Stages of Flight
I tried my hand at a bit of ‘vintage’ processing last evening and have decided to post the results for review…despite the slight banding visible in the vignetting that I just can’t seem to correct. The lack of detail, yet presence of grain makes for an interesting effect in the series. The process [...]
Stopover
Each year the Sandhill Cranes stop on a migratory path over Montana, grubbing for a meal in the stalks of last year’s cuttings. Today I saw only 10 or so, but a few days ago I bet there were about 50. That’s not a huge number by any means, but it’s more than I [...]
Pond at Dusk
This evening I went for a drive, looking for a slightly different scene from what I typically post. I’ve been showing a lot of large expanses of land lately, wide shots that take up nearly 1/4 of the sky. This time I wanted to find something that still allowed me to convey a [...]
The Stranger
I’ve just completed several hours of updates to the blog, all of it back-end stuff that isn’t really visible to the viewer. I’m preparing for an overall theme upgrade, one that requires a good bit of customizing and testing beforehand. I’ll begin this next phase within a few weeks and will let you know [...]
Western Stack
Today’s title comes from the great layering visible in this image, taken an hour or so after the photo from yesterday’s post. The natural lines allow you to step your way through the scene visually, upward into new tones and textures at each pause. One of my favorite elements is the pleasant S-curve [...]
View North
No commentary today, just an image looking north at the Crazy Mountains. I’ll try to make more time for tomorrow’s post…