Runoff: Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado

Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado

Evil Tulips from the Laboratory…

Tulips are widely grown in Washington as a commercial crop. Skagit, WA has an annual Tulip Festival in the spring where you can go see enormous fields of tulips in a wide range of shades and patterns. You can order bulbs from at least hundreds of varieties. Many people just grow their own in the garden or take advantage of volunteers.

Check out Roozengaarde or the Skagit Tulip Festival if you’re interested.

snakes?

From my Stained Glass period…

Of course, my “stained glass” period is pretty much ongoing. I have several of these taken annually.

watching the grass grow as spectator sport.

Bearded Mescalero Iris, Seattle, WA

One of my first photographic loves is macro and near-macro images of flowers. This is from Sara’s Iris garden here in Seattle. Taken this spring on a mostly cloudy day.

Epic Brewing: Smoked and Oaked, Fire and Ice

Epic Brewing, Denver CO

truckin’ under a storm …

Early 1960s, Nevada

Old motel sign, Mina, NV. Motel’s been closed for at least a couple of years, but the harsh midday light just made the colors POP. I added the halos in post. Took me right back to the Atomic Age!

Despair

This is an atypical image for me.  With rare exceptions, I don’t do people, and I don’t do emotion.  I didn’t remember having this until I was transitioning from Aperture to Lightroom and reviewing old collections.  It was taken from a Seine cruise in late afternoon (at the time, I didn’t re-set my camera clock for travel).

gnome in the garden.

Prickle

I’d be grateful if someone could tell me what this pretty little pokeball is.

the aliens are landing …

Cap Rock, Makoshika State Park, MT

Here’s Looking at You, Kid

Roughneck Falls, Savoy, SD

Roughneck Falls, Savoy, SD

We spent a couple of nights at the Spearfish Canyon Lodge in Savoy, SD (near Lead, SD) in the Black Hills. Roughlock Falls is a mile or so up the road, with a couple of good views from below the falls.

Artist Point 2, Yellowstone

This one is 1/160 vs the 13s of the previous one. The water is less blue in this, and I think it blends better, but I still think the edges of the water appear to be laid in. Maybe it is the dark lines at the edges of the river, which I assume are undercut erosion.

yellowstone, a bit faster.

My image of Artist’s Point is offered as a possible solution to Evan’s question about his image … about why the water appears laid onto the photo.

Artist Point, Yellowstone

One of the things about this shot that intrigues me (because I don’t understand WHY it is that way) is how the water almost appears ‘laid in’ on top of the terrain, like it’s a composite shot.

the Fisher Towers …

… where, decades ago as a rock climber, I learned the meaning of “fear.”

Epic Brewing: Lace

Epic Brewing, Denver CO