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I really wanted to know what was in that shed, but I decided to heed the warning on the door.

Call it the Stevenson Expressway, call it Interstate 55, but I call it a nice photo from the air. I was in Chicago and caught this view on my flight out. Of course I was hoping for a strange and unlikely route back across the city skyline from Midway, but that didn’t happen. Then I was hoping for some beautiful light from sunset that happened a few moments before this, but they turned the plane around and went back to the gate to pick up a passenger (honestly!) burning my precious time. In the end it all worked out, and I got some nice lighting in the sky and an interesting interchange below.

I spent last weekend in Tahoe, and while it wasn’t a photo trip, I did sneak a few in. This one of the sunset from Round Hill Pines Beach is one of my favorites.

A big old tree, and a colorful sunset over Grass Valley California.

I ran by this exact spot about 20 minutes earlier, and the sun was sitting just below the lowest of the wires perfectly behind the clouds. By the time I ran back and got my camera, it had fallen below the trees. At first I was disappointed, but I like the way the tree blocks the direct light of the sun.

The Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I was in the area and knew I had to photograph this building. The challenge with anything that is well photographed is to do something different. I’m probably not the only person to take this angle, but I wanted to focus on looking up at this crazy building, and made a jagged overhang the foreground of the shot.

The gold and white lights really accentuate the curves of this tunnel!

This shot reminded me of a garden, although it is like nothing you would see above sea level. I captured this in Cozumel. The combination of soft corals with the light reflecting off the surface made this trip very memorable.

This orange butterfly was minding his own business when I found him, and he didn’t mind posing for a photo op.

I’m just not quite sure what it used to be. It is in a prime location in Healdsburg, but certainly looks to be in disrepair!