Robert Swanson's photos

We had the great experience of attending a concert by father and son Hawaiian musicians, Dennis and David Kamakahi. This concert took place in 2007 during the day at a shopping mall on Maui. Musicians and dancers often perform in these venues. We were able to get some good photos of the event. Sadly, Dennis Kamakahi passed away in 2014. See: swansonphotos.com/kamakahi.html These images remind me of their duet of "Ulili E" from the album "Ohana". And the song plays on... www.amazon.com/Dennis-Kamakahi/e/B000AQ1L7K/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel

A pretty famous stretch of road. There were many folks pulled over to the side to take photos. Some of the more adventuresome were lying on their backs on the center line of the highway, trying to get dramatic perspective. Anyway, I had to get some pictures as I drove this stretch of road, too.

Taken along the "golden triangle" in Yukon. This is the famous AlCan Highway, built during WW II. This photo was taken in 2000, during our visit to Alaska and the surrounding area. Scanned from color print using GIMP.

Taken as a test of a 300mm lens on the Panasonic Lumix GX85 (effective 600mm). Hand-held. This was taken in Arizona the day after a "maximum moon", so it is "almost huge". This is more interesting to me, because you can see shadows of craters, etc, which are not so clear in a full-on completely lit moonface. Processed with GIMP. More photos at: swansongrp.com/P/p/night_narrative/index.html

Series of photos taken with the Nikon D700 and 300mm telephoto, hand-held. This lunar eclipse was seen from Prescott, Arizona on a lovely, cold, night. Composite created with GIMP. (be sure to view on black and at full-sized) More photos at: swansongrp.com/P/p/night_narrative/index.html

11 different images captured of totality, and placed in a composite image. Lots of circles for the Sunday Challenge. Image processed with GIMP.

Taken with the Panasonic Lumix GX85 at full 140mm telephoto, hand-held. (with Micro 4/3ds it is half-frame, so the 35mm equivalent here would be a 280mm telephoto) I used the same lens and camera settings when we experienced the April 2024 eclipse repeat in the USA.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898. Note the areas marked with red, they are the gold fields of the 1898 rush. This map shows Sitka as the capital; it was later moved to Juneau. I have had the pleasure of cruising these passages on the Alaska State Ferry (and a few cruise ships, too). Just some of the maps I have online (for Sunday Challenge too!) PiP for another detail of the Inside Passage area.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

Scan of a map printed in 1898. Notice the markings showing "coal" areas. The map was created during the Klondike Gold Rush, so it also shows the gold areas. Note in the upper right a shaded gold area above Telegraph Creek in British Columbia.

Scan of a map printed in 1898.

We lived on Maui for 10 years. During that time, we lived in a house facing east. So we saw (and photographed) a lot of sunrises, some of them other-worldly. However, we rarely saw any sunsets on Maui. Many visitors to the island rave about the magnificent views they get on the west side of the island. Well, we DID get a few sunset photos, primarily while visiting friends on the other side. This is a sunset over the island of Lana'i. Some sunrise photos at: swansonphotos.com/picture_gallery.html

Seen from our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html

Part of our transit of the Panama Canal in 2004. More photos at: swansongrp.com/panama/panama_canal.html