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Steampunk’s Dream
Birmingham, Alabama
2010

I was traveling in the wayback machine and came across this image from over a decade ago. It’s an oldie but a goodie taken at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham.

Balsamroot Curl
Bozeman, Montana
2021

This photo is from last year but it won’t be long now before this year’s crop of arrowleaf balsamroot plants dry out and start curling into all sorts of interesting shapes. In that sense they are just about the most expressive dried leaves I’ve ever seen I think.

Looking to Hook Up
Bozeman, Montana
2021

Snack Time
Bozeman, Montana
2022

Divining Rod
Ft. Peck, Montana
2022

Sometimes the tar patterns on asphalt that I like to photograph are so big I wish I had a ladder to climb on so as to get a shot that is more straight down rather than at an angle. There’s a slight tilt to this image but even that required that I hold my camera up high above my head and try to capture the composition I wanted without being able to see through the viewfinder or on the camera screen. Just another instance where I wish I was a little taller. Or should I say height-challenged?

Water Comb #2
Ft. Peck, Montana
2022

Another view of the water comb at Ft. Peck, with one of the two powerhouses at the dam in the background.

Water Comb
Ft. Peck Dam, Montana
2022

A row of large concrete blocks is used to tame the outflow of the powerhouse outflow at Ft. Peck dam. It’s not clear to me why there needs to be this sorting out of the flow after it goes through the powerhouse but I’m sure there is a very good reason (besides the aesthetics, which are pretty cool).

Elevations #69
Glasgow, Montana
2022

Elevations #68
Glasgow, Montana
2022

A strenuous climb to the top, no doubt. But the view from up here must be pretty impressive.

Lost on the Road to Good Intentions
Bozeman, Montana
2022

Claude finally stopped to consider his situation–he was beginning to think he’d made a wrong turn back there somewhere. Sparky had come to that conclusion some time ago but, as usual, was content to just go with the flow as long as he was with the boss.

(The latest in my collection of dystopia related composite images. Components in the image come from Montana, Wyoming, Nevada in the U.S. as well as Ireland, France and China.)