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Spreading Out Bozeman, Montana 2012

The wider view of yesterday’s cotton ball cloud, as seen from our deck.

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Mean Cotton Bozeman, Montana 2012

It seems odd that clouds shaped like cotton balls can come across so threatening, but during fire season in a drought (and tornado season any time) they sure are.

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The Shortest Distance Between Two Points National Bison Range, Montana 2012

An odd, seemingly unnecessary jog in the road circumvented by a two-track shortcut.]]>

Upstaged National Bison Range, Montana 2012

I was taking a quick series of photos of this coyote as he passed by when the auto focus on my camera decided this Western Meadowlark was of more interest, focusing on it rather than the intended subject. It turned out it was right; this was the most noteworthy photo of the whole sequence.]]>

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Brooks Jensen, editor of LensWork magazine, discussed my Opus Corvus images in his LensWork Daily post today. You can see it here.]]>

Protecting Your Young Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2012

Unlike the last two, this photo doesn’t remind me of anything from popular culture, but it does have it’s own metaphorical interpretation–the inward curving petals (or whatever they are) covering the seed bed below suggests a mother protecting her young.]]>

Feed Me Seymour, Feed Me Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2012

Another botanical shot that reminds me of something from popular culture, in this case the play/movie The Little Shop of Horrors.]]>

Triggers Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2012

Although I’d rather it not happen as it takes away from really enjoying them, when I see lily pads like these it always brings to mind Pac-Man. In fact I think I’ve posted such a comment sometime in the past, which is a further indication on how much my mind is stuck on that thought.]]>

Mistakes of Scale Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2012

This photo of seed heads on some decorative type of thistle plant at the botanical gardens in Steamboat looks more like an electron microscope photograph of pollen spores. It’s a good thing people aren’t allergic to these bad boys.]]>