Away

When I was in art school, I had a several instructors that were not affraid of breaking or cutting your work apart.  This was a valuable lesson to me.  Often those professors would hand the severed piece back to the student with the quote "this part is very good, do more like this and less like that".  What I took from this, was if the idea you are chasing doesn't manifest, you may have to abandon it in favour of something better.  In this case, I was chasing that huge moon, but clouds and serious wind weren't going to let me catch that idea.  This combined with my frenetic response to shooting with other people around gave the night a very charged ambiance. After a couple of test shots, this idea popped in my head.  {single exposure, ISO200, f/8, 30sec - if you can barely see the red-orange in the lower frame your screen is too dark, if you cannot see thin line of the spinning windmill it may be too bright, about midway seems just right on my screen}

Along the Salt Lick

The persistent, prevalent overcast skies are punctuating my productivity!  Hiking in Red Mountain Open Space, Larimer County, Colorado.

Foot Bridge to the Moon

Scouting for the Perigee, I saw the little bugger rising at what I thought was about 45 minutes early!  Grrr...  Glad I was in a good spot to take advantage.

Middle Ground Past

Before emabarking on an epic journey for objects of foreground interest, our intrepid, though spastic, correspondant noted something curious along the Eastern border of Norther Larimer County.  Further investigation may one day yeild the Anasazigiptian connection.  Until then, we are all condemed to wonder what the hell I'm talking about.

Prairie Perigee

Doing the best I could, where I was, with what was there.  The tremendous amount of light and pollution gives this perigee moonrise the appearance of a  dark and gloomy sunrise.  Not exactly the image I was chasing, but an interesting result nonetheless.
{shot note: the little red lights at the base of this windmill are from a scourge of prairie herpes infecting unprotected tracts of land around the globe}

An Hour in the Eye

Typical of late winter in Northern Colorado, we started this day off with sunny warm skies and by the time we finished our three hour loop hike the sun gave way to the wind that brought the rain that became snow.  I love being outside!
It's difficult to know exactly why I choose certain compositions.  Maybe one interesting detail, maybe the larger view.  The prominent elliptical lines here are certainly important.  It wasn't until later, after much staring, that I could see the eye.  What eye?  The Eye of Horus... Ancient Egyptian sky god, baby!  How cool is that?
Obtuse heiroglyphic halucinations and peculiar weather patterns not withstanding, when I see a view like this, my eye scans for the farthest little bush and my legs begin to twitch toward the horizon.