We drove across the causeway again to finally see the French Quarter. more »

In 1900 Galveston suffered the worst natural catastrophe in terms of fatalities in American history. An estimated 6000 people were killed. This statue is a memorial to that event. more »

I finally forced my way out of bed to get some sunrise pictures. I still need to work on them before posting but here's one taken facing west just a few miles up the road from "home". more »

I said a while back that I would make a few comments about HDRI. I am obviously no expert in this but the concept is fairly simple. High dynamic range is when the scene being photographed would not be well represented by a single exposure. more »

We finally went over the border even though it was only for a very short walk to import some cigarettes for Von. There is a store that is actually on the US side that sells duty free/tax free products, mostly tobacco and liquor. You can by it here then… more »