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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 | 11 Comments
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Big falls … “Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls” Burney Falls
Resting falls … “‘Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters’”
Little falls … “He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.” Fordyce Falls Creek
Water Water Everywhere #94
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September 6, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR , Nature , The Book | Tags: Isaiah , Psalms , waterfalls , WWE | 9 Comments
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“Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.” Red sun rising … the bright sun red burned out to white as the camera tried to see through thick smoke from 4 wildfires. Normally, the Sierra Mountain ridge, about 60 miles away, stands sharply visible below the eastern sky. This morning’s smoke from those wildfires hid the ridge. Above is the unedited original. Below are Elements 14 (Photoshop) edits.
First, on the left, I matched the photo’s sun to the red sun my eyes had seen. Selecting and filling the selection was easy peasy. Oh yes, I cropped the top and bottom edges.
Then, on the right, I applied the haze removal tool.
The left is the same version as the above right. But now, on this right is a solarized iteration of the version with the burned out sun.
Which version do you prefer?
The Squirrel Chase One-two-three Photo Processing Challenge–August 2021
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August 27, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Skyscapes | Tags: consequences , dawn , heavens , natural light , one-two-three , solarized , summer | 22 Comments
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Silent Sunday
Weekend Sky
(Sunday) Monday Windows
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August 22, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: #SilentSunday , black and white , blue , lines , Monday Window , Nevada City , pure , Silent Sunday , solitude , Weekend Sky | 16 Comments
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Before Heading Out — Last DSLR
Looking down on our barbecue … hoping
The owl who came to dinner — Last cell
Brian’s Last on the Card — July 2021
Six Word Saturday — July 31, 2021
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July 31, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR , Nature | Tags: #6WS , #Selfie Saturday , #SixWordSaturday , birds , still life , The Last Photo , whimsy | 5 Comments
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Do not disturb the invisible occupant.
Pull Up a Seat — 2021 Week 31 — July 30
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July 30, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: emptiness , humor , Pull Up a Seat , signs | 8 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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When you can’t ski down … pull up a seat! Summer at Northstar
Pull Up a Seat – 2021 Week 30 – July 23
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July 23, 2021 | Categories: Activities , DSLR , Places , Play | Tags: California , Pull Up a Seat , skiing , summer | 11 Comments
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Inland Northern trail near Mt. Shasta, laboring up the dusty trail, hot and sweaty. But look up, where “… over everything the glory will be a canopy.”
Becky’s Squares – July #TreeSquared
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July 17, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Nature , The Book | Tags: hiking , Isaiah , Mt. Shasta , SquareUp , summer | 15 Comments
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Pull up a seat on the beach at Lake Tahoe.
Pull up a Seat — Week 28 July 9
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #155 — On the water
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July 12, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Places | Tags: boats , dawn , escapes , Lake Tahoe , Lens-Artists Challenge , Pull Up a Seat , quiet , summer , water | 3 Comments
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Coastal mossy madrona along the Dipsea Trail. ” … how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?” Or a blanket of moss from leaves?
Becky’s Squares July — #TreeSquared
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July 5, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Nature , The Book | Tags: Ezekiel , fog , hiking , quiet , SquareUp , trails | 18 Comments
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Azalea or rhododendron? “Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come …”
Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge
Six Word Saturday
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June 26, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , Nature , The Book | Tags: #6WS , #SixWordSaturday , beautiful , fences , FOTD , solarized , Song of Songs | 10 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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Texture on the hiking trail
Texture of light and brick in Sacramento
CFFC — Texture
Which Way Photo Challenge
And what about the elastic texture of time? It flies smoothly when having fun, yet drags roughly when dutifully dogging work.
I’ve not had time to capture or create an image to express this taffy-pull challenge of returning to work, that necessary reality tugging time from photography. And, therein lies the rub of my existential Which Way Photo Challenge: take time to make a living or make time to take a photo.
All hail the end of the COVID-battical!
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April 18, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Cityscapes , DSLR , Nature | Tags: bark , CFFC , close-up , country , hiking , humor , musings , photographers , Sacramento , texture , trails , Which Way Photo | 6 Comments
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Looking into the window of a lighting shop in Sacramento.
Early sun landing on the airport hangar rooftops in Truckee, as seen through the window.
Carol’s Cheerful Selfie Challenge
Becky’s Squares — BrightSquare
Monday Window
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April 11, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , Cityscapes , DSLR | Tags: #Selfie Saturday , light , Monday Window , natural light , rooftops , Sacramento , SquareUp , Truckee , windows | 4 Comments
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“May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”: “‘… my disciple must … take up their cross and follow me …’ ‘… learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’”
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April 6, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , The Book | Tags: churches , cross , Easter , Galations , Jesus , Mark , Matthew , musings , solarized | 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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All out of gas
not that it matters when you break down on the trail
Oh, scrap!
CFFC — Rusty or Decayed
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March 30, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR | Tags: abstracts , bits n pieces , CFFC , endings , hiking , machines , rusty , texture | 5 Comments
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“make artistic designs for work in … silver”
Color Your World: Silver
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March 21, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots , DSLR , The Book | Tags: branches , coloryourworld , Exodus , natural light , silver , trees | 5 Comments
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Denim by candlelight with some light reading companions
Challenge Your Camera #11.2: Still Life Revisited
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March 16, 2021 | Categories: DSLR , Play | Tags: #challengeyourcamera , books , candles , still life | 6 Comments
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Texture and spots … lines and dots … brown and dirty … ghostly Bodie, CA.
Monday Windows — March 15
Challenge Your Camera #11: Still Life
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March 15, 2021 | Categories: Cityscapes , DSLR , Places | Tags: #challengeyourcamera , abstracts , Bodie , brown , Monday Window , still life , texture | 8 Comments
