Category Archives: travel

Georgia Spring

Georgia woods in spring

The fresh green of spring in the woods was a visual treat this week in Georgia. A slow shutter speed and a quick upward pull on the camera created the vertical streaks in this trail scene. I added some color and textures with my wacom pen and photoshop brushes.

riding shotgun with canons

I rode shotgun (in the front passenger seat) to and from Steamboat. Rather than gaze out the windows at lost images streaming past, I practiced firing my canons at the landscapes through dirty glass and snow showers. I focused out and beyond the the spotted windows, adjusted settings quickly, made each image and then looked [...]

In Texas

December moon,
Birds, Beeves, and Trees,
The Dodge again . . .
Last week on a trip to visit my husband’s parents I was able to photograph the old Dodge again. I also captured birds, beeves, trees and the moon in between our visits and family celebrations.

A cow blocked my way at the gate. She was so [...]

Menagerie

    
Black swans, a peacock, and my friend in the primate house were some of the images captured at the hotel lake and the nearby mountain zoo on my recent stay in Colorado Springs.
The arrival day, I was there just after sunrise for the lift-offs of several groups of geese from the lake.  I [...]

Running Rooster and Roadrunner

“Don’t take my photo!”, he crows as he runs for cover.

I have been away from consworld, photographing life in and around Castroville, Texas. It was hot, hot, hot and I am happy to be back home. The running rooster was one of the first images I made on the trip, but the rooster wasn’t [...]

the golden gate

My mother-in-law said she was disappointed that the bridge was not gold when she went to San Francisco . The postcard we sent her over the weekend will confirm the bridge is still red-orange, not gold. Low clouds kept my photos a bit dark and hazy on the day we spent hiking the coastal trail [...]