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fall colors
The weather forecast promised rain all day on Sunday. I was very excited because I’d spotted a thing I wanted to photograph in the rain, with reflections coming off the wet pavement. The rain’s arrival time got later and later every time I looked at the forecast, and by about 4:00, I decided to drive all the way across town in hopes that maybe the rain would have arrived by the time I got there. (I had something else to do later in the afternoon so my rain-window was pretty narrow.)
Anyway, it didn’t start raining while I was out, so I didn’t get the shot I wanted. But I did find this nicely colored scene.
(The rain eventually arrived about midnight but I did not go out and get the shot, as I was busy sleeping. It’ll rain again someday. I think.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 11.17.2024
caldera
Did you think my account was hacked or something when you saw this color landscape photo?
To be honest I am sort of surprised by it as well, but it really is a photo that I made. On purpose.
Valles Caldera National Preserve
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
photographed 6.30.2024
the fish and the photographers
Those silly fish thought we were there to feed them, but of course that wasn’t at all what we were there for. If you look closely, you can see the reflections of my friend and I and we were definitely taking photos and ignoring the fist.
Later that morning we had a lovely picnic in a park, so we did feed ourselves. But still didn’t feed those fish.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
photographed 6.30.2024
pedernal: a non-traditional angle
If you are the littlest bit familiar with Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings of the New Mexico landscape, then I bet you’ve seen various versions of the mesa known as the Pedernal.
However, for some reason, none of hers included a picnic shelter and/or a belly dump trailer. That seems like sort of an oversight on her part, but who am I to say?
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
candles (plan view)
There are some things I will almost always photograph; there’s not any particular thread that connects them (as far as I can tell) (and I don’t want to frighten any of you by sharing that list) so I’ll just mention that candles at religious places are definitely included.
el santuario de Chimayó
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2024
