It was raining in Portland, Oregon. Nothing new there, but I was inside the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ("OMSI") staring at this giant ship propeller (above) on the patio outside. Rain was streaking down the windows and lights of the room reflected in the glass. I couldn't have asked for worse conditions. I … Continue reading Propeller
Tag: Ansel Adams
In St. Petersburg, Russia I found the Hotel Astoria very interesting. The bright red awnings caught my eye, and then I noticed the main streets on both sides leading to domed buildings topped with spires. It took less than a minute to capture the scene on my camera, but several hours of post-processing to create … Continue reading Hotel Astoria, St. Petersburg
This is the place where Ansel Adams took his iconic shot, "Thunderstorm Over the Valley". Yosemite National Park calls it Tunnel View, as it sits at the entrance to a mile-long tunnel on Hwy 41 leading to Glacier Point and Wawona. There is a nice parking lot and an expansive viewing area for the scores … Continue reading Tunnel View
The southeastern part of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is called Wild Basin. I had never been to this area until my brother took me there a few weeks ago. Less than half a mile from the Wild Basin trail head is the Lower Copeland Falls. I thought this was a beautiful scene when … Continue reading Wild Basin – RMNP
My ten year old granddaughter was practicing her gymnastics on the dock of our lake in Nebraska on the July 4th weekend. That was three years ago. The sunset is a scanned copy of a 1968 photo of a sunset on the Oahe Reservoir near Pierre, SD. I made a composite of the two digital … Continue reading Digital Magic
This image reminded me of simpler times, when you played all day and into the night, with few worries. But, this image is a "fabrication", a composite of six different photos merged to create a visual image of distant memories. The sky was taken 45 years ago in South Dakota. The dead tree is from … Continue reading Follow the Leader
Thought for the Day: To the complaint, "There are no people in these photographs", I respond, "There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer". Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)
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