the sides of the face, they look very much like the Chrysler Building in New York. Taken with the Nikon D700 at high ISO. More photos at: swansongrp.com/oz2016/sydney_entrance.html and swansongrp.com/photos_night.html

We stopped in Gisbourne, New Zealand, on our Holiday cruise in 2016-2017. We took a run on the Gisborne City Vintage Railway. It was very enjoyable. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/nz2016

We stopped in Gisbourne, New Zealand on our Holiday cruise 2016-2017. We took a run on the Gisborne City Vintage Railway, which was very enjoyable. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/nz2016

We stopped in Gisbourne, New Zealand on our Holiday cruise 2016-2017. We took a run on the Gisborne City Vintage Railway, which was very enjoyable. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/nz2016

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html These images remind me of their duet of "Ulili E" from the album "Ohana". And the song plays on... www.amazon.com/Dennis-Kamakahi/e/B000AQ1L7K/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel

A pretty famous stretch of road. There were many folks pulled over to the side to take photos. Some of the more adventuresome were lying on their backs on the center line of the highway, trying to get dramatic perspective. Anyway, I had to get some pictures as I drove this stretch of road, too.

Taken along the "golden triangle" in Yukon. This is the famous AlCan Highway, built during WW II. This photo was taken in 2000, during our visit to Alaska and the surrounding area. Scanned from color print using GIMP.

Taken as a test of a 300mm lens on the Panasonic Lumix GX85 (effective 600mm). Hand-held. This was taken in Arizona the day after a "maximum moon", so it is "almost huge". This is more interesting to me, because you can see shadows of craters, etc, which are not so clear in a full-on completely lit moonface. Processed with GIMP. More photos at: swansongrp.com/photos_night.html

Series of photos taken with the Nikon D700 and 300mm telephoto, hand-held. This lunar eclipse was seen from Prescott, Arizona on a lovely, cold, night. Composite created with GIMP. More photos at: swansongrp.com/photos_night.html

11 different images captured of totality, and placed in a composite image. Image processed with GIMP.

Taken with the Panasonic Lumix GX85 at full 140mm telephoto, hand-held.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.