home, home on the range …

… even a nondescript vista of the West can be mesmerizing.

Edges

Something soft and beautiful for this day…

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 …

… in a corner lot in Sheridan, Wyoming.

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.