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Thursday, April 04, 2013

Mountain Vista in Colorado


I photographed this image hiking the desert trails of the Mesa Verde on Native American lands in Colorado. It made for a perfect mountain vista against blue skies and low hanging clouds. There was greenery on the desert, albeit, shrubs and grasses. The lands are treated as a museum to visit with live tours, but ownership is retained by the Native Americans (to the tribal members) from generation to generation to whom the lands originally belonged. It made for an interesting tour that I greatly enjoyed in learning about the historical lessons of a people from long ago and their culture, lifestyle, and a will to live evident in their native ways. I wish to return and to continue to visit other Native American tribal lands. I urge everybody to do this at least once in a lifetime. It is a great learning experience and a fundamental for children on family vacations. There is plenty to do in these areas where nature and wildlife abound.  

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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Sunset on a Lake


I love photographing sunsets as it is my favorite light of day to photograph. Perhaps, I will get up early enough one day to photograph sunrises! This sunset was perfectly reflected on the lake as a bright, fiery orange with shades of peach visible on what were blue waters. The branches and leaves are in total silhouette and the effect was dazzling to me. As I passed by this clearing, I just had to capture the scene with my camera and voila! 


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Thursday, March 28, 2013

River side restaurant in Texas

Liked and photographed this table setting at an outdoor seating area of a river side restaurant in Texas at the Venice of America where the San Antonio River has been dammed and the flow diverted to create a scenic shopping and recreation area complete with classy hotel accommodations. The mall and buildings have entrances that open to the street side or the river side flowing between them that have water taxis as low powered speed boats to taxi people around for a small fee. Lovely area. Will love to go back!
 

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Stalks reaching the sky


While exploring Texas, I came across a marshy area that was followed on the journey by these stalks reaching high into the sky. I dropped down low to get this picture from a worm's eye view (as opposed to bird's eye view) to capture the stalks towering high above me. It worked! This image was exhibited as a print at an art show. It was my entry photo into the exhibit. I loved the green-yellow stalks against the blue sky.  

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi Ocean Waves
Photographed on the beach at Corpus Christi, TX as the ocean waves crested and moved toward shore. The key to getting a good ocean picture is to stand at an angle so that the horizon line and the waves are not completely horizontal and there is some depth and drama to the photo. I enlarged this print to a 16x20 and the deep blue water with the frothy, white waves always get oohs and aahs, especially when I get to the part about sunset...

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

A blue bicycle at the beach

Blue Bicycle at the Beach
Anything can be inspiring. At first, I almost didn't take this picture. Then when I saw the image in its original form, it was good, but not great. It could have been better. That's when I applied a few edits and oomph! There it is! Looks so much better. Something worthy of an image on the wall for a perfect conversation piece with guests over. And we all have some beach stories...!

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Peacock at the Zoo in Costa Rica

Peacock in Costa Rica
I got a digital photo of the gorgeous colors of this peacock's plume at a zoo in Costa Rica on a visit encompassing education, travel, vacation, photography, food, culture, and the Spanish language. What a visit! The time for vacation after my educational commitments were satisfied was the best time of my life up to that point on any vacation! 

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Red Mesa Against Blue Skies

Red Mesa in Colorado
On a visit traveling to the Mesa area in Colorado, I was able to get some gorgeous images captured against sunny blue skies with low hanging white clouds. There were areas of Colorado that had clouds hanging lower than this. But the colors of this image are stunning. This piece was exhibited in 2010 in Splendor of Natural Vistas. Mesa is known as red, verde, and verde black on white.  

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