Rainier and Clouds

I took this photo on a February morning on a flight out of Seattle. Just as I got above one cloud layer, I saw the beautiful morning light hitting Mount Rainier.

Above the Clouds

I took this picture a little bit after take-off from Sea-Tac. It is a composite of two photos taken less than a minute apart. There is a seam running down the middle of the picture where the cloud patterns blend, but it's hard to tell.

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Seattle

Last summer I moved from Boston to Seattle. And whereas a Boston summer ranges from hot and muggy to unbearably hot and muggy, summer in Seattle is as beautiful and idyllic as Eden would be if they killed all the snakes and put in a few Starbucks. Even in the middle of August the temperature never rise above 75° and the sky is always that shade of perfect blue that you can only get in Photoshop if you crank the saturation control up to +10,000%.

But no place is perfect, and just as Bostonians pay for their beautiful autumns by suffering through brutal winters, we denizens of Seattle pay for those sinfully perfect summers by enduring nine months of gray skies, short days, and rain. And rain. And rain.

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Paris

Like all great cities, Paris is full of contradictions. Its architecture honors the past, while its shops and people look to the future; its monuments celebrate victory in war while its museums nurture beauty and art. Paris is like no other city on earth—and yet everyone who visits will feel right at home.

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New York and Washington DC

This latest series of assorted digital photographs has no unifying theme whatsoever. On the other hand, it does have a picture of New York City, which invariably makes up for any and all other flaws. Also, it has a picture of a blimp mooring. Sorry.

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Florence

When the Renaissance shook the arts and sciences of Middle Ages Europe the epicenter was Florence—and no city better preserves and displays the beautiful aftermath of the rebirth of Western Civilization.

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New York and Boston

New York and Boston are two of the most photogenic cities on Earth and even a rank amateur with a digital camera can manage to get one or two good shots.

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