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I have been an avid photographer since my teenage years. Up to a few years ago, I shot exclusively 35mm color slides, and have accumulated tens of thousands of 35 mm slides. I now am a digital enthusiast, and my primary photography equipment is the Pentax K10 DSLR with the Pentax 18-250 mm lens.

Over the years I had been an active member of Camera Clubs in both Wisconsin and Massachusetts, where I had competed regularly in monthly and annual color slide categories, presented slide programs, as well as served as a photographic judge in area camera club competition circuits.

My enjoyment in Flickr has come in part from sharing my nearly 50 years of photographic experience (a few recent and older examples are provided below, with links provided to many others in some sets and elsewhere in my photostream).

I also enjoy showcasing the fine photographic work of other Flickr members who have provided me with much personal joy and pleasure. I do the latter by administering groups and curating galleries on photographic subject matter that has particular interest to me. I make what I hope are valuable contributions to other Flickr users through comments, and by assigning a comprehensive system of tags to all photos in some of my groups that facilitate the viewing of all images within the group having similar subject matter. Links to some of these groups and galleries are also found below.

SOME OF MY FAVORITE PERSONAL IMAGES

For more covered bridges, see
New England Covered Bridges

For more lighthouses, see
Lighthouses

For more windmills, see
Windmills

For more on nature's beauty, see
Nature in All It's Glory

For more on reminiscing past times, see
Life in Earlier Days

For more people in celebration, see
National and Native Dress

For more travel across the Atlantic, see
Faroe Islands

For more of my favorite uploads for the month, see
Favorite Personal Uploads of Month

FLICKR GROUPS THAT I ADMINISTER:
Faroese Wildflowers
Lighthouses of the Faroe Islands
Working Beacons on North Atlantic Waters
Lighthouses on Lakes Michigan, Superior, and U.S. Shores of Huron
Lighthouses on European Freshwater Lakes and Rivers
North Atlantic Folk and National Dress
North Atlantic National and Folk Dance
World of Wee Folk

FLICKR GALLERIES THAT I CURATE:

NEW ENGLAND SERIES:
- Hatfield, Massachusetts
- Unspoiled Monroe Connecticut
- Monroe Connecticut - Memories from Yesteryear Forward
- Covered Bridges of Southern New England
- Covered Bridges of Vermont
- West Dummerston VT Covered Bridge
- Eunice Williams Covered Bridge of Greenfield MA
- New England Covered Bridges and Tropical Storm Irene
- New England Inland Lakes Lighthouses
- Cape Neddick Nubble Light
- Portland Head Light
- Seguin Island Lighthouse
- Pemaquid Point Photo Perspectives
- Point Judith Light
- Lighthouses Along Fairfield County CT Shoreline
- Lighthouses on Fairfield County CT Reefs and Shoals

FAROE ISLAND SERIES:
Favorites from Faroese Fotographers:
- Favorites ...
- Further Favorites ...
- And Further Favorites ...
Faroe Island Lighthouses:
- Faroese Lighthouses
- Remote Faroese Lighthouses
- More Faroese Lighthouses

GERMANY SERIES:
Holidays and Festivities:
- Schwabian-Alemannic Fastnacht (Fasching)
- Christmas Pyramid
Tubingen:
- Tubingen
- Tubingen Area Castles
- Tubingen Area Churches

LIGHT AND LIVELY SERIES:
- Images That Made Me Smile
- Children in National and Folk Dress
- Pre Lenten Shrovetide Activities
- Wee Folk Magic
- Dance Action
-Windmills Around the World

BIRD SERIES:
- Woodpeckers of North America
- Woodpeckers of Europe

UNDERWING MOTH SERIES:
- Resting North American Catocala Moths
- Feeding North American Catocala Moths
- Eurasian Catocala Moths

LIGHTHOUSE SERIES:
Faroe Islands:
- Faroese Lighthouses
- Remote Faroese Lighthouses
- More Faroese Lighthouses
Scotland:
- Stevenson Lighthouses on Shetland Islands
- Stevenson Lighthouses on/off the Isles of Skye
- Stevenson Lighthouses in the Orkney Isles
New England:
- Cape Neddick Nubble Light
- Portland Head Light
- Seguin Island Lighthouse
- Pemaquid Point Photo Perspectives
- Point Judith Light
- Lighthouses Along Fairfield County CT Shoreline
- Lighthouses on Fairfield County CT Reefs and Shoals
- New England Inland Lakes Lighthouses
Wisconsin:
- WI Lake Michigan Lighthouses (Southern Shores)
- WI Lake Michigan Lighthouses (Mid Shores)
- Door County WI Lighthouses (Lake Michigan Shores)
- Door County WI Lighthouses (Green Bay Shore)
- Lake Superior WI Lighthouses
- Lake Winnebago WI Lighthouses
Other:
- Unusual Lighthouses Around the World
- Interesting Lightships From Around the World
- Lighthouse Reflections
- Lighthouses Under Attack
- Lighthouse Icing
- Guiding and Protecting
- Lighthouses As Seen From Offshore

*Please don't use any of my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. Thank you.

My work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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MY VISITED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (15) -- FAROE ISLANDS NOT CLEARLY MARKED ON SMALL MAP

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MY VISITED NORTH AMERICAN STATES AND PROVINCES -- ONTARIO AND QUEBEC NOT SHOWN FOR CANADA

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VISITS SINCE 19 MARCH 2009