Monday, February 29, 2016
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Spring in Death Valley National Park
After a grueling but glorious week at Disneyland with the grandchildren, I convinced Jeff to take a detour on the way home to Death Valley. Spring has come to this barren landscape, bringing a rare profusion of wildflowers basking in the warm late afternoon light just before sunset.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Manti Temple View from Cemetery
View of Manti Temple from the Cemetery
Bench with a view! Even though I said no more snow pictures, I took this photo the same day as my last post, and I really liked this composition taken from the nearby cemetery. I thought about this memorial bench with a perfect view of the temple. Sitting here in better weather, and looking up at this sacred building, (Manti Temple), must be a great comfort to the friends and relatives of the loved one who is honored by this bench. I would like to come back and take a picture from this place when spring comes.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Manti Temple with Sun Burst
Manti Temple with Sun Burst
OK, just one more photo with snow in it, although the snow is not the focus, the sun is. I have a new camera and lens and I'm trying to make friends with it!! I'm a landscape photographer who believes one can take interesting photos at all times of the day, and not just at the magic hours of sunrise and sunset. One of my favorite things in bright day light photos is sun flare which can happen in all sizes, shapes and patterns, depending on many variables, (and is something that many photographers avoid like the plague). So I was interested in seeing what my new lens would create on yet another winter photo of the beautiful Manti Temple, as the sun was shinning brightly this time I was passing through. (I didn't stay outside very long, however, as the temperature was 15 degrees F.) Anyway, I love the unique pattern this lens created. I did not use any filters or fancy editing to create this effect. The only thing I did was to increase the saturation and darken the sky a bit so that the sun burst pattern would stand out better.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Manti Temple in Snow
Manti Temple
Manti, Utah
I think I'm officially done with winter, even though the calendar doesn't agree with me! And to commemorate this decision, I think this will be the last snowy image I will post until next winter. It is the beautiful Manti Temple taken several weeks ago. This majestic temple sits high on a hill in rural Utah and acts as a beacon and sentinel to be seen for miles around.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Antelope Island
I must be a 'glutton for punishment!' I hate winter, I hate cold, I hate
gray days, & I usually hate snow. So being ill with 'cabin fever', I
drove to the barren, mostly desolate Antelope Island, accessed by a
causeway into the Great Salt Lake. Water/ice, sky, land, everything was
foggy/whitish/grayish. Most people go there to spot wildlife, and I'm a
horrible wildlife photographer. I'm never patient enough to wait until I
spy something to shoot, and if I do see some wild thing, I usually have
the wrong lens, the wrong camera setting, or I fumble around too long
and miss the shot....the bird flies away, the animal runs away, etc. So
what was I thinking!!! For me, just to capture something at all is a
success! So here's what I got.....
They must be antelope since I was on Antelope Island!!!
Is that a wolf???
Well, these must fall under the category of birds!
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Red Rose for Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day!
I recently ran across this photo that was taken several years ago, but thought it appropriate to post again today. I hope your day is spent with the people your cherish! Today my family will gather for our annual Valentine's dinner where, of course, everything we eat must be red, which makes for some very unusual looking corn!!! (We sometimes cheat with red food coloring!)
Saturday, February 13, 2016
On the Way to East Cape, New Zealand
On the Way to East Cape, New Zealand
Day 6 that I've posted a photo of a tree for a Facebook challenge. Too much pressure!!!
Anyway, this photo was taken in a remote area of the north island of New Zealand. We traveled on this dirt road for quite some miles to reach East Cape. It is a point in NZ said to be the first place in the world to see the sun rise, however, several other locations also claim this distinction. Regardless, this drive was one of my very favorites.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Spring in Christchurch, New Zealand
Spring in Christchurch, New Zealand
Still trying to keep up with a challenge from a Facebook friend to post a 'tree' photo a day for a week. (I skipped posting yesterday's photo on this blog because I think I have posted it here before.)
Anyway, we strolled through this beautiful canopy of blossoms in Christchurch, New Zealand. This photo was taken on a lovely spring day. It is especially poignant to me when I remember that this lovely park was surrounded by the devastation and tremendous destruction of most downtown buildings in Christchurch by a recent series of tremendous earthquakes.
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Pohutukawa Tree
Pohutukawa Tree, New Zealand
A Facebook photog friend challenged me to post a photo of trees for seven days. Here is my first post. These trees are very common in New Zealand and grow very big. The kiwi's, (what New Zealanders call themselves), call them their Christmas trees because they bloom at Christmastime and are so beautiful.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park
It doesn't get much better for me than being outside at sunset, with my
camera, in a beautiful location!!! This evening I had about one hour
before sunset to jump in my car and find a 'photo opp'. I made it to
Kolob Canyon, (part of Zion National Park), but it was so cold and windy
that I quickly lost my enthusiasm for spending time outside, thus, this
shot was taken out my car window. Lucky for me, it doesn't take much
of a photographer to get a colorful photo when your 'canvas' includes
beautiful orange cliffs bathed in the warm glow of sunset light!
Monday, February 1, 2016
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