Since many of these photographs were taken in the southwestern United States, I thought some Spanish guitar music would be appropriate. Would you like to listen to Asturias by Isaac Albeniz? This beautiful midi file is courtesy of guitarist David Lovell.

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There are more photos on Maribeth's page, the music page, and the martial arts page.

Some of the photos in this section were made in or near Saguaro National Park or in the Coronado National Forest. Others were made at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the Tucson Botanical Gardens and Kitt Peak National Observatory. Some were made in my personal garden or on my property, or on various hikes and excursions in other parts of southern Arizona.

The camera with which most of these photos were made is a Pentax ZX-M, with a 50mm Pentax lens, a 75-200mm Pentax zoom lens, a Sigma 600mm mirror lens, a Tamron 90mm macro lens, a Promaster 100-500mm zoom, and a Sears 28mm wide angle lens. I also have assorted filters, mostly Cokin. Most of the time, I use Fujicolor 400.

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