The night skies were alive tonight in Glacier National Park, where one of my 20 sec exposure shots of the silhouetted mountains captured thousands of stars, the Milky Way and at least 5 shooting stars.
The sun lit the skies this afternoon at Glacier National Park:
Until recently, I hadn't heard of Black Canyon in southern Colorado, but this is one one of the most beautiful areas of the country, IMO. My trip also included a visit to Sand Dunes National Park in NM. If you are looking for eye-popping scenery, I highly recommend both of these areas.
I was culling through some of my older urban exploration ("Urbex") photos tonight. I came upon this one, which I called "Arch View." I took my HDR RAW files at the Clemons Mansion in north St. Louis on one of my several trips there in 2015. It was an amazing building in it's heyday--it was built by the uncle of writer Sam Clemons, who reportedly visited the house several times. That was a long time ago, when one did not need to worry about being in a dangerous dilapidated, mold-infested building where you might accidentally happen upon another human being who feels threatened by your presence. About a year after I took this photo, the building went up in flames. It is now totally destroyed. Which makes me feel fortunate to have at least seen what was left of the building in 2015.
Yesterday this tree in Tower Grove Park (in my home town of St. Louis) told me that we've reached the end of winter.
I'm exploring some new techniques, including a Wacom digital tablet and digital mixer brushes to create hybrid photo/paintings, this one of a cabbage portrait I took several years ago.
