Every Fourth of July Nancy and I invite a group of friends and neighbors to cruise on a deckboat on Lake Thoreau at sunset, to watch the evening’s impromptu celebrations of Independence Day. Enormous, professional-grade starburst shells go off overhead as bottle rockets inscribe arcs over or between the boats. The whole thing is spontaneous and unplanned. Our music was a mashup of Sousa marches and patriotic country. This is America’s birthday, lake-style.
Jul 10, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: 2010, 4 July, 4 July 2010, 4th, 4th of July, 7-4-2010, 7/4/2010, barge, boat, Boating, boats, Celebration, Celebration Fun, countryside, deck boat, Deckboat, fireworks, Fourth of July, geotagged, HDR, Independence Day, July, July 4, July4th2010, lake, Lake Thoreau, Lakewinds, landscape, lights, national day, party, party barge, Patriotic, People, Reston, South Lakes, summer, Thoreau, United States, US, USA, VA, view, views, Virginia | Leave A Comment »
High Definition Images (HDR) images taken during a tour group visit to Quirigua Archaeological Park in central Guatemala. Quirigua is home of one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Mayan stelae and zoomorphs of the Mayan classic period, displayed under thatched roofs in beautifully manicured gardens.
Mar 30, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: archaeology, Caribbean, classic, cruise, forest, garden, grass, Guatemala, HDR, high dynamic range, Holland America, Holland America Line, jungle, lawn, Maya, Mayan, not_uw, pole, post, Quirigua, Quirigua Archaeological Park, Quirigua Park, Ryndam, stairs, stelae, stele, steps, temple, thatch, tour, tourist, tourists, tree, trees, western Caribbean, zoomorph | Leave A Comment »
Half-way through a very nice dive at Turneffe Atoll off Belize, the divemaster found this whitespotted toadfish. The whitespotted toadfish is reported only in waters off Belize, which makes this fish unique and interesting — though also quite ugly.
Mar 24, 2010 | Categories: thePhotoTourist, Underwater | Tags: Belize, bottom, Caribbean, cave, coral, cruise, fish, hole, Holland America, Hugh Parkey, Hugh Parkey's Belize Dive Connection, reef, Ryndam, sand, spotted, toad fish, toadfish, Underwater, white spot, whitespot toadfish, whitespotted, whitespotted toadfish | Leave A Comment »
Belize – the Cruise Ship Anchorage
The cruise ship Norwegian Jewel sparkles in the sun under a double rainbow, as a rain squall passes. Shot from the Holland America ship Ryndam in the cruise ship anchorage at Belize. Turneffe Atoll is visible to the left, just emerging under the storm clouds.
Mar 20, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: anchorage, Belize, Caribbean, cloud, clouds, cruise, cruise ship, double rainbow, Jewel, Norwegian Jewel, not_uw, ocean, rain, rainbow, reflection, sea, ship, squall, storm, sun, Turneffe, Turneffe Atoll | Leave A Comment »
Rehoboth Beach, USA
Springtime shots of dogwood blossoms on a sunny spring day provide a bright contrast to today’s present February snow, ice, rain, and drizzle. Wasn’t “snowmageddon” a stupid rubric for the press to choose for a snowstorm? And announcing the launch of the new web sites, RickCollier.com, www.RickCollierImagery.com, and this site, thePhotoTourist.
Feb 22, 2010 | Categories: Land & Air, thePhotoTourist | Tags: American, American flag, blue, blue sky, bud, buds, Delaware, dogwood, dogwood tree, drizzle, flag, flower, flowers, home, house, ice, PhotoTourist, pink, rain, Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, Rick Collier, Rick Collier Imagery, RickCollier.com, RickCollierImagery.com, sky, snow, snowmageddon, spring, spring time, springtime, thePhotoTourist, tree, USA, winter, www.RickCollierImagery.com | Leave A Comment »
