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Shaped and shadowed in snow at Sly Park Lake.
Jez’s Water Water Everywhere #108
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January 4, 2022 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Seasons | Tags: challenges , snow , water , WWE | 8 Comments
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Looking ahead … uncharted … untracked … the possibilities are what we make of them.
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January 2, 2022 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , People , Seasons | Tags: beginnings , Silent Sunday , snow , water , winter | 5 Comments
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On the trail or on the rails? Which way? Last photo on the DSLR.
The first sign of Christmas shall be the last photo on my cell. As my daughter lives 3,000 miles away, we decorate together by sending cell pics to each other. My mother bought this Nativity set in 1963. Remembering setting it up and turning the key to play its music brings her back to me. This year, looking at the old box’s splitting seams, I noticed the sticker for the first time: Einneitspappkasten ? Hachstgawidt ? “Made in Germany.”
Brian’s Last on the Card – November 2021
Which Way Photo Challenge – November 26
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December 1, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR , Holiday , Landscapes | Tags: Bethlehem , Christmas , El Dorado County , hiking , Nativity , The Last Photo , trails | 6 Comments
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“He spreads the snow like wool and scatters the frost like ashes.”
The week before, the trail was clear, and the aspen leaves blocked the sky overhead. What a change a bomb cyclone has made. This day, the snow was 8 to 12 inches deep, and golden leaves dotted the crystalline carpet.
Lens-Artists Challenge #172: A Day of My Week
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November 6, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: aspens , gold , hiking , leaves , Lens-Artists Challenge , Psalms , Sierra Nevada Mountains , winter | 4 Comments
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and of the sky over the neighborhood meadow. From this perspective, the grass is as tall as the cottonwood tree.
Weekend Sky #46
Sunday Stills — October sans pink
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October 17, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons | Tags: #SundayStills , fall , gold , trees , Weekend Sky | 12 Comments
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Southeastern inland: Mammoth Mountain Dead Forest … where the CO2 gas seeped up from below to kill the trees. Posted warnings tell parents and pet owners to keep little ones away. (See https://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-81/Intro/facts-sheet/GasKillingTrees.html )
“And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down”
Becky’s Squares — July #TreeSquared
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July 25, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , The Book | Tags: California , Dead Forest , death , Isaiah , Mammoth Mt , SquareUp , trees | 3 Comments
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Looking south from the trail …
Or looking north from the top of The Nipple, “I see skies of blue” above the Pacific Crest Trail.
Weekend Sky
It’s a Wonderful World — Lens-Artists Challenge #15
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June 20, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Places , Skyscapes | Tags: clouds , hiking , Lens-Artists Challenge , mountains , PCT , summer , Weekend Sky | Leave a comment
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Last full moon waning — last on the DSLR
Last trail trekked — last on the cell camera
Bushboy’s Last Photo Challenge — March
Just One Person From Around the World — ThatTravelLadyInHerShoes
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April 1, 2021 | Categories: Activities , Cell shots , DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , People , Skyscapes | Tags: Eagle Pass Trail , hiking , natural light , solitude , The Last Photo , trails | 3 Comments
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Initially posted in color in April 2014, I just converted the above image into a black and white pencil sketch.
First posted in September 2012 in black and white, this Yosemite view has long been one of my favorites.
Previously in de-saturated color in December 2012, the lines and texture seem to pop better in black and white.
Sundays Stills: Black and White Challenge
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March 14, 2021 | Categories: Art , Cityscapes , DSLR , Landscapes | Tags: #SundayStills , abstracts , birds , black and white , close-up , lines , sculpture , whimsy , Yosemite | 12 Comments
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Early evidence of warmer days grows between a rock and a hard freeze.
Six Word Saturday — March 6
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March 6, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Seasons | Tags: #6WS , #SixWordSaturday , daffodils , light , morning , spring , winter | 2 Comments
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“… the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
Weekend Sky #19 — March 6 (somewhere)
Lens — Artist Challenge #135: A Glimpse into my World A Photo a Week Challenge: Something New
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March 5, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Skyscapes , The Book | Tags: 2 Corinthians , beautiful , clouds , creation , dawn , musings , praiseworthy | 11 Comments
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… on the moss tops of the rocks outside my window today, teasing me to catch the light as it danced into and reflected from the moss. I never quite tagged it.
“Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of man.”
Lens Artists Challenge #135: A Glimpse Into Your World
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February 20, 2021 | Categories: Landscapes , Nature , Play , The Book | Tags: #aftertherain , Gnosis , light , Psalms , rocks | 9 Comments
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The final view on a hike in Hidden Falls Regional Park.
The Last on the iPhone — January 2021
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January 31, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Nature | Tags: bridges , hiking , river , The Last Photo | Leave a comment
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Boulders tumbled up along Lake Tahoe’s shore
Becky’s Squares Challenge
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge — Piled up
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January 27, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Places | Tags: CFFC , Lake Tahoe , SquareUp , texture | 6 Comments
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Serenity on ice … socially distanced … frozen and docked … and the skaters still skate.
Bushboy’s Last Photo of December 2020
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January 1, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Landscapes , Play , Seasons | Tags: blue , boats , Echo Lake , mountains , recreation , snow , still life , winter | 16 Comments
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… “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
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December 23, 2020 | Categories: DSLR , Landscapes , Nature , Seasons , The Book | Tags: black and white , fog , James , peace , quiet , trees | 2 Comments
Posts, chain, grain, and wire up close in black and white
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November 27, 2020 | Categories: Art , DSLR , Landscapes | Tags: abstracts , bits n pieces , black and white , CBWC , close-up , country , still life , texture | 6 Comments
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Life – it can happen even in the cracks . . . Bonsai Rock
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June 29, 2019 | Categories: Landscapes | Tags: California , growth , Lake Tahoe , life , peace | 8 Comments
At the top of the world, little grows in the dead of winter … and yet the sun brings forth hope.
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February 24, 2019 | Categories: Landscapes , Nature , Seasons | Tags: California , hiking , meditations , mountains , winter | 3 Comments
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Bridalveil Fall to Half Dome from Tunnel View
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June 22, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: California , mountains , national park , snow , summer , waterfalls , Yosemite | 2 Comments
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Yosemite’s June surprise . . . overnight snow lingers on Mount Hoffman. As seen through retreating fog from Glacier Point.
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June 18, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: 2017 , California , mountains , snow , summer , Yosemite | 4 Comments
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Is it summer or is it snow?
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June 17, 2017 | Categories: Landscapes , Places , Seasons | Tags: 2017 , California , mountains , snow , summer , Yosemite | 1 Comment