Autumn Ridgeline
Country Road
Tag: landscapes
Beautiful Day
With the leaves off the trees, you can finally see the ridgelines.
Puke Green
I found a puke green flannel shirt at Goodwill. I love this color. It uploaded next to a photo I took at work of the western horizon, and I think the two images go nicely together.
Water, Water, Everywhere
It warmed up, and now it’s raining. And raining, and raining, and raining. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the back field this flooded. And it doesn’t look like the rain is going to let up until morning.
We’re on a Road to Nowhere
This is the gravel road that runs along Cedar City Cemetery in Austin, Minnesota. Because of the hills here, we don’t have many straight roads, and certainly none that you can watch vanish into the distance.
Rainy Day
It’s disgusting out today. The sky looks like it would like to snow, but it’s too warm for that, so it’s alternating spitting and pouring rain on us. And it’s laundry day, which meant a trek to the other part of the building, which smells like rancid cigarettes and burnt eggs. The stompy girls’ skunky pot smoke is not nearly as offensive!
A Confession
I was very, very bad. I tried to behave myself, but I suddenly couldn’t stand it anymore, and I ordered a Holga filter set for digital and 35mm cameras, a pinhole camera, and a Holga camera with colored flash. No, I don’t need a fancified Holga, and I could have made my own pinhole camera, but I probably would have never gotten around to it. Altogether, I think I spent about $100, so it’s not like I really lost my mind or anything. Still, I can’t help but feel like I did something I shouldn’t have.
These are a few of my favorite photos taken with various toy cameras.
Raspberry Canes in Snow, 8 January 2005
Frost, Autumn 2004
Autumn 2004
Sunrise, Autumn 2004
Trees in Snow, 8 January 2005
Sunset
Sunset Reflecting on Trees in the East
Yesterday was bright and sunny, a nice change after all the rain we’ve had. Right before the sun set, a bank of clouds rolled in from the northwest. There was a brief moment when the clouds opened, and the setting sun caught the stand of trees to the east, turning them a fiery, glowing orange color. And then, it was gone.
The sky cleared up again overnight. When Harriet and I went for our morning walk, the stars were shimmering. There was also a halo around the waning moon. Formed by hexagonal ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, such halos typically portend coming precipitation. And, what do you know? A check of the weather shows it’s supposed to rain tomorrow. And the next day, and the next day. If we’re lucky, we’ll even get a little snow on MLK day.
More Fun with Photoshop
The rain finally cleared up Sunday night, and Monday night we had a lovely sunset. The Belt of Venus was glowing softly, and the line of clouds above the horizon was deep blue on the bottom and pink on top. They looked like giant bags of swirly pink and blue cotton candy.
Alas, I was on the phone with my mom, and didn’t get a very good shot of it, so I decided to use it as an excuse to play with some more filters. I don’t think I’ve used the diffused glow filter before, but I really like the way it makes the image look like a print from an old negative.
Panorama
It wouldn’t be Friday without some photoblogging. It rained all morning, but the sky cleared up and a whole army of puffy white clouds popped up. This was created from four photos I took on my way home from work. I love the greeness of the soybeans against the blue of the sky and the play of shadows along the rolling field.
Corner of Starnes Road and Ratliff Road, Monroe County Indiana, looking northeast
red paper boat 