Brutalist 1National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

This image is titled Brutalist 1 due to the Brutalist style architecture. It's the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder Colorado. I've been wanting to photograph it for some time. There are several challenging trails that begin there and go up into the foothills so after a hike today I took the opportunity to make several images at NCAR. There are so many interesting angles to explore. Today was just a start.

IgnitionNeon beams ignite,
Dancing shadows fade away,
Darkness yields to light.

This is another image from my recent trip to Chicago. The title is "Ignition", and the caption is:

Neon beams ignite,  
Dancing shadows fade away,  
Darkness yields to light.
 

The beams of light seem to me to be converging and igniting a glow.

Shimmering Radiance 1Towering buildings Reaching, shimmering, pointing— To radiant light.

This image is from a recent trip to Chicago for architectural photos. Being a mecca for architectural photographers, it was great fun making images of the full range of architecture found there.

The natural light the day of this image suggested the outcome. It was an overcast day and it happened that the brightest part of the sky was at the apex of the buildings. So I just continued working with that to get to the final processed image.

Also the dramatic vertical lines pointing to the top of the building add to the image, in my view.

Garibaldi Boathouse

This image is the old U.S. Coast Guard Boathouse at Garibaldi, Oregon.

I created the image during the Julia Anna Gospodarou Oregon Workshop in Oct/Nov 2023.

It’s a moderately long exposure image of almost 3 minutes. Apparently one bird sat still for the full exposure. It all seems interesting the surprises when you see the image on the big screen.

The scene is a great example of a structure leading into the scene and into the light. It was a stormy day and it was just lucky that the sky cleared a little where it did.

GnarlyGnarled roots anchor Arching cypress canopy - Flowing to the light.

The gnarled roots of this Cypress tree on the bank of the Medina River near Bandera Texas is the reason for the title, "Gnarly". The Medina is a beautiful river in the Texas Hill Country that's lined by towering Cypress trees.

The caption is:

Gnarled roots anchor  
Arching cypress canopy -  
Flowing to the light.

The image was made with an extreme wide angle lens by getting very close to the ground and the roots. I wanted to show the twisting inter-related roots and the lines leading into the light.

Dunes 1Sand gracefully stretches, Mountains as stoic backdrop, With whispering breeze.

This image is titled Dunes 1 and the caption is:

Sand gracefully stretches,  
Mountains as stoic backdrop,  
With whispering breeze.

The image was made at White Sands National Park in early 2023. The idea was to capture the sweeping gracefulness of wind-blown sand as contrasted against the dark, stationary mountains in the background.

Winter Road Trip - 2019In desert's embrace, Beneath winter's vast expanse, Snowy mountain calls.

The title of this image is "Winter Road Trip 2019". 

The caption reads:

In desert's embrace,  
Beneath winter's vast expanse,  
Snowy mountain calls.

This scene is located Southwest of Monument Valley Arizona/Utah, and was taken from the passenger seat of a vehicle moving at 70mph during late December after snow flurries the previous day. 

The idea was to express the desolation of the desert and the road leading into the distance, creating the question: where does it lead? 

Union Station I

This is an interpretation of  Denver's Union Station. It was made by stitching together multiple vertical images taken with the Canon 24mm tilt shift lens.