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I just had to pull off the road when I saw this.  The sunset behind this tree and a truck was at the entrance to a winery we were driving by.  I was lucky to be there at the right time.

There is a viewpoint of Lake Tahoe on the north shore that is a few mile hike from the road.  At the top there are three interesting rock pillars that I used to change up the typical view of the lake.  On the hike up they just looked like piles of rock that stuck up from the highest point, but from the top I was able to use them to frame the sides of the lake.

I was able to spend last weekend in Tahoe and stayed at a great place right on the lake.  We spent many a morning and night swimming at this very spot.  The water was cold but felt amazing.  I got this shot by getting down close to the water to catch the small waves that were coming in.  The water was the most amazing shades of blue and green.

This is my first photo for this series that I’m posting on the day I took it.  I hiked to Lake Margaret by Kirkwood and it was beautiful.  The water was warmer than I expected for a lake at this elevation, and it was amazing to swim in.  The sky was clear all day until this point where the clouds on the right started rolling in and rained on us a little bit by the time we got back to the car. The dead and living trees on each side of the lake framed this shot nicely.  Great day.

This is another image I took in San Diego.  The red flowers contrasted nicely with the blue of the sky, and I like the way the buildings rise up out of the background.

I was in Chicago recently and was able to snap this. Everyone who knows me knows when I’m in Chicago I must stop by what I call The Bean, properly called Cloud Gate, at least a few times. I shot this while I was supposed to be returning my camera to the hotel room for the evening!