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From last year's trip.
Prise le printemps passé.
Canon 5dII
70-200 @ 160mm + polarizer
f/8.0, 1/320, iso 200
Explore no352 on Thursday, June 2, 2011
Realism and super-realism are what I’m after. This world is full of things the eye doesn’t see. I mean even the eye of a sensitive person. The camera can see more, and oftentimes better.
～Andreas Feininger - "Feininger as I Know Him" by Wilson Hicks, The Best of Popular Photography by Harvey V. Fondiller , ISBN: 0871650371 , Page: 69
Delicate Arch at Arches National Park in Utah. Used a 4x5 View Camera with a Star Filter. This picture was taken several years ago, don't remember the specific film used.
1. laundry tribulations, 2. Naturally Scented fabric softener/ over 3000 views, thank you., 3. Broken Threads, 4. Knickas, 5. Summer Breeze, 6. with my hands, 7. beach princess, 8. Summer Threads, 9. More Vintage Thread, 10. My Grandmother's Tools, 11. Washday, 12. vortex of muted pink~, 13. Laundry Line 48
Flying to Az today to see my 3 sisters and my mom-we havent all been together in one place in about 20 years....way too long...so many of these images I find inspiring and representative of family-the threads that are delicate and yet hold us together in so many of lifes difficulties..but that's what life is... the good and the bad... and how we are able to come through it...hopefully in a better place....this will be fun...crazy... chaotic and fun...
Hope you enjoy them as much as I do....
Also make sure to view the original size (which is 1/6 of the high res version out of camera)
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah at sunset.
Jess and I hiked up 45min to see Delicate Arch. The path was pretty icy but well worth it. Delicate Arch is truly an amazing sight and it is bigger than I imagined. Unfortunately the sky was all cloudy and the sun couldn't break through. So we left and called it a day.
The next day we hiked around the park to see a couple arches. The landscape is beautiful with all the snow. In the afternoon the clouds started to disappear and it looked like it was going to have great light for the sunset. So we drove back to the Delicate Arch Trailhead. I hiked up the hill again and set up for this panorama shot. I stayed till the sun set completely, packed up my gear and started hiking down the hill in the dark. It was freezing cold, but luckily Jess was waiting in a warm car...
This panorama is a series of eight shots stitched together.
Found whilst out walking, don't know who it belonged to! About 2cm in length.
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This is a natural freestanding arch that stands 20 m (65 feet) located in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. It is one of the most recognized landmarks in the park and is depicted on the Utah license plates. Most photos are taken from the other side showing the thinner column on the left. For this shot I had to walk to the edge of a cliff and hang over (a little) to be able to see through the arch. The other challenge is not to have people in the photo. Because this is the front of the arch looking out into the valley, I crouched low enough to hide the line that is just below the ridge line.
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Found in High Park, Toronto. There are not too many things I like about winter but crispy dried flora is one of them.
Really bad quality, but I was just so happy to see any kind of fungus during our trip to Trinidad & Tobago in March 2017. These small, white ones looked so delicate. They were photographed at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the island of Trinidad, on 19 March 2017. They were growing at the edge of the trail that leads to the Dunston Oilbird Cave.
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
What a spiritual experience! Right after taking these I went for a different viewpoint while Donna stayed here. On the hike down after the moon came up we were talking about it and both had come to the same conclusion. There is a definite vibe and sound at Delicate at sunset. We both compared it to Piazza Publico in Siena, Italy. Both are similar in the fact that there is no warning about what is going to happen. All of a sudden you come around a corner from the back side and you are there. (See two photos down.) Then the acoustics are unique. Here the cirque in front of, and rocks behind the crowd give it an auditorium feel. Then the crowd at the very moment we got there had an awed murmur sound going. Everyone talking because it was so interesting/cool/spiritual. But in a reverent way. Minutes later the sun was gone, and the crowd got noisier and partially disbanded, but the flavor lingered.
Photo of Balsamorhiza sagittata, commonly called Arrowleaf Balsamroot, captured via Minolta MD Rokkor-X 85mm F/1.7 lens. Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Mid April 2020.
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8* Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 4200 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Velvia 50