at year’s end, find peace in simplicity …

My 800th post …

mixing bowl …

More Fun Than Selfies/AKA Fall at 60MPH

Almost trashed these but decided they were kinda fun! The colors on the trees were spectacular as I drove 60 mph on a two-lane road with no shoulders and nowhere to pull off for photos. So I grabbed the camera and snapped a few shots out the window as I drove (I know Mom, it’s not very safe). One-handed photography is challenging but doable! Until it becomes illegal.

still sharp …

Robersonville Canvas

bridge to nowhere …

unfurled …

Urban reflection – part 2

Yesterday I shared my gaze out the window – today I share the interior reflections.

Recognize the fellow in the poster? Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

Dead Flag Blues – West Seattle

I took this one this morning and am playing with multiple processing options. What do you think?

Up first, the basic HDR take. That grass isn’t as saturated as you might think – it really is startlingly green around here.

watercolor …

Urban reflections

I will grant you – this is an unusual image.

I’m sitting in a quiet low light space – hanging from the ceiling is a television playing ESPN. My gaze is fixed out the window. This is the resulting combination of views.

Hammer of the Gods – recut

Take 2.

kaleidoscope …

Unrestrained

(Part of) The holiday light display at the Van Dusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC

alien spacecraft, trapped in ice …

Hammer of the Gods

’cause Greg didn’t like the white patches in my Christmas Eve image …

Our resident guru Greg S. thought I ought to clone over white spots (patches of snow) in an image of my home valley posted Christmas Eve. I think he’s right. It does look better …

potato chips …

icebound …

Christmas Eve, overlooking home …

Seattle Sunset – 12/23/13

It was a pretty afternoon here in Seattle.