Looking out across Fidalgo Bay, Washington, on a cloudy afternoon…
Abandoned farmhouse found along the back roads of Montana. Has a bit of an attitude – just laying back and chillin’….
Found in the high country of New Mexico. I have no idea what it is. It’s purple and I liked the way the morning light illuminated it.
Wandering through the Four Corners region (think I was in Arizona when I shot this) on a spring morning…
HDR (high dynamic range) image created from three exposures.
Navajo Dam, New Mexico, on a spring evening…
HDR (high dynamic range) image created from seven exposures.
A spring afternoon in northern Arizona…
HDR (high dynamic range) image created from 3 exposures).
Why do I shoot into the sun? Can’t help myself. Noticed a sundog as I was wandering around northern Arizona one morning. The sun itself is blown out in the image, but it matches up nicely with the hole burned in my retina as I set the shot up. 😉
HDR (high dynamic range) image constructed from three exposures.
A very experimental shot. I was shooting straight into the morning sun with my Tamron 28-300 lens because it can get the interesting circular lens flare that you see here. But the rest of the image didn’t work so I decided to go completely nuts with my photo processing tools. For better or worse, here is the result…
Wandering the back roads of Utah on a spring morning, was lucky to find some wildflowers before the desert heat ends their time…
Spent the last few days exploring parts of Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. I do a lot of thinking on the road and a major topic of this trip (suggested by a good friend) was giving myself a break now and then.
I’m my worst critic in more ways than one – this photo is an example. Initial impression was that I should throw it out. Didn’t get the lens flare I wanted, forgot to dust the lens off before shooting into the sun, and on and on and on.
Then I took a deep breath and decided that it’s OK to send this photo out into the world as is.
What does this mean to you? I hope you like the photo, and sometimes maybe do what I did and give yourself a break. That’s my deep thought for the day.
Shot in the Gila National Forest of southwestern New Mexico on a spring morning. Shot with my Nikon D800, Tamron 28-300 lens, ISO 100, and to avoid having the sun blow the rest of the image out I used an aperture of f/22 and a 1/3200 second shutter speed. No filters were used.
Monument Valley, Utah. It’s a long way from… just about anywhere… but for me it was worth the trip.
The view from the base of Devils Tower, Wyoming…
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Flooded farm field in Idaho, reflecting the evening sky…
It’s not easy shooting a good panorama when it’s this dark, and the image has a few issues, but overall I decided it was worth sharing.
I don’t do a lot of flower photos, but here’s one for all the Moms out there…
My favorite kind of road…
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