Brookside Gardens is a beautiful park year round but very special in the spring when all the flowers begin to bloom. The peak of magnolia blossom has passed but tulips are in full bloom now and pretty soon we will see azaleas and roses in […]
Author: shungphotography
Spring Reflection at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near the Great Falls of Maryland
Construction of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal began in late 1790’s as the young Nation was expanding westward. However, the Canal never played an important transportation means as the railroad was introduced. Today, National Park Service maintains two short reaches of Canal including locks in Georgetown […]
Cherry Blossom at Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
Cherry Blossom Festival has always been a big event in Washington, DC, especially this year with the peak blossom happened during last weekend under the superb weather. I dragged myself to get to the Tidal Basin an hour before the sunrise. It was all worth […]
Magnolia Blossom at National Arboretum, Washington, DC
Magnolia Garden in the National Arboretum has a collection of different species and different colors of magnolia trees and when the blossom peaks this week (more or less coincide with the cherry blossom in Washington) it is just beautiful.
White Egret
I was very happy to see a beautiful white egret showed up in my nearby Lilypons Water Gardens today. Hopefully, it is a sign of the coming of spring. I took these pictures using my new Nikon Coolpix P900 camera which has up to 2000 […]
Twilight at Lipan Point, Grand Canyon
I stayed extra 20 minutes after the beautiful sunset at Lipan Point on a recent trip to Grand Canyon. The sky seemed to change colors every minute. I shot this image 15 minutes after the sun fell below the horizon.
Golden Hour Delight at Painted Desert
The color of Painted Desert is at its best during the golden hours of the day. Unless camping inside the Park (with permit) it is impossible to capture sunrise color since the Park does not open after the sunrise. However, we were very fortunate to […]
Capturing the Golden Hour Light at Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the Nation. It is an immense and vast canyon and very impressive when looking down from the Rim to Colorado River. However, one can not appreciate the magnificent beauty of the Canyon unless you […]
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
The landscape of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff, is striking different and beautiful from the surrounding red rock country in Arizona. The vast black lava rock floor dotted with some isolated green pine trees and/or white-trunk aspen trees produces images with nice contrast and […]
Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona
Colorado River makes a spectacular (Horseshoe) bend just outside the City of Page. We visited there twice in one day, one bright early in the morning and the other in late afternoon. I used Tokina 16-28 mm wide angle lens to capture the entire bend […]


