In the past year I have taken three trips to California: San Diego, Sonoma, and Arcata. I have also been in Columbus, Ohio and twice, spring and fall, to the Erie shore. I have spent time in Nevada, Texas, and New Mexico in the west. Trips to Alabama and North Dakota span the mid-section. Space Coast in Florida, Optics sales in Massachusetts, Long Island in New York, and Cape May in New Jersey. Closer to home I got to Acadia National Park in June,  and spent many happy hours chasing dragonflies and the play of light across the landscape. I was in Montreal Canada in March, and the midlands of England, Southern Germany, and northern Holland in August. It has, as always, been an amazing year.

I continue to shoot with the Canon SX50HS for wildlife,  but this year I added the Samsung Smart Cameras,  first the W270F and the the W800F, for scenics and any time I need to process quickly. By the end of the year almost all my processing was being done in various apps, primarily Snapseed, on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.

So if you have 17 minutes,  and would like to join me for a New Year celebration of my past year in images…