Archive for the 'Nature' Category

26
Nov
09

Look To This Day!

Look to this day!

For it is life, the very life of life.

In it’s brief course

Lie all the verities and realities of your existence:

The bliss of growth,

The glory of action,

The splendor of achievement.

For yesterday is but a dream

And tomorrow is only a vision,

But today well lived makes every yesterday

A dream of happiness

And tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day!

Such is the salutation to the dawn.

~Kalidasa~

11
Nov
09

Wednesday Morning

I woke up early this morning and couldn’t fall back to sleep.  It worked out ok though because I went out and got some nice shots of the sunrise.

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06
Nov
09

Highway 101

I had to take a different route to work the other day and I got a few nice pics along the way.  This is Highway 101 between Fence and Florence.

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02
Nov
09

Monarch

I had time this weekend to play around with my Corel software and I tried a bunch of different stuff on one of my pics.  I just happen to really like this monarch picture, that’s why I chose it.  This is the first butterfly that I raised from a caterpillar in my house.  As soon as it emerged from it’s chrysalis, I brought it outside and got some pictures.  When  it’s wings were dry enough to fly, it was free to go.

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The original

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Box Camera

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Early Color

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Negative image

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Sandstone

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Soft plastic

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Spikes

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Tiles

 

01
Nov
09

Friday Evening

Just a few shots of the sky at sunset during my break at work.

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31
Oct
09

Wednesday’s Ride

We finally got to see the sun again this week, but only briefly.  It started out sunny on Wednesday and I took these shots on my way in to work, but as you can see from the pics, by the time I got to Iron Mountain, it was quite cloudy again.  Actually, it has been ever since.  We had rain on Thursday and part of Friday and we had snow a little while ago this morning.

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29
Oct
09

Dewdrops

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28
Oct
09

Tamaracks

I shot these pics on my way to work the other day.  The tamaracks here are just gorgeous.  I love the way they look against the evergreens.

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Lamon Tangue Creek

27
Oct
09

Monday Night Sunset

I took this shot yesterday on my break.  The sunset got mucher prettier after this, but I was unable to get another shot as I was back on the job by then.  I could see it through the windows though.

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25
Oct
09

Sundog

Yesterday I had to go back to town in the late afternoon and on my way I saw this sundog.  Of course I had my Rebel along, so I pulled over and took a shot, but I found that the sundog barely showed up at all so I took some HDR shots instead.  After processing them I found that the sundog stood out much more.

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