… even a nondescript vista of the West can be mesmerizing.
Month: August 2016
Edges
after the fire, 2004.

I saw Denny’s after the fire below. Amber and I were in Mesa Verde, CO, back in 2004 …
Denver Neon: Campus Lounge, Bonnie Brae

Campus Lounge: Bonnie Brae, Denver
after the fire …
… nature re-asserts itself. #HopeTuesday #breathe
death by Interstate …
… in Table Rock, Wyoming.
which way?
Riley’s Farm Colonial Faire – The American Lads Pt 1
I’ve been posting a few pictures from Riley’s Farm Colonial Faire. They were reenacting the times just prior to and including the Boston Tea Party. I did the Lasses and the Brits already. Now we have the Americans. Again, the lighting was terrible, yadda yadda yadda. And I wish I had a better telephoto so these would be a bit sharper. But I think these turned out OK despite all the problems. All with my Nikon D7200. Mostly with my 55.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 lens.
This first guy spent all of his time with the candle girl I posted a while back. And most of THAT time was spent trying to twist apples in half with his bare hands. Riley’s Farm IS an apple orchard, after all, so I guess that’s the thing to do. I’m not sure if the candle girl was impressed or not. I have no idea what his actual job was supposed to be.
more ouches …
… at Bob Scott Campground in Toiyabe-Humboldt National Forest just east of Austin, Nevada.
Bonnie Brae Ice Cream: Denver Neon
experimental?
… at Table Rock, Wyoming.
Paramount Theatre: Denver Deco, 3rd Floor

Paramount Theatre, Denver CO
Paramount Theatre: Denver Deco

Paramount Theatre, Denver CO
messages …
… along I-80 in Table Rock, Wyoming.
a lookout …
… in Table Rock, Wyoming.
sunrise …
… #HopeTuesday
tired …
Wild Blue Yonder

T6-G Trainer, Erie Air Fair, Erie CO
Golden

Epic Brewing, Denver CO
a pulpit …
… at a former seminary at my university.
Riley’s Farm Colonial Fair – The Brit Lads
As promised, here are are the lads from the Colonial Faire at Riley’s Farm in Oak Glen from a few weeks ago. I’m not thrilled about the sharpness in some of these, but short of walking into the middle of the demonstrations, it’s the best I could do. Now I understand why people have such huge lenses when they do this sort of thing outside of a studio. But I’m still learning. As I mentioned when I posted the pictures of the Lasses, the lighting was terrible. Basically, mid-day. So I had to do quite a bit of photoshop fuckery to get the pictures even remotely viewable. You’ll see what I mean. Shadows are terrible in places and over saturation is rampant. Doesn’t help that I edited these on my laptop…which seems to show pictures a bit brighter than my desktop, so a few of these are a little dark.. But I tried.
I decided to break them up into Brits and Colonials. First, the Brits. They started off the day with an inspection of course.