Every year about mid-July, I wait for a clear day while the Crape myrtle trees are blooming to get the "classic" daytime shot of downtown Raleigh for the year. I use my 24-foot tall tripod to raise the camera above the bright blooms to get a perspective you can't see from the ground.

Quite a sunset with the Raleigh Skyline on August 1, 2020

Full rainbow over downtown Raleigh just before sunset

99.7% full moon rise over downtown Raleigh

Cloud to ground lightning behind the Raleigh Skyline from Boylan

Fading storms to the south illuminated after sunset, July 13, 2020 in Raleigh.

Baby Carolina anole on a backyard gardenia flower this morning. Its body is only an inch long

Building rainbows in Raleigh on July 28, 2020

The clock strikes midnight in Raleigh on July 10, 2020. ⚡ Downtown Raleigh lightning

The post-hurricane clarity in Raleigh

Sunset in Raleigh filtered by smoke from the West coast wild fires, the cloud shield from Hurricane Sally in the Gulf and a red tailed hawk on the power lines.

Rainbow over downtown Raleigh on August 31, 2020

Variety of mushrooms spotted at Umstead State Park on August 22, 2020

Sunset at Dix Park

Spotting Comet NEOWISE over downtown Raleigh again early July 12, 2020

A thunderstorm over 40 miles away lights up the horizon behind downtown Raleigh

Crescent moon over Davie Street

Smokey sunset from West Coast fires on September 15 over Raleigh

A thunderstorm to the east of downtown Raleigh lit up just after sunset on August 8, 2020

Another low rainbow this afternoon over downtown Raleigh. Rainbows that occur earlier in the afternoon will appear lower on the horizon due to the sun's position being higher in the sky.

Mammatus clouds from Fayetteville Street

Sunset over Western Boulevard

Storm over Raleigh in July

Orange moon rising behind Raleigh

Sunset on September 15, 2020

Mammatus clouds over the Raleigh Skyline

Lightning from a thunderstorm rolling past Raleigh. Downtown stayed dry. ⚡

Another angry sky

August 2 Moonrise

Mammatus clouds over the Raleigh Convention center

Rainbow over downtown Raleigh with the Depot

Colors of July

Another low rainbow this afternoon over downtown Raleigh. Rainbows that occur earlier in the afternoon will appear lower on the horizon due to the sun's position being higher in the sky.

Lightning strikes behind the Raleigh skyline in this ominous looking scene