Fall Shack

We're keeping an eye out for the Autumn colors which we might otherwise miss out in the desert among the Juniper trees and sage-grass. So, in town you need to be willing to stop and take the shot when you see it. Barely got this one as the sun was dropping rapidly. I probably should have gone back in to town this afternoon, as there are some huge old oak trees going through their cycle.

Americana

I don't know, I think that this one kind of speaks for itself.

Another shot from the road in New Mexico

Most of the time we were so busy traveling that I had to resort to shooting out the windows, or hanging the camera outside and shooting blind like I did in this shot.

Another photo from Taos, New Mexico, Kit Carson's House

Yes indeed, this is actually Kit Carson's old house-- part of it anyway. Obviously I found the cloud formation and the different appearance of the two doors pretty intriguing.

Hay Bales, Mean Trees, Landscapes

A friend of mine, Bob Jenkins, thinks of this as "mean trees" so that's what I'm titling it.

No sooner did I create the mean trees, but that i wanted to do a re-take with more muted color.

In real life, the hay bales scene was "nice" but the light wasn't all that great and the colors were a bit pale. It took a lot to turn it into an interesting photo. I've been avoiding showing my photos large online because theft of images is so prevalent. It's too bad. They all look better when you can really see them. You can click on these photos to se them a bit larger, but sorry, not really big enough to see the details well enough.

I thought that this cloud formation looked like a huge hand. Later on I spotted a strange face in the clouds. This was shot up at Greer, a tiny resort town above Springerville, AZ.

Another shot out the window landscape photo, this one on the way to Springerville, Arizona. Really beautiful country up there.

This one is called "Face Over Taos" and I thought I had already posted it, but maybe not.

Did I mention that I lost my hat at the "Pie-O-Neer" in Pie Town, New Mexico ? Nice place, great pie, really friendly and genuine people. I want to go back. Maybe that's why I left my hat.

Git this one a little while ago near where we currently live. I only recently put it through my post processing and I do like the results.

A puff ball from way back which Sheryl wanted me to take out of the moth balls for one of her projects.

Three Ravens

Got this one together today after a difficult last 2 days shooting with little success.

Three crosses, Shot out the window near Taos, New Mexico

Three crosses, Shot out the window near Taos, New Mexico. The third cross was only seen after I started in post-processing.

Trample

I don't know what it was which trampled these reeds or why. Reminded me of when I was a kid and we used to create "forts" out of whatever we could find, creating spaces out in the wilderness which we would pretend were houses, or even whole villages.

Impressionist view of the sun cradled by tall pines.

This photo was taken up at Pinetop somewhat late in the day. I'm in a big growth period, working more heavily with tones, colors, and textures. In all honesty, photos have never impacted me the way that paintings do. So, I'm edging closer to paintings in my photographic work.

Another take on a distant storm-- Stormcat.

I really enjoyed working on this image of a distant storm, as viewed from the porch.