I've taken a lot of "snapshots" over the years and never really graduated to "photographs" until I started writing for this website and a few aviation magazines. And then the requirements got higher and somehow the quality improved. But, even though I was being paid for some of them, I never considered any of these of a professional's quality. But every now and then, I get lucky.

— James Albright

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Updated:

2025-08-01

I'd pass these photos around to friends and family via email, but only lower resolution copies so they can fit in an email. The photos on the website are also lower resolution, otherwise the pages would take forever to load, or may not load at all. I get asked for the full resolution version and normally set up a Dropbox folder to do that. There has to be an easier way. So this is an experiment. I present to you the few photos I've taken that I think are worthy of a full resolution download. What is on the screen here are the low resolution copies. If you want the full resolution, click on the photo and give it a few seconds. Once it is on your screen, right click it and you should be able to download it. Let me know what you think.

Milford Sound Milky Way

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Date: June 29, 2025

Location: Milford Sound, New Zealand

Camera and lens: Nikon Z8, 14-24 mm f/2.8 @ 14 mm, 8.0 sec, f/2.8, ISO 6400

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 418 KB

Click to download full version: 8003 x 5335 x 300, 30.3 MB

Note: the photo is ten photos "stacked" together to decrease noise and increase sharpness

Mirror Lake

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Date: June 28, 2025

Location: Mirror Lake, New Zealand

Camera and lens: Nikon Z8, 24-120 mm f/4 @ 24 mm, 1/60 sec, f/8, ISO 80

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 593 KB

Click to download full version: 8256 x 5504 x 240, 10.3 MB

The Tuscanny "Lone Tree"

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Date: May 17, 2025

Location: Tuscanny, Italy

Camera and lens: Nikon D850, 24.0 – 85.0 mm f/3.5 – 4.5 @ 85 mm, 1/30 sec, f/8.0, ISO 100

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 273 KB

Click to download full version: 8256 x 5504 x 240, 21.6 MB

Cathedral Rock Milky Way

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Date: June 26, 2024

Location: Cathedral Rock, near Sedona, Arizona

Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 14.0 mm f/1.8, f/1.8 20 sec ISO 6400

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 557 KB

Click to download full version: 6016 x 4016 x 300, 6 MB

Solar Eclipse

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Date: April 8, 2024

Location: My backyard

Camera and lens: Fuji XT-3, 150 – 600 mm f/5.6 @ 247 mm, f/11 1/30 sec ISO 200

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 27 KB

Click to download full version: 4507 x 3004 x 300, 209 KB

Note: this photo is cropped, I framed the shot to get the full corona, but a light cloud cover prevented that

Eiffel Tower

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Date: December 30, 2017

Location: Paris, France

Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 28.0 – 300.0 mm f/3.5 – 5.6 @ 28 mm, f/7.1 1/50 sec ISO 1600

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 593 KB

Click to download full version: 6016 x 4016 x 240, 12.8 MB

Humpback Whale Breaching

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Date: August 5, 2017

Location: Near Juneau, Alaska

Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 70 – 200 mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm, f/9.0 1/500 sec ISO 100

What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 661 KB

Click to download full version: 6016 x 4016 x 240, 5.6 MB

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