Robert Swanson's photos

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898. Notice the markings showing "coal" areas. The map was created during the Klondike Gold Rush, so it also shows the gold areas. Note in the upper right a shaded gold area above Telegraph Creek in British Columbia.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

We lived on Maui for 10 years. During that time, we lived in a house facing east. So we saw (and photographed) a lot of sunrises, some of them other-worldly. However, we rarely saw any sunsets on Maui. Many visitors to the island rave about the magnificent views they get on the west side of the island. Well, we DID get a few sunset photos, primarily while visiting friends on the other side. This is a sunset over the island of Lana'i. Some sunrise photos at: swansonphotos.com/picture_gallery.html

Seen from our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Part of our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Original buildings in the Panama Canal, seen during our transit in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

They were next to us during our transit in 2004. They are locking down, soon to enter the Caribbean. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Pretty tight. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Seen during our 2004 transit of the Panama Canal. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Taken as our cruise ship entered the remarkable natural harbor of Acapulco, Mexico. We were on the Legend of the Seas in 2004, cruising through the Panama Canal from California.

Taken as we entered the amazing Sydney Harbor at night. The high-ISO capability of the Nikon D700 made this photo possible. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/photos_night.html and swansongrp.com/oz2016/sydney_entrance.html

The "wheel" in Singapore is well-lit with many colorful LED's and changes. Taken with the Panasonic Lumix GX-85. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/photos_night.html

Taken when we lived in Maui. We could see the ships coming and going from Kahului Harbor, while sitting on our lanai. This was the "Pride of Hawai'i", leaving the harbor. We did not have any fancy digital camera at the time, so just set a long shutter and let the ship make a "smear". An item for "Abstract" Sunday Challenge More photos at: swansongrp.com/P/p and swansonphotos.com/photos_night.html

Taken from our cruise ship as the sun set on this amazing scene. We had a Kodak point-and-shoot with no low-light capability, so set the shutter to 1/4 second. Use the railing of the ship to brace. More photos at: swansonphotos.com/photos_night.html