The edge has been cut by flood waters in this desert wash in Coachella Valley. Last month’s rains have brought out some wildflowers.
Life on the Edge
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Through the Looking Glass
The picture above is a reflection of the picture below on the glass of some pictures on the wall, which was taken through a picture window! It is interesting to me how the man, who is in both pictures really seems to stand out in the reflection.
Desert in Bloom
Here are a series of pictures playing with desert wildflowers, landscapes, scale and observation. The flowers are quite small, the dandelions were the largest, so it was difficult to get a viewpoint that has both the flower and the overall sense of the desert that I wanted, to show the flowers as a frail and fleeting bit of color in a harsh environment.
These two are both taken with the same stand of dandelions at approximately the lower right rule of thirds intersection point:
Desert landscape with dandelions.
Desert landscape with dandelions.
These flowers are shown first looking down from above, neither is particularly obvious in the shot of the desert floor. But they are pretty and colorful when I put the camera on the ground beside them.
Desert floor.
Verbena?
Desert floor.
Flower.
This blue flower was more noticeable from a distance. I deliberately did not try to exclude the piece of debris as the desert is full of it after being used as an informal garbage dump for so long.
Blue bell shaped flowers and trash on the desert floor.
Blue, bell shaped wildflower.
The Golden Hour
This piece of driftwood reminded me of the standing stones in Ireland and England. to me it gave this quietly unspectacular sunset a mysterious feel.
Light and Warmth
This is an experiment. I took three pictures of each subject one with the sunlight coming from behind, one from the side, and lastly front lit.
Driftwood and crocosmia leaves:
Backlit crocosmia leaves.
Side lit crocosmia leaves.
Front lit crocosmia leaves.
Dandelion:
Back lit dandelion.
Side lit dandelion.
Front lit dandelion.
Cherry blossoms:
Back lit cherry blossoms.
Side lit cherry blossoms.
Front lit cherry blossoms.
Daffodils:
Back lit daffodils.
Side lit daffodils.
Front lit daffodils.
It is interesting to see the effects side by side. In general I tend to like the back lit and side lit ones a bit better. What do you think?
Sea star and rock
The way the sea star has its arms around the rock looks kind of chummy. Not something I usually associate with either sea stars or rocks.
Big Point of View
The first wildlife I saw at Kichwa Tembo was these elephants:
I got really excited going through my pictures that evening to find that these same elephants were in the top photo, one that I took as the plane was descending. These photos are a few years old, but I thought the difference in point of view was interesting. I seem to have Africa on the brain lately, this is my third post in a week from that trip.
Solitude: Waiting for the first ferry after sunset.
I go to the island every now and again. I spend the time alone and stay for the sunset before returning to “real” life. This day the sunset was no great shakes but the moon was full.
Bliss
Spring in Seattle: Blossoms, bees and books.
Seattle Waterfront Construction
These two pictures show the scope and magnitude of the mess that is the Seattle waterfront. One horizontally and one vertically.
Just for fun:This shows a sweet commentary on the project:
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