The Minarets at dusk
I’ve always been attracted to rugged mountains and jagged peaks. Some of my favorite mountain ranges have had this characteristic: the San Juans in Colorado, the Tetons and Wind Rivers in Wyoming, and...
View ArticleA quick visit to Joshua Tree National Park
Last week’s Veteran’s Day holiday enabled me to sneak out to Joshua Tree National Park for the night. In my ongoing series on Topophilia (there will be more posts on that in the near future), I have...
View ArticleCross bedding abstract, Zion National Park
Sedimentary rocks are normally deposited as horizonal layers. Even when folded or tilted by faulting the originally horizontal layering is obvious. Upon closer examination, however, you may see very...
View ArticleHouse on Fire ruin–a vertical panorama
In my last post, I discussed a few techniques that can be used to effectively shoot panoramas. All of my examples were of grand landscapes, and they were all landscape-oriented panoramas. I want to...
View ArticleA strange visitor at Badwater
This weekend, a friend and I drove to Death Valley National Park. I had heard there is currently water in Badwater Basin, and wanted to see it, as well as photograph it. Since Death Valley usually...
View ArticleBig Adventure, Small Scale?
I have to admit that although I’m fortunate to find great photography subjects close to home–often in my backyard!–the act of working really hard for an image brings a lot of satisfaction. Sometimes...
View ArticleThe Paria, part III: mud
In addition to its immense, subtle beauty, another overriding theme of the Paria River is mud. The river bed has a high clay content, and if you’ve ever been in clay soil when its even a little wet,...
View ArticleJust Like Everywhere…and Nowhere
Despite my love for the high desert, I have to confess that it feels pretty good to be back in the mountains for the summer. This weekend, we headed to the San Bernardino mountains for a quick, local,...
View ArticleWind Song
If you have never listened to the wind, you should. It can really have a lot to say. This last week, it screamed, violently, through the midwestern United States, leaving a terrible path of...
View ArticleBraced against the wind
In Medicine Bow, Wyoming, they say the wind doesn’t blow twenty four hours out of the whole year. Even in July, the wind is cold, noisy, all-consuming. One morning, my friend, hiking in the wind near...
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