Before After One of my retirement resolutions was that I would visit all the museums in Santa Fe. Nearly two years on I thought it was about time I got started. Plus, I needed somewhere more interesting than my neighborhood to test drive the new Canon EOS M. So when I learned the International… Continue reading Japanese Kokeshi Dolls
Category: New Mexico
Decadence
After Before Much of what I have been doing these days is about post processing. So I decided to start something new and show the before and after pictures in the blog. We’ll see how it goes. This week I was experimenting with a new plug-in from NIK called Analog Efex Pro. As nearly as… Continue reading Decadence
Bosque sunrise
As much as I hate getting up at o’dark early to catch the sunrise I have to say I have never regretted it. My strategy this week of going to the Bosque del Apache midweek and early in the season paid off and I was actually able to find tripod space on the Flight Deck.… Continue reading Bosque sunrise
Snow Goose
It is that time of year when many nature photographer’s thoughts start turning to the Bosque del Apache. I had hoped to get down there myself this week but was preempted by other priorities. So, instead I started sifting through the pix from my last trip this past January. This started out as a much… Continue reading Snow Goose
Car Museum Composite
A blown out tire put a crimp in my plan to photograph along Route 66 in Texas this week. In fact, when I rolled back into New Mexico on my shiney new tires I had about 10 pictures from Cadillac Ranch and another half dozen or so from a grain elevator that caught my eye… Continue reading Car Museum Composite
More Autumn Leaves
With Fall Color season coming to a close I thought I would give it one more shot and headed up the Pecos River this week. I love the variety of shapes and colors I found here at the edge of the water as well as the rocks framing the leaves. Once again post processing made… Continue reading More Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
This week I headed for the hills in search of two things. Autumn leaves on the ground or in the water and an escape from the insanity which seems to have gripped our nation. I had a little more success with the former than the later. I used my telephoto zoom lens to get in… Continue reading Autumn Leaves
TX Ranch Truck
Gotta love the old trucks you find on New Mexico’s back roads. I found this one in a little wide spot in the road called Farley which I fear is destined for a future as a ghost town if it is not there already. Definitely off the beaten track! This truck had been there so… Continue reading TX Ranch Truck
Blue Swallow Motel
This one fits into my Route 66 project, my In Search of New Mexico Project and my nostalgia theme. The Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, NM is an iconic and lovingly restored motor court dating to the early 1940’s. I myself was too slow in getting my reservation request in for one of their 12… Continue reading Blue Swallow Motel
Northern New Mexico Village
I’m still experimenting in the digital darkroom. I stumbled on this village in Rio Arriba County back in 2007. The original photo seemed kind of bland and boring but when I added a painting filter from Topaz simplify it really brought out the colors and perhaps erased some of the harshness of poverty. I was… Continue reading Northern New Mexico Village