Tag: landscapes
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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…
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Landscapes of the American Southwest
Landscapes of the American Southwest is back in print. Get it from Amazon, paperback or hardcover. From the Introduction: “The southwest is a distinctly American landscape. It represents the epic grandeur of the American dream. It is both a land of harshness and or opportunity and seemingly infinite possibilities. It is a land that has…
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Natural Fall Colors: Reflections on a River
Every now and then, you come across an effect – purely natural – that is so striking it begs for capture. On a spectacularly clear early fall day, this is the reflection of autumn foliage in the equally spectacularly smooth waters of a river. Very little editing.
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Defamiliarizing Nature: An Artistic Lakeside View
This new image – of a lakeside – is possibly the most extreme among the Visions of Nature series. This series explores images modified to reflect Schklovsky’s concept of defamiliarization (Russian: Ostranenie) which posits that the purpose of art is to render the familiar as unfamiliar in order to inspire new ways of seeing, fresh perspectives on the…
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Lens-Artist Challenge #336 – Only One Picture
I hope I’m not too late to join in the Lens-Artist Challenge. LEYA has posted this week’s challenge: One picture. “One that you find important, meaningful to you, maybe sending a message – and then explain why you picked just that picture. It is not meant to be a ”favourite” picture of yours, not at…
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Grand Canyon at Sunset
This is the Grand Canyon, from the south rim, shot in a winter late afternoon. As the winter sun lowers toward sunset, the rich colors and astounding landscape of the Grand Canyon are revealed. Incoming snow is shown over the north rim at the center and the right of the photograph. This is an older…