… season’s greetings to the the good friends of 5280 Lens Mafia. Cheers, all.
holiday
A dreary walk in the woods … then magic
Saturday dawned gray, cold, and wet. A light mist eased through the forest at my university. But a day walking in the woods with a camera is a good day, no matter the weather, right?
The university was on holiday break. Students had fled home to give thanks with family and friends. I did, too, but returned early.
The deeply overcast sky dictated a flat, low-contrast aspect to the trees and trails in the forest. I looked down. At least I can shoot leaves, now wet and trodden. I like to shoot leaves. A little Photoshop would add hue and color contrast to them, I thought.
But the gray and the cold and the mist cut into my coat and mind. I shivered. Bummer. A dark day growing darker. Melancholy arrived and tapped on my shoulder. I turned and shuffled back onto the main trail, intent on returning to my truck. My Canon hung unused from its strap around my neck. I hate the interregnum between seasons: no leaves on the trees, no snow on the ground.
Franciscans have walked through these woods for more than a century and a half. Franciscans like nature and apparently thrive in it. They have, over the life of the university, constructed stations of the cross on a circular trail in this forest — Bob’s Woods, named after Fr. Bob Stewart, who died of cancer shortly after my arrival at the university.
I am not a Franciscan. I am not as hopeful as they appear to be. Dank, dark weather like this day’s further eroded my ability to detect hope.
Then I saw …
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Inside Outside
Fun with reflections. Shot from inside my office before sunrise back in December.
Liminal time
Whatever you celebrate tonight – happy holiday
Pyro
Every time I think hey, this is an okay shot, GregT throws up something to humble me. Like with his fireworks shot earlier today. I may be outclassed, but I am undeterred.
Merry Christmas
Although it’s my birthday too so Gregmas it is…
Taken this morning on the TVGuy Balcony whilst making coffee….
It’s full of stars
Tired of holiday lights yet? More from the Denver Botanic Gardens….
Denver Botanic Gardens Holiday Lights: Passages
Ground burst
Another shot from the Botanic Gardens. This is the same site as the last one, 90 degrees out the entrance.
Creepy-ass holiday parade, continued….
Another one from the Denver Parade of Lights. This, I guess, is a bear. That you wouldn’t let anywhere near your children.