John Pavan

A fisheye shot from Harmony Borax works. Note that this lens has a 220-degree field of view so you can see the borax works and the rest of death valley around the full view of the sky. You can also spot both LA and Las Vegas's glows on the edges.

Sunrise in Golden Canyon in Death Valley.

Some fisheye shots of our trip to Death Valley last weekend.

150 minutes of New York City. August 22, 2025

A Rock Ptarmigan from our trip to Iceland in June.

A white wagtail from our trip to Iceland in June. These are athletic insectivores. They also like to pick the remnants of bugs off the front bumpers of cars.

32 minutes of Toronto

And back to puffins. :-)

Gljúfrabúi or "the one that lives in the gorge". A waterfall hidden by it's own gorge.

Skógafoss on a rainy day. In addition to being an iconic waterfall it is the farthest downstream of 5 or 6 fairly impressive waterfalls on the Skóga river. If you have a chance to visit, I suggest taking some time to walk along the river and see the additional waterfalls.

Svartifoss in Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland. Because of the island's volcanic history there is lots of columnar basalt, which is quite visible at this waterfall.

This is the drowning pool at Þingvellir. Þingvellir is where Iceland's parliament met from 930 through 1798. The drowning pool was the execution site for women (men were beheaded).

Gullfoss, one of the most popular tourist sites in Iceland.

In nearly any other country this would have been converted to hydropower. In Iceland the attempt to convert it to hydropower launched the environmental movement.

Geyser. As in, the geothermal feature that all the other ones are named after.

Búðakirkja taken using an IR Chrime filter. This is a historic church in a lava field. I think the parish was estabilished over 300 years ago, and the current building is from the middle of the 19th century.

Stapafell from the cliffside trails in Arnarstapi. Taken with an IR Chrome filter.

Malarrifsviti (Malarrif Lighthouse) taken with an IR Chrome filter.

Svöðufoss and a neighboring smaller waterfall.

Kirkjufellsfoss and Kirkjufell (Church Mountain and its waterfall) in western Iceland.

Two very different shots of Hraunfossar (magma or lava waterfalls) from our recent trip to iceland. The dark one is taken against the sun and was edited to emphasize the water (and waterfalls). The wide, flat one, is a panorama taken with the sun.

Harpa Conference Hall taken using a 850nm cut filter on a sunny day.

Sun Voyager (by Jón Gunnar Árnason). Taken using an 850nm cut filter.

Robyn watching the bay in Reykjavik.

2 shots of Grótta Island Lighthouse. Taken using the IR Chrome filter from Northern Light View Point.

The bird blind (Fuglaskoðunarhús) at Bakkatjörn west of Reykjavik in Iceland. Taken with an IR Chrome filter and a full spectrum camera.

Just came back from a trip to Iceland. The highlight of the trip was the Ingólfshöfði Puffin Tour. The guide is a photographer who owns a farm in the area. In addition to a guided tour to a puffin colony, we learned about the history of the area heard about his experience with these charming birds.

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A gosling on Randall's Island from about 2 weeks ago.

One last composite of Forky This one is 25 shots overlayed at 33%. Forky was flying into the wind and therefore not really making much forward progress.

Another composite of Forky. For those that didn't see the previous post, there is a fork-tailed flycatcher over on Randall's Island. It is supposed ot be in much farther south.