Aspen Leaves
I didn’t have an opportunity to get back into the woods today, but I did take the time to create some portraits of aspen leaves that I collected yesterday while hiking in the Valle Vidal.
Click here to see the other photos of aspen leaves that I created today.
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Autumn Color ~ Valle Vidal and Red River
I spent the entire day photographing autumn color in the mountains north of Taos. We still have about a week to go in most places before we reach peak, but even so, I still managed to find some nice color in the aspens. My first stop was Cabresto Canyon, the same location from my [...]
Picking grapes at Vivac Winery
I’ve finished editing and processing a majority of my photos from last weekends grape picking event at Vivac Winery in Dixon, New Mexico. Here are the images from the day.
Some of the photographers viewing Across the Southwest will notice that I’ve used a tilt-shift technique to minimize depth of field in some of my images [...]
Grape Harvest ~ Vivac Winery in Dixon
The warm sun, the intense blue New Mexico sky, and lots of juicy grapes. That was the scene yesterday in Dixon, New Mexico, as workers took to the vineyard to harvest the grapes of Vivac Winery.
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Black & Whites from the Canon G9
Sometimes it’s nice to leave the ‘big’ camera at home. Last year I purchased a Canon G9 to be used as my point-n-shoot, always with me camera, a camera I could take anywhere and would not necessarily draw a lot of attention. What I didn’t count on was having so much fun with it or [...]
2009 Wildflower Calendar
Here it is, the first photograph I’ve had published in a calendar. I photographed this scene of lupines and a fence, a few years ago near Crested Butte, Colorado, during the peak of the wildflower season. I’m really excited to have this image published and in a wildflower calendar no less!
Here’s a link to the [...]
Extension Tubes and Wildflowers
We had a good wildflower year here in and around Taos, but more specifically, in my yard. We had poppies, cleomes, sunflowers, and of course the cacti bloomed. This year I wanted to try something a little different from my usual wildflower photography, so I picked up a 12mm extension tube to experiment with.
If you’re [...]
KTAO Radio & Five Magazine Photo Contest
This past Friday I had the honor and privilege of being a judge in the KTAO Solar Radio & Five Magazine photo contest. Myself, along with Lenny Foster (a very gifted photog) and Cat Legere, the Art Director at Five Magazine, judged entries in the Uncontainable Image photo contest.
Overall, the images blew me out of [...]
Classic Southwest ~ ‘56 Chevy and Saint Francis de Asis Church
Every now and then, you get lucky. I was eating dinner this evening at the Ranchos Grille, on the patio, when this beautiful red and white ‘56 Chevy pulled into the parking lot.
The driver parked among all the other cars, and my first thought was “cool, I’ll get some shots when I’m done eating”. I [...]
Very Large Array (VLA)
Here are a few photos from my visit to the Very Large Array (VLA) on the Plains of San Agustin. Located approximately 50 miles west of Socorro, New Mexico, the VLA is part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). The VLA consists of 27 massive antennas (satellite dishes) that can be spread [...]
An aerial view of the Rio Grande River near Albuquerque
This is from my flight back into Albuquerque as we made our turn for final approach into the Sunport. We were passing over the Rio Grande River a few miles south of Isleta Pueblo and the bridges that span the river on I-25. Can you tell that we’ve had a lot of rain in New [...]
The end of scheduled service for ExpressJet
Things are quiet now on the ExpressJet ramp. The airline ceased branded, scheduled service on September 1st, 2008, citing higher fuel costs as the main factor. According to xjet.com, ExpressJet will continue to provide charter services and will continue flying for Continental Airlines as Continental Express.
My wife and I have flown ExpressJet several times this [...]
