Photo Gallery

Photographs by Mike Koss
Click on images below to download a full resolution copy.

I've enjoyed using many of these images as my desktop pattern.  To do so, click on one of the images below to download the full resolution version.  Once the download is complete, right click on the image and select the "Set as Background" (or "Set as Wallpaper") menu. 

Note: Please do not link directly to any of the pictures on this site.  By doing so, you're making me pay for bandwidth charges to deliver an image that appears on your web page.  I would much prefer that you make a copy of the image and save it on your own web server.  Be warned, that I will periodically change the names of the files on my server so that if you do link to them, your links will be broken.

Title: Lid of the sarcophagus of General Kheperre
Date: May 8, 2004
Location: Boston Museum of Fine Art
Camera: Cannon PowerShot 100
Resolution: 1200 x 1600

Museum info: Lid of the sarcophagus of General Kheperre
Egyptian
Late Period
Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis, 570–526 B.C.
Greywacke
Height x width x depth: 76 x 108 x 226 cm (29 15/16 x 42 1/2 x 89 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition 30.834b
Title: K'Nex Dolphin
Date: December 29, 1999
Location: Arizona Science Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Camera: Olympus D-400 Zoom
Resolution: 1280 x 960
File Size: 191 KB

Macro close-up of a dolphin model made from K'Nex construction pieces.
Title: Town of Carefree Sundial
Date: January 3, 2000
Location: Carefree, AZ
Camera: Olympus D-400 Zoom
4-exposure panorama
Resolution: 1604 x 710
File Size: 110 KB

62 foot long sundial stands in a traffic circle in the town of Carefree.

Image of a Leaf
by Mark Zirple

Date: Fall, 2000
Rooster - Kauai, Hawaii
Date: Summer, 2000

This is a fragment of a larger image - the displayed "thumbnail" is the maximum resolution image I have.
Title: Frosted Leaves
Date: November 11, 2000
Location: Bothell, WA
Camera: Cannon PowerShot 100
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
File size: 738 KB
Title: Stones on a Beach
Date: December 28, 2000
Location: Camano Island, WA
Camera: Cannon PowerShot 100
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
File size: 710 KB
Title: July 4th Driveway
Date: July 5, 2000
Location: Bothell, WA
Camera: Cannon PowerShot 100
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
File size: 1,100 KB
Title: Raindrops on Glass
Date: January 21, 2001
Location: Bothell, WA
Camera: Cannon PowerShot 100
Resolution: 1600 x 1200
File Size: 546 KB

Picture taken looking up through the moon-roof of our LandCruiser after a rain.
Title: Amphitheater at Kourion, Cyprus
Date: May 5, 2005
Location: Kourion, Cyprus (west of Limassol)
Camera: Cannon EOS D-60
Lens: Cannon Zoom 28-135mm (Image Stabilized)
Exposure: 1/250s at F/8
Resolution: 3072 x 2048
File Size: 3.5 MB
 
Title: Danger Rock
Date: July 18, 2004, early evening
Location: Lake Powell, Utah
Subject: Chris Koss, age 15
Camera: Cannon EOS D-60
Lens: Cannon Zoom 28-135mm IS
Exposure: 1/125s at F/4
Processing: Brightness enhanced in Photoshop
Resolution: 2865 x 1844
File Size: 2.8 MB
 
Title: B-17 Over Kingston Ferry Dock
Date: June 6, 2005
Location: Over Puget Sound, WA
Subject: From the cockpit of Fuddy Duddy (B-17)
Camera: Cannon Powershot S500
Processing: Match inside and outside brightness levels.
Resolution: 2592 x 1944
File Size: 0.6 MB
Title: Fishing Boat - Chile
Date: March 15, 2006
Location: Petrohue River (near Puerto Montt), Chile
Subject: Taken from kayak on Petrohue estuary
Camera: Cannon Powershot S500
Resolution: 2592 x 1944
File Size: 1.6 MB