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The other weekend I went on a bit of a whirlwind tour with my buddy Eric -- lots of driving and hiking with very little sleeping. Despite our jam-packed itinerary, I had initially thought of the Mesquite Dunes as my primary destination. I planned to walk around for several hours before sunset to find a solid comp, and I even rented a lens for the weekend specifically to shoot the dunes.
I knew it was going to be hot down there, but we started out that morning hiking for hours in the freezing cold at 12,000 feet, so some hopeful yet benighted part of me was actually looking forward to the warmer air on the valley floor. It wasn't long after descending into Stovepipe Wells that we found ourselves sitting under the gas station awning, seeking relief in a cold hefeweizen and thinking, "Why the heck are we down here right now?" I'm not built for heat, and I wasn't about to trudge through the sand in 100 degrees for two hours until the sun went down.
We decided to at least cruise over to the parking lot just to check out the dunes before reevaluating our plan to camp in the area. They weren't nearly as tracked-out as they get in the winter, but the heat still didn't deter a few crazy people from venturing out into the vast expanse of sand. Thankfully I had envisioned people in my photo, so I walked about 50 yards from the car, fired a few quick shots and decided to call it at that.
This shot could have probably benefited from waiting another half hour for the light to change while I found a better comp. We figured it best to use the remaining daylight to hoof it back up to the Alabama Hills, where sunrise opportunities and reasonable temperatures awaited. Being that I had barely managed to nab four hours of sleep in the two days prior, waiting and driving at night would have been just about as silly as hiking through the scorching desert.
Nonetheless, I'm still happy to get a half-way decent shot out of the stop that was even remotely close to what I originally had in mind!
I don't recall the name of this screech owl; she's new to the zoo. Because I arrive early in the morning, I found her wide awake, perhaps wondering if I had arrived with food for her. It was nice to see her eyes wide open.
Eastern screech owls are native to our area and they are not endangered.
"The delay guitar effect is to music as bokeh dots to photography"
Rubén Rodrigo Lozano
Love them both
The U2 masterpiece "Bad": youtu.be/NdDBV6VX3fc
Highest position: 49 on Friday, November 7, 2014
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Getting back to my campsite at Keyhole State Park after 3AM I was hoping for just one more auroral substorm. I got my wish.
'Fall awake!" rumi
no falling asleep for this long living living out loud in full colour beauty!
...extending the Christmas season here in Victoria...seen in a shop down the street from my home the other day.....it was still in perfect health! tho I have seen pointsettias growing in nature in Mexico and Hawaii (and yes California!) year round.....I usually associate them with December!
off to a busy day full of contract work and greeting card orders.....
see you on the flip side of a de'lish day full of hopes and dreams becoming reality!
Many times each day Skyline, Montana awakes with the sound of Thundering Prime Movers. The sound of steel wheels on steel rail echos off the mountain sides. A total of 8 large AC locomotives lift this coal load up the east slope of the Continental Divide. Day and Night, this is railroading on Mullan Pass. MRL BNSF
If I could throw this
Lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame
If I could through myself
Set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light
And to the day
To let it go
And so to fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no
If you should ask then maybe they'd
Tell you what I would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go...
This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go
~U2
This song is about the desperation of heroin addiction, but it washed over me as I was editing this. The lyrics and emotional music really capture how I feel standing out in the open with the wind in my face and an indescribable scene before my eyes.
I've been trying to "define" my photography for a long time. I see such wonderful art here on flickr. Amazing works with such deep meaning. The photographer obviously had a concept in mind and set out to achieve it. It makes me feel so uncreative that I only shoot what is there. I don't "create" anything, I don't make "art". I don't set out ahead of time with some concept.
Lately, though, I've realized that what I do matters. There are masterpieces of art all around us all the time. Nature is the artist. But people just pass it by like it isn't even there. It is my mission to capture these stunning everyday, but overlooked, masterpieces and make people see what they are missing. I want to open eyes and open minds.
Got this idea from a magazine, lyrics are from Northlane's Dream Awake which was kind of random but it turned out alright!
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies...
First photoshoot today with people other than my two lovely best friends, so wish me luck!
The clouds part over the Hawaiian Island of Lanai, allowing the sun to light the slopes and rugged canyons facing Maui.
Lanai is the 6th largest of the Hawaiian Islands, measuring 18 miles across. It was formerly known as the Pineapple Island because of the island-wide pineapple plantation which used to be there. Since 2012, 98% of the island has been owned by Larry Ellison of Oracle, and 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii. There are two hotels on the island, and no traffic lights.
Blended from three exposures, this shows a similar view to yesterday's slightly wider sunset post, shown below in comments.