This ICM photo is part of a series I’m calling Turnagain Blues- because they were taken on the part of the Seward Highway that follows the waterway called the Turnagain Arm and because of the blue tones.
I like the square crops as well.
I have photographed the teepees at the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook on three separate trips. Each visit has resulted in entirely different images. This last was from a short visit a couple weeks ago. It’s possible that wasn’t my last visit- I still haven’t actually walked on the grounds of the motel!
The lunar eclipse is happening tonight (actually early tomorrow), and a group from my photo club are down at Whitewater Draw to photograph the eclipse AND the sandhill cranes. I’m thinking of them and wondering . . .
What if a crane flew by when the moon was obscured during totality?
I combined one of my photos of the January 2018 lunar eclipse with a photo of a sandhill crane from last year’s trip to Whitewater Draw- and then had some fun in Photoshop!
If you’re awake, don’t forget to go out and view the eclipse early tomorrow morning!
Above is an image from a few years ago which captured a quiet mood at Lynx Lake here in Prescott.
Slow shutter impressions of Scottsdale’s Canal Convergence
We had such a wonderful time seeing friends in California- and it was especially nice to be staying in Benicia- our home for over 25 years. I made sure to go walk down to the water each morning to enjoy the fog and sunshine. Today’s photo was taken with a slow shutter and a tiny bit of motion to create this impressionistice view.
When I was at Aspen Corner in Flagstaff in October, the aspens were still turning from green to gold. I wonder what they look like today!
Here is another ICM image of Aspen Corner- with a touch of realism.
We took a trip with my photo club along the western part of Route 66 in Arizona, and made a side trip to Lake Havasu, home of the iconic London Bridge. Lonnie and I visited there several years ago and enjoyed walking along the bridge and and remembering how my parents had visited there in the seventies, not long after it was constructed (and faced with the original masonry from the 1830’s original bridge). This time I used intentional camera movement techniques to produce an impressionistic view of the bridge.
We have just returned from Benicia- our home for so many years (26!). We love where we live now, but miss our little town on the Carquinez Strait and all the friends we left behind in the Bay Area! We were there for a dear friend’s son’s wedding and managed to see many of our friends during the few days spent in Benicia. The water was less than a block from the Air BnB, so we took many walks along the shoreline and downtown. I’ve photographed the Carquinez Bridge many times over the years- here’s a muted impressionistic view- created just by moving my camera.
Another ICM from our walk among the aspens!
We walked in and out of shadows and light as we made our way along the trails at Aspen Corner- a perfect way to welcome the arrival of autumn!
Here’s another photo shot with intentional camera movement at Aspen Corners.
We drove up to Flagstaff Sunday and joined the masses of leaf peepers driving the road to Snow Bowl to enjoy the fall color. We stopped at Aspen Corner and walked around admiring the aspens that have turned to gold. They are a week or two from their peak color, but this was likely the only time we would be able to drive up there. We continued on to Snow Bowl (the ski resort), where there was even more fall color. It was a great day to be out in nature!
San Clemente at Sunset + surfer + intentional camera movement created this image which looks electrified to me!
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