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Roxborough State Park is a state park in Colorado
known for its dramatic red sandstone formations. Located just outside of Denver, Colorado, USA. View from South Rim Trail.
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... my new wallpaper. Makes me feel, as if we had spring or, even better, summer.
Billy Joel: The River of Dreams
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Enya: Caribbean Blue
.. when their bones are exposed and shivering in the wind. But if you look closely, the buds of Spring are there waiting..
I'm reminded of a line from Pink Floyd's "Time"..
"No one told you when to run - you missed the starting gun"
Spring starts quietly, and it does it in the heart of winter. The birds are already preparing for spring. I hear the hawks calling from the treetops to one another. The mockingbirds are already in stealth mode, building nests in hidden places. This cold weather forces mates to huddle for warmth, which leads to spring bunnies and chicks and for us, babies in the fall.
I guess there's something about the quiet solitude of winter that makes us all want to fill it with life.
Moor, morning light and a flying swan - photo walk between Hariksee and Borner See (Lower Rhine, Germany)
Yet another image of Baboosic Brook. I enjoy shooting this section of the brook because the water level changes at different times of the year, yielding different visual opportunities.
Also, there is public access via an old unmaintained town road. Most of the brook in this section is accessible only via private property.
Shot with Rolleiflex 3.5T medium format TLR on Ilford Delta 100 film. Developed in Sprint chemistry. Negative scanned on Epson V600 scanner. Post-processing in Photoshop. Cropped 4x5.
As we drove home on Christmas Day, near Wilton and East Grafton, we came across some smoke drifting through the trees, which lent an eerie feel to the sunset.
Sony α7 II
Minolta 35-70mm lens
Potterne viewed in late afternoon sun from Hartmoor as winter gives way to spring, crowned by the square tower of St Mary's Church. Potterne (population around 1,550) is a village 2 miles/3 km south of Devizes on the A360 Salisbury road. The village's skyline is dominated by the 13th Century St Mary's Church, described by Pevsner as “an Early English church of exceptional purity and austerity”—just about visible in this very wide angle shot.
Two bare trees in front of the western sky after sunset in Bath. You could eat the sky colours up. The buildings beind are on Terrace Walk.
Early Winter Morning on Short Off Mountain
I hiked up to Short Off Mountain again early this morning to capture the ice flow which has grown since last week with the continued frigid temperatures both day and night. On my way to Wolf Pit Road it was 6 degrees Fahrenheit as I drove through the Linville River Valley but luckily there was only a light breeze on top of the mountain.
Setting up for this image I was sitting on an angled flat top boulder that sloped toward the abyss only four feet away, so I moved very carefully at all times. Still, as I was securing the camera to the tripod I heard the snapping sound of hard plastic hitting rock and watched yet another lens cap roll off into oblivion.
Because of the timing of the late-rising waning moon I was only able to work on one of the composition choices that I found yesterday afternoon before the twilight began creeping in.
It was really different to be hiking away from (instead of toward) a photoshoot location at dawn with the color just beginning on the horizon and streetlights still twinkling around Lake James in the Catawba Valley below, ...but I was tired and cold.
Water plants at Aura Vale Lake Park, Cardinia Reservoir. I don't know if these are weeds but I liked their heart shapes.
This was tough to shoot and process. Although it would have been better to shoot this in the morning, this is one of those unexpected finds I frequently encounter while driving around eastern Kansas. I couldn't shoot this school head on, because the sun would have been directly in the lens, so I had to stand to the side a bit, thereby ensuring some distortion in the school. It was a little tough separating all the tree branches from the sky so that I could add some detail to it, and I decided that keeping the lens flares and shaft of light across the face of the school would add to the image.
Critiques and comments are always welcome.
February 17, 2015
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius
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And that's a wrap; with company on their way to visit for the next couple days, I am done the work week early and am excited to have the next five days off for an impromptu mini-vacation.
Put in for the days off this morning, and left at noon for an appointment. I must confess that there's something quite liberating about deciding at the last minute to be done with work for the next five days.
Now if only it was nice, warm and sunny, but I'm sure that's asking for too much. So bring on the cold, at least I won't be at work to complain about it!
Anyway, hope everyone has had a good day.
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All Saints' Church is in the Wiltshire village of West Lavington (population 1,500; 5 miles/8 km south of Devizes). The earliest parts of the building date to the 12th Century, with the nave likely forming the original structure. Evidence suggests a Saxon church may have existed on the site earlier, though little remains to confirm this beyond reused stones in the south porch doorway. In the late 13th and early 14th Centuries, the church was expanded with the addition of a north aisle, south aisle, and north transept. The chancel also dates to this period, built in greensand rubble and squared stone, with limestone ashlar added later.
The west tower was constructed in the 13th Century and raised to its current height in the 14th Century.
In 1847, the famous diocesan architect for the Diocese of Salisbury, TH Wyatt, reworked the church, updating elements like the east end’s triple lancets while preserving its medieval core.
The materials used in construction—greensand, limestone, and slate roofing—reflect local resources and practical construction choices. All Saints is a Grade I listed building.
Well, I had to enlarge the photo! Thought for sure I saw a witch sweep across this night sky...maybe two!
All by Mother Nature...
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Seen in Explore Dec. 26, 2018 www.flickr.com/photos/julesoso_jjw/31527012987/in/explore...
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