Travel

First snow of the season up at Mount Baker. This panorama is a four photo stitched panorama (more on this topic in a future vlog and post patreon.com/ajbarse) of the clouds that swept in near Picture Lake just as the sun set. When I started shooting at 4pm it was a frosty 32*f. By the time I wrapped up, 4:25pm or so, it was already 24*f. Golden hour in the PNW in the winter…is more like Golden-Fifteen-Minutes

The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a 2,200 year old marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory). Since 1884, it has been one of the showcase displayed at the Louvre. Since September, a team of eight archaeologists have been working on the cleaning and restoration of the statue. It went back on display only two week before we arrived. It is a remarkable piece! Viewing it, you can almost feel the wind that sweeps the gown back on it.

Got to love the PDX vibe

Tourist sightseeing viewfinders…I love finding these wherever I travel. Funny that this one says “Stop n’ Watch” in English in Paris.

Welcome to 48* North by 122* West, or Bellingham WA. Surrounded by the Salish Sea, and the gateway to Koma Kulshan (Mount Baker). And the people are Bellinghamsters.

A miraculously floating timeless piece of art and culture.

Atop the San Marco square tower in Venice Italy, you have a nearly 360 degree view of the islands of Venice. The unfortunate part, the windows in front of the viewfinders all have this square framing that holds the glass.

These Torii gates line your way up a mountain to a traditional Shinto shrine in Kamakura Japan.www.patreon.com/ajbarse

Tower Bridge crossing the River Thames near the Tower of London

When the winds blow in Paris, it can change the weather in a “Seattle-minute.” We watched the skies over Notre-Dame go from blue sky, to stormy in just about 5 minutes. Makes for some dramatic light changes.

While hiking in the Mt. Baker National Forest, I climbed up to the fire watch tower on the top of Winchester mountain.While I was up there, and waiting out a thunder and lightning storm, I snapped a few shots; mostly ultra wide angle and panoramas before a fast moving thunder storm hit the top of the mountain.

I was really lucky to snag this shot as I shot it from the other side of the street, as we waited for a crosswalk light to change. www.patreon.com/ajbarse for more.

The Paris skyline, a perfect mix of the old and the new.

The Palace at Versailles stands as piece of art and craftsmanship unto itself. Even the smallest of details were made for royalty. Who wouldn’t want to open this door, and walk out to see the gardens and grounds.

Nijubashi Bridge(s) are the two main entrance bridges to the Imperial Palace grounds and is perhaps Tokyo’s most famous, and famously photographed, bridge. There are actually two bridges here, the foreground one made of stone, and in the background (you can barely make out in this frame) made of steel. To read more, visit patreon.com/ajbarse

A classic Venetian morning on the Grand Canal

The ever famous gargoyles at the cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. If these guys could talk, what tales they could tell! Watching Paris adapt and change over the centuries.

“Zōjō-ji Bell”

Now I get the song “I love Paris in the spring time…”

The back side of Torre dell’Orologio de Piazza San Marco (also knows as St. Mark’s Clocktower or the Moors’ Clocktower).

PNW Starry Night Wispy clouds that brought with it, a thunder and lighting show.Don’t forget to vote for this shot in this year’s Share the Experience photography contest http://www.sharetheexperience.org/entry/23234809