Author: Michael Mellen

Family Photography Trip to Utah 2010

View of the Monoliths in Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, UtahImage No 120 The last family photography trip that we took was to Capitol Reef National Park, Utah in 2010. This image was taken from our campsite on the first day there. The road that you see is part of a 57.6 mile loop…


Rifle Falls

At the end of our camping trip, we went here to photograph the 80 foot triple waterfall located in Rifle Falls State Park, just outside of Rifle, Colorado.  # 094 # 096 # 097 Rifle Falls has been a tourist attraction since 1884.  James Watson owned the property and built the Rifle Falls Ranch charging…


Ashcroft Ghost Town

The Old Hotel# 091 In 2008, my brothers and I went on a camping trip to Colorado. One of the areas that we visited was the Ashcroft Ghost Town located about 10 miles south of Aspen. # 087 ASHCROFT GHOST TOWN, near Aspen, Colorado In the 1880’s, Ashcroft was a booming silver mining town that…


Florida’s Crescent Lake

The water here was actually a little rough though you wouldn’t know it by looking at the picture. I set my camera up to photograph a long exposure, using a 6 Stop Neutral Density filter to get the shutter speed down to 15 seconds. It had just rained when this shot was taken. Calm Turquoise…


Bloody Matanzas

I love history, and always have been fascinated with history because there is so much that we can learn. There are always more than one side to an argument, and the same can be said with history. Unfortunately, the side that you will hear most about will be the recorded history of the winners. From…


A Summer’s evening in Marineland

This evening I went to the beach to try to take a few shots. On my way down to the beach I saw a small swarm of honey bees gathered on a post of the boardwalk. I didn’t have the best lens to capture them, since I was only equipped with my 24-70mm lens, meant…


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