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
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.
Hooker Lake Sunset
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Date: July 2, 2025
Location: Milford Sound, New Zealand
Camera and lens: Nikon Z8, 14-24 mm f/2.8 @ 37 mm, 81/15 sec, f/4.5, ISO 400
What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 425 KB
Click to download full version: 6574 x 4383 x 240, 5.9 MB
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
"That Wanaka Tree"
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Date: June 26, 2025
Location: Wanaka, New Zealand
Camera and lens: Nikon Z8, 24.0 – 120.0 mm f/4.5 @ 120 mm, 1/25 sec, f/8.0, ISO 100
What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 1.1 MB
Click to download full version: 7289 x 4859 x 240, 18.5 MB
Lake Rotoiti Sunrise
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Date: June 24, 2025
Location: Lake Rotoiti, New Zealand
Camera and lens: Nikon Z5, 24.0 – 120.0 mm f/4.5 @ 120 mm, 1/40 sec, f/8.0, ISO 200
What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 275 KB
Click to download full version: 4527 x 3018 x 240, 6.0 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
The Prime Meridian
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Date: May 9, 2016
Location: The Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, U.K.
Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 28 – 300 mm f/3.5 - 5.6 @ 28 mm, f/3.5 1/1600 sec ISO 100
What you see on this page: 1500 x 1875 px (reduced), 799 KB
Click to download full version: 3995 x 4994 x 300, 3.7 MB
Purdue Engineering Mall
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Date: April 8, 2016
Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 28 – 300 mm f/3.5 - 5.6 @ 28 mm, f/8.0 1/250 sec ISO 250
What you see on this page: 1500 x 844 px (reduced), 799 KB
Click to download full version: 5977 x 3362 x 300, 3.7 MB
In line at O'Hare
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Date: March 17, 2016
Location: Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Camera and lens: Nikon D750, 18 – 250 mm f/3.5 - 6.3 @ 18 mm, f/20.0 1/40 sec ISO 100
What you see on this page: 1500 x 1000 px (reduced), 628 KB
Click to download full version: 3837 x 2558 x 240, 3.0 MB
