My daughter took this photo on our first morning in Hawaii. This was at the far eastern end of Oahu at about 8am.

The blue Pacific Ocean meets the volcanic coast of Hawaii.

There is a lot of evidence of Hawaii's volcanic origins, right beneath you feet.

This is a nice picture of Hanauma Bay. Look closer and you will see hundreds of tourists in the water and on the beach. When I was a kid, you could go down there and swim, snorkel or SCUBA dive whenever you liked, free of charge. Now, visitors have to stand in line for upwards of two hours and attend a "reef preservation" presentation before walking down to a beach that is overcrowded, noisy and frankly nowhere near as nice as it once was. Oh, and they charge admission too.

Another phoot of Hanauma Bay. The dark areas are rocky and the light areas are sand. To the left is a reef and beyond that, the water drops off until it is about 200 feet deep near the entrance to the bay. The bay itself is a volcanic crater that collapsed several thousand years ago, allowing the sea to enter and create what you see here.

Oh, and if you want guaranteed rainbow viewing, Hawaii is the place to be.

This is called "The Blowhole". As the waves surge toward shore, water fills up a cave and spurts out of an opening in the cave ceiling.

The state flag of Hawaii includes elements from the Union Jack (UK) and eight stripes, representing each of the "major" Hawaiian Islands. The other flags in this photo are those of the US and of the Kaneohe Bay Yacht Club.

Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. This is a view from the KBYC pier.

I am fairly certain that this is a shrine to a Shinto Kami, which is a deity of the Shinto faith.

Kailua Beach Park, one of the less touristy beaches on Oahu.

View of El Faro, Isla Culebrita, Puerto Rico

Flamboyan Tree on Culebra, Puerto Rico

Playa Zoni, one of the unspoiled beaches you'll find on the little Caribbean island of Culebra. I spent a few days there this week on vacation.

Happy Father's Day

There are some gifts money can't buy.

Last Night's Moon

Picture taken with a Canon 10D (digital), tripod mounted using a Tamron 18-250 at maximum zoom with auto-focus, 1/125, f13, ISO 100 settings.

Shrimp Boats, San Leon, Texas

This was taken with a Canon 10D using a standard 28-105 lens on auto-settings. It was originally in color, but converting it to B/W turned it into a much better image.

Enchanted Rock, Llano County, TX, sunset

This was one of the first photos I ever took with a little Nikon 4300, my first digital camera, back in May 2003. I used one of the pre-programmed settings ("Sunset") and a tripod. No color enhancements were used when I processed the image. I went back to Enchanted Rock last year and the tree was no longer standing.