November 2012

Urban Intrigue Bozeman, Montana 2012

One of the entrances to the greenbelt trail in our neighborhood. Not only is it intriguing to runners, walkers, bikers and the like, but also to deer and the occasional moose or bear.

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Going Barefoot in Winter Bozeman, Montana 2012

I don’t know what the real story behind these shoes is, but I imagine some guy running barefoot through the snow late at night chasing his friends who played a mean trick on him.]]>

Snow Glad to See You Bozeman, Montana 2012

This pristine looking snow from a couple of weeks ago is mostly gone now and what’s left looks anything but pristine (brownish actually). But it spruced things up a made a lot of skiers happy when it was newly arrived.]]>

Early Christmas Bozeman, Montana 2012

Around here we saw Christmas merchandise on the floor of some stores well before Halloween this year. That just seems excessively early. But when Connie’s Christmas cactus decided to hang out it’s decorations last week, I didn’t mind at all. At least it wasn’t trying to sell me anything.]]>

Survival of the Fittest #3 Bozeman, Montana 2012

Another one with the crows; this one in color because I thought the pink mouth really made the image. (The flying snow helps too now that I think about it.)]]>

Survival of the Fittest #2 Bozeman, Montana 2012

Another cold weather battle, this time amongst the crows who typically fight more than the magpies from what I’ve seen. Interestingly I’ve seen no battles involving a crow and a magpie. I think that may be because the magpies tend to scoot off giving way to the crows whenever they approach. They must have some inkling as to how a fight between them would turn out.]]>

dMax (basically how dark the blacks are)–all important aspects of vision but especially for a photographer. The very noticeable improvement in my optical vision have made me wonder if it will induce any effect on my artistic vision. Picking up some of my existing prints I have sitting around they look, well, better. Just like everything else they are sharper, brighter and have more dMax. But the big question is will the noticeable change in the way I’m seeing produce any noticeable changes in what I photograph and how I process the results to create the final images. My guess is no, changing my ocular vision isn’t going to change my artistic vision. Let me know if you notice evidence to the contrary!  ]]>

Survival of the Fittest #1 Bozeman, Montana 2012

Single digit winter days are when fortunes are made or lost in the corvid commodity market; the commodity in this case being bits of food left over from tailgate parties at the Montana State University football stadium. And the fortune made or lost? That’s the ability to stay alive (or not) during the cold winter nights.]]>

Rooms Tucumcari, New Mexico 2002

A defunct rooming house next to the defunct train station that was in a POTD from a week or so ago.]]>

She’s Got Legs Bozeman, Montana 2012

One of the more interesting things to come out of the Fashion Queen’s garden this fall.

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