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Great
Basin Life
"Images
of the vanishing west"
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31 January
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30 JAN
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26
January - Signs of Spring ... already!
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More Storms
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23 January
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21 January
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Oh! Heavenly day!
Steptoe Valley made quite a spectacle
of herself,
this morning!
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20 January - Welcome to the White House, Mr.
Obama!
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Another beautiful Spring-like day in the Great Basin!
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Today, I had the pleasure of meeting another JPG'er;
John Vass, from Washington state. It wasn't a good day for shooting.
Bright sunlight made the shadows hard, and blow-out pretty much
inevitable. I showed John around town, and the upper cemetery. Like
so many visitors to Cherry Creek, much of the "charm" of
the place was lost on my guest. Indeed, he is right: it can be
tricky to find an angle without a trailer in the background, and
yes, the cemeteries are in a deplorable state of deterioration.
Sometimes, I wonder if that dilapidation is not what I should be
documenting, rather than "best light, most esthetically
pleasing angle ? But no. That kind of work just would not sell
-- perhaps it takes an eye like mine, to look between the
broken-down cars and garish-colored freight boxes, to find the
little spots of goodness that remains intact.
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19 January
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Unseasonably warm weather and several
days, now, of bright sunshine make it nigh impossible to
remain indoors, so when my expected visitor cancelled
today's shoot, I jumped at the chance to ride along with
friends who were going rabbit hunting. I don't hunt.
A small herd of does lingering around the
eastern mouth were the only wildlife encountered along the
whole mud-and-icy length of Egan Canyon. No rabbits. I
didn't mind that. I suppose I am a hypocrite for always
secretly rooting for the quarry.
Although the landscape wasn't particularly
intriguing up there, this day, I was impressed by the way
the deep light was striking one monolithic ridge, and
pointed out the gleam to the driver. She stopped. We both
shot the rocks.
It's not easy to photograph rocks and
boulders. I should say, it's not easy to retain the depth
and character of rocks in a 2-dimensional format.
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Indian Head Rock |
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I seldom come through Egan in daylight, that I don't pause
to snap a few quick shots of Indian Head Rock. It's not that
it changes that much. It's a rock. Little grows there, except
lichen moss and a few tufts of grass, in the warm
months.
Yet the light does interesting things with the features of
the "face". I didn't notice until after I had
downloaded my photos from today's ride, that little wisp of a
cloud above his head, looking so much like a roach (an
embellishment in Native American headdress regalia, usually
made of feathers or horse hair).
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They were so far away from the road, they weren't even very worried
about us stopping to look at them. The light was so low, and distance
so great, I thought I was shooting ONE deer. I didn't even see the one
on the right. We eventually counted five others, up among the trees
with just their white flags hanging out. I turned my ISO up to 400 to
adjust for the light, knowing that the running engine of the vehicle
would make for even more blur. Under the circumstances, these
aren't the worse shots in the world ... but they're not good for much,
either, other than to document that deer were sighted on the
nineteenth of January, 2009.
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17
January
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Gates & Fences
Black-and
White/Monochromatic
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16
January - MORE Ghosts
of Old Cherry Creek
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The Red Rocker |
Monochrome
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15
January - A scene from within the Ghosts
of Cherry Creek - See also: Still
Life
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Margaritaville
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Cuervo Especial
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14
January
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Old Stratton Ranch -
Butte Valley, NV |
Butte Valley,
NV
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Sparkling Darkly |
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Textures
of Nature
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13 January
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11 January
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10 January
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Ghosts
Of Old Cherry Creek
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Predators of the
Great Basin
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Blame It On The Moon!
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08 January
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Sunset East - Schell
Creek Mountains
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07 January - A stroll through The Brick House: Ghosts
Of Old Cherry Creek
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06 January
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05 January
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Snow! Snow! Snow!
Today's weather was not fit for man,
nor beast - but the little critters
gotta eat.
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04 January
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High Desert Oasis
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High
Desert Oasis
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03 January - And then .... the thaw
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Cold and Lonely
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02 January
The cliché goes something like,
"If you don't like the weather, just wait ten minutes.
It's bound to change." Our beautiful melty
morning turned into a blizzard!
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Happy New Year 2009!
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