I got up three times at an ungawdly hour to spend ninety minutes driving up Mount Haleakula in the dark to watch the sunrise from there. During one of them, I turned the camera in the opposite direction, and photographed myself. As you can see, it was very cold, very windy, and I needed a shave very badly!
You can also see the tourists behind me clutching blankets around them, and one guy in shorts 
. I was offered $100 for my parka one morning, but didn't take it. Close by on the right, you can see the Visitor Center. In the distance on the left, you can see the astronomical observatory that's on the summit--For a very cool photo of the observatory, check out the "man and nature" forum on NSN.As for me, I work in Oklahoma's state environmental agency. When not doing travel or nature photography, that is! I'm single, and live in downtown Oklahoma City so that I have a four minute walk to work each morning. But it stinks for nature photography. If you ever see a tv documentary about the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, you'll see where I live--A tall ugly gray building with balconies in the background of many of the shots. I didn't live here at the time of the bombing, thank goodness (though I was about a mile away, heard it, and saw much more than I wanted of the aftermath.
Besides weird bugs (heh heh), nature, and travel, My interests include reading a lot. Mostly history, science, and some science fiction.
16-35mm lens @ 16mm
Tripod mount
.3 seconds @ f/4 <!>
ISO 160 (I should have cranked up the ISO)
