Close to Home
Note (November 2022): this post was in my draft folder for years! It’s from 2015, and I “found” it while repairing broken links in my long-neglected blog. For me, at least, it was nice to read my old thoughts… So here it is! On a Thursday a few weeks ago, the weather forecast was for […]
Iguazu
Iguazu Falls was just one of the many beautiful places we visited on our almost-three-week trip to South America. (A day-by-day account of our full trip is here, on my other website, visiblewind.com.) A wonderful quote regarding Iguazu is from Eleanor Roosevelt, who reportedly exclaimed “Poor Niagra”! It is spectacular, indeed. And huge! The above image […]
Road to Applecross
My wonderful photography workshop with Colin Homes this past March in Scotland left me with lots of beautiful images. And I believe there are still some “keepers” that I’ve yet to process. (I always process my images with Lightroom and often Photoshop as well. And for black and white images — like this one — I […]
Scotland, Monochrome
My computer has been “out of service” for a while, but it’s (finally) back — and therefore I’m back too! Time to post some more images from my wonderful photo workshop in Scotland this past March with Colin Homes (one of my favorite photographers!). In this post, I’m highlighting some of my monochrome images. (More […]
Potomac, Rocks
I had a “Friday off,” and decided to get up (somewhat) early to visit the Great Falls area of the Potomac River. I live in Virgina, in the Washington D.C. suburbs, and have often made the trip to Great Falls National Park, which is on the Virginia side of the Potomac. But this Friday I […]
Glencoe Snow & Falls
I’m slowly working my way through my photos from a wonderful photography workshop with one of my favorite photographers, Colin Homes, in the Scottish Highlands. (A few details about the trip, and a few photos, are here, in a previous blog post.) This Glencoe scene — of Buachaille Etive Mor in the distance, and small […]
Scottish Cathedral
Here’s another photo from our wonderful trip to Scotland in early September. This one is of St Giles’ Cathedral, in Edinburgh. I used a 10-stop neutral density filter (a Lee Big Stopper), which blocks out most of the light and makes for long exposure times, which, in turn, can capture wonderful patterns in clouds (or […]
Iris, and Stem
Irises are my favorite flowers! And I think this is my favorite iris. It’s in our font yard, right next to the front walkway. It blooms every year in mid-May, and for me it’s big May treat! I photographed it in 2009, here, which shows off its gentle white color and delicate yellows. It is […]
Lichen on Rocks
Here’s another image from Garrapata State Park, California, which I’m particularly pleased with. While exploring the park, I spotted these lichen-covered rocks, and was sure right away that I’d find some sort of composition to work with. And indeed I did! My sense is that the image is a bit “different,” which is something I […]
Urban Sky
This is my first long exposure photo of the “built environment.” Taken looking up at a cold and windy sky, at the National Air and Space Museum. It was a 30-second exposure, taken with a “Big Stopper” filter, which lets in only 1/10 of the available light, allowing for much longer exposures — and a […]
Icelandic Flow
Another black & white conversion — this one from Iceland, taken in July of last year. We visited the spectacular and dramatic Gullfoss on a rainy day. Despite the challenges of keeping my camera dry, the rain and mist made for moody scene, which was a treat to photograph. This “small” scene was just upstream […]
Iris
More processing of older images into black & white with my new(ish) software, Nik’s Silver Efex Pro 2. This image is of an iris in our yard, from 2009. Irises are my favorite flower — perhaps because they were my grandfather’s favorite as well, and with my fond memories of his beloved garden. But also […]