Crack in the Earth
While walking through a narrow slot canyon in one of Texas's two National Parks, I came across this scene featuring a desert tree reaching up to the sky from the sheer walls of this canyon in Guadalupe Mountain National Park. I remember commenting to my travel partner that this composition reminded me of similar iconic silhouettes captured in other canyons. I tried to recreate such a composition from my memory using this tree as the foreground.
Does this work? Thoughts?
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
TX USA
Crack in the Earth
Crack in the Earth
While walking through a narrow slot canyon in one of Texas's two National Parks, I came across this scene featuring a desert tree reaching up to the sky from the sheer walls of this canyon in Guadalupe Mountain National Park. I remember commenting to my travel partner that this composition reminded me of similar iconic silhouettes captured in other canyons. I tried to recreate such a composition from my memory using this tree as the foreground.
Does this work? Thoughts?
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
TX USA
A Mammoth Aperture
A Mammoth Aperture
Carlsbad Caverns is one of those off-beat National Parks that get visited only by a determined few. For me, the biggest draw has been descending to the depths of the cavern through the natural entrance. While it was still a sanitized caving experience, I still enjoyed the change in scenery as I dropped below the ground level. The humidity and temperature fluctuations led to water vapor getting caught in various pockets of the cave, lending an eerie atmosphere which I tried to capture here.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
NM USA
A cap on Mount Tacoma
Happy New Year Folks
Over the last few weeks, I have been traveling outside of my PNW home, and what I had been missing the most is seeing the snow-capped summit Mount Tacoma rising above the cityscape of Seattle. There are quite a few places in Seattle to capture this iconic scene. A popular one is in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, which is my go-to choice for shooting sunset. This time, however, I chose to head to a different park to capture the last light on Rainier
Seattle
WA USA
The Vast Sahara
Its hard to get a sense of scale of the great Sahara. And even though I visited a small portion of it on its western end, I felt lost in it. No wonder Arrakis was such a harsh planet!
Merzouga
Morocco
Caves of Cappadocia
Cappadocia is famous for sandstone formations that pop above the landscape all over. And caves within these formations were inhabited since the early beginnings of Christianity. Walking around the region was an immersion into history and nature like no other
Cappadocia
Turkey
Bathed in Blue
Its not often that that you find yourself in a city bathed in blue. So when you get the chance, take it. Visiting the blue medina of Chefchaouen, and wandering through narrow alleys amidst blue-washed houses was a highlight of my trip here.
Chefchaouen
Morocco
Descent of Fall
A misty weather descends on the New England fall foliage, heralding the quick onset of winter.
Acadia National Park
ME USA
Decked in Snow
A snow-decked summit highlights the early winter landscape of the Olympic Range
Olympic National Park
WA USA
End of an era
The sun has finally set on the end of Chancellor Merkel's long reign in Germany during which it was challenged by external pressures. What will the next Chancellors run be like?
Köln
Germany