“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” –John Muir View from the neighboring bluff yesterday. Used my darkglasses as a neutral [...]
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Emily’s List: Sarah Doesn’t Speak for Me
Or go to YouTube.com to watch these Mama Grizzlies speak for themselves — then you can speak out. Visit www.sarahdoesntspeakforme.com and sign our pledge to vote in November. Emily’s List has this to say: “At EMILY’s List, we do more than just talk about women voters. We talk to them, we learn from them, and [...]
A tentative step
While celebrating the 28th or 29th day of consecutive rain here, I stopped to buy a canvas and some inexpensive brushes. I’ll look at them for as long as it takes, and perhaps some day purchase a book and even some paint. Or not. That’s the narrative or almost-apparent visual story behind this shot. (And [...]
Lawn ornaments
While walking tonight, we came upon three lawn ornaments or gardeners—two very young calves and a cow moose. With mama moose, I don’t get too close. (That’s her large bum to the right.) Cool to watch the twins jog over to nurse suddenly at some signal from the cow. Ah, life in the ‘burbs. Sometimes [...]
Mountains, climate change, and cockroaches
Sometimes I wonder why so many disregard our earth, the air we all breathe, the oceans we share. Perhaps I worry too much. I think we’re very, very fortunate to live where we do. I’ll bet I wouldn’t care so much about earth if I lived in a slum area among cockroaches. ““Those who dwell [...]
Jury duty in the dark hours of the morn . . . waiting
Photo taken with iPhone “Jury service is one of the most important civic duties. You do not need any knowledge of the legal system to be a juror. The protection of rights and liberties of litigants in [state and] federal courts is largely achieved through the teamwork of judge and jury.” …waiting… I read these [...]
Environmental portraiture
One of three construction workers repairing exterior of a house after a porch fire. Nikon D300, Nikkor 18-200mm, 18mm, f/7.1, 1/160sec, manual exposure, -0.3ev, ISO640, monopod, no strobe and no Photoshop. Converted from 14-bit RAW to jpeg using Capture NX2.1. Shot for an exercise at RedBubble.com. Wikipedia.org has this to say about an environmental portrait: [...]
Chugach mountains wearing a hat
From almost anywhere in the city where we live, we need only look above the clutter to see the Chugach mountains or on a clear day, we can see the Alaska Range and Denali, Mt. Foraker, and little Mt. Hunter. The reminder that beauty is moments away cheers me and motivates me to head for [...]
The legend of fireweed in Alaska
For the vertical view that includes the Chugach range, please visit Fireweed and the Chugach range As Alaskan legend has it, when fireweed reaches its full splendor – all the way to the top of the spire – the six-week countdown to winter begins. Fields of fireweed almost have bloomed to the top of their [...]
Forest fires
Forest fires and heat throughout Alaska have obscured the Chugach range and limited opportunities to practice landscape photography. I learned much after posing the query, What makes a good landscape photo?, but must wait to work on better foregrounds. However, upon reflection, other photographic opportunities exist, such as this bench amidst blossoming native fireweed. As [...]