Category: landscapes
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One Four Challenge Week 2 – Los Banos
This is Variation 2 of Los Banos. To create the sunset look of this variation, I replaced the sky. Then I edited exposure etc overall to enhance the sunset effect in the landscape. This variation was a lot of fun. I knew I wanted to try and create a sunset. Finding the right sky replacement…
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One Four Challenge Week 1 – Los Banos
It’s time for a new 4-week cycle in the One Four Challenge. In this challenge, we select an original image, then explore – on successive weeks – four ways of editing the original to create new interpretations. #Photography #Landscapes #Challenge Here is the original image, a photograph of the picturesque California countryside in Los Banos.…
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One Four Challenge Week 4 – Fences
For variation 4, I opted to use Photoshop for some editing work. The primary focus of the original image and all its variations is the fence. Therefore, I aimed to preserve the entire section of the fence in the foreground; as it turns a corner and extends left, I also wanted to keep as much…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #345 – My Go-To Places
My go-to places? Parks, nature preserves, forests, mountains, and wild places—any location that compels me to confront the raw beauty of nature, the passage of time, and my own thoughts. For this week’s Lens Artists Challenge, Johnbo invites us to reflect on our “Go-to Places”—those special spots we turn to when we need an uplifting…
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Scenes in the Park
Here are a few images from my walk in the park today, a beautiful spring day. (Click for full size images.)
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The Grand Canyon in Winter
I’ve posted a couple of Grand Canyon pictures which elicited a positive reaction. So I think I should post a more extensive selection of images from that winter visit to the canyon. It was quite cold, and perhaps because of that the air was unusually clear. All of these images were photographed from the North…
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Monet’s Garden
People asked me, when I put this image in exhibits, “Is that really Monet’s garden?” N…ooo. That’s just what I called it because it has (I think) the impressionist look of Monet’s paintings of his garden at Giverny. I photographed this pond at the Hammond Museum and Japanese Gardens in North Salem, NY. These gardens…
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Keyes View: A Hidden Gem in Joshua Tree
Keyes View is the highest point in Joshua Tree National Park (California). From Keyes View, you can see into (center right) the Coachella Valley. In the distance (center left), you can just make out the Salton Sea. Beyond that is Mexico. Keyes View was the site of a homestead and ranch started in 1910 by…
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Lens-Artist Challenge #338 – Pick a Word
This week’s Lens-Artist Challenge comes from Johnbo, who challenges us to pick a word, and then select photographs that fit it. His own word – conveyance – rather than the more specific vehicle, implies that we should think a little more deeply than the first word that comes to mind, with a bit more subtlety…
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Discover Harrisville: A New England Gem
Harrisville, in southwest New Hampshire, is the site of one of the oldest mills in America. It is also now a National Historic Landmark and the site of the Harrisville Historic District. In appearance, Harrisville is unchanged since the mid-19th Century. The first Harrisville mill was founded in 1774. In 1878, the mill began operating…