“We hear ‘eat locally’ quite often these days, but sometimes it’s difficult for landscape and adventure photographers to stay close to home when the great outdoors are beckoning. Fortunately I live in Seattle, where adventure can be found literally out my back door. Here are some photos from a half-day sea kayaking trip around Blake Island in Puget Sound. All images were shot hand-held (mostly from my sea kayak) with a Canon Rebel XT, Canon 17-85 IS and polarizer.”

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In the desert, the ground usually becomes red and purple, creating a somewhat martian scenery. Last weekend, I had joined something I can most clearly define as a movement workshop, in “Hangar Adama“- based in Mizpe Ramon, Israel- just of the largest erosion formed crater in the world, the Ramon crater.

Shaped by flood water and winds for millions of years, the crater edge is a dramatic spot to visit on any time of day. We took a walk to the crater edge just with sunrise, to enjoy the unique views. Besides always being a nice experience, this sunrise was the first I got to photograph with my new Olympus E-420 DSLR.

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