6 countries · 76 photographs

Through My Lens

I travel with a camera. Each dot below is a place that stayed with me — click one to see what I saw there.

China

35.0° N, 104.0° E · 16 photos

Thatched pavilions over a quiet pond at Du Fu's Thatched Cottage, Chengdu

Temple rooftops above a sea of clouds on Mount Emei

Evening light in a historic temple courtyard, Chengdu

A giant panda settled into its bamboo lunch, Chengdu Panda Base

Red-sailed wooden boats on a karst-ringed lake, Guilin

Sunset behind Xinghai Bay Bridge, Dalian

Painted gallery leading into Usnisa Palace, Niushou Mountain, Nanjing

A gilded Buddha beyond a wall of engraved sutras, Usnisa Palace, Nanjing

Crescent Lake oasis amid the Mingsha dunes, Dunhuang

The nine-storey pavilion of the Mogao Caves, Dunhuang

Dusk over the salt flats of Chaka Salt Lake, Qinghai

Colonial-era architecture from Qinhuangdao’s port-opening days

The 1899 heritage railway stop at Qinhuangdao

Hazy sunrise over the Bohai Sea at Beidaihe

An arched bridge among willows at the Chengde Mountain Resort

Sledgehammer Rock standing over Chengde

Japan

36.2° N, 138.3° E · 7 photos

A tawny owl perched at a Tokyo owl café

The long wooden hall of Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto

The vermilion gate and pagoda of Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto

Sun rays breaking over the Kyoto basin at dusk

Looking up through the Arashiyama bamboo grove

Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, across its mirror pond

Mount Fuji over the reeds of Lake Kawaguchi

Canada

56.1° N, 106.3° W · 16 photos

Winter sunset among ships at the Port of Toronto

Dawn breaking over the Toronto skyline

Autumn sun glitter on Lake Ontario

Still water and driftwood, Algonquin Provincial Park

Winter Rockies panorama from Sulphur Mountain, Banff

Banff townsite from above, wrapped in snow

Skaters far out on frozen Lake Louise

A mountain creek threading through fresh snow, Banff

A frozen waterfall in the Canadian Rockies

Clear shallows at the Bruce Peninsula, Tobermory

Cherry blossoms against a May sky, Toronto

Horseshoe Falls and the mist boat, Niagara

Montmorency Falls under a suspension bridge, Québec

Evening calm at Lake Louise

Spirit Island on Maligne Lake, Jasper

Crimson sunset over north Toronto

United States

39.8° N, 98.6° W · 16 photos

Times Square neon at dusk, New York

The Statue of Liberty from New York Harbor

The Washington Monument before the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Lincoln Memorial in late-day light

The World War II Memorial glowing at dusk

The Hudson River from Riverside Park, New York

On the Brooklyn Bridge promenade, Manhattan behind

A cruise ship slips up the Hudson at dawn

Morning surf at Miami Beach

The Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands

Pacific surf along the San Mateo coast

The Lone Cypress on 17-Mile Drive, Monterey

Red-tile rooftops of Santa Barbara from the courthouse tower

Angels Flight, the tiny funicular in downtown LA

The Hollywood Sign from the Griffith Observatory trails

Santa Monica beach from the pier

United Kingdom

54.0° N, 2.0° W · 20 photos

Honey-stone quadrangle gardens at an Oxford college

The Mathematical Bridge over the Cam, Cambridge

King's College Chapel from the Backs, Cambridge

The Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London

Buckingham Palace under summer clouds

Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, Bristol

Loch Lomond, mirror-still under morning haze

Church spires along the River Ness, Inverness

A train crossing the Forth Bridge, South Queensferry

Spring blossoms below Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh

The Old College dome from South Bridge, Edinburgh

Tower Bridge and the Tower of London from the Thames

St George's Chapel inside Windsor Castle

A village church spire in the Cotswolds

Thatched cottages along a Cotswolds lane

Belfast City Hall and its copper domes

The Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle

Folded limestone at Stair Hole, Lulworth, Jurassic Coast

Man O'War Bay's chalk cliffs, Dorset

Greenwich Park: the Old Royal Naval College against Canary Wharf

Bahamas

25.0° N, 77.4° W · 1 photos

Cruise ships lined up at Nassau's Prince George Wharf