Thursday, October 25, 2012
Traveling on .. ..
More views from our trip along highway 30 to the Sun Tunnels. The singularity of both the color in the sunlit trees/grass and the shape/form of the falling down fence catch my eye. I feel like I have returned to basics again, beauty being what it is and where it is.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Leaving Snowville - destination Sun Tunnels
As we drove west on Hwy 30, there were quite a few hawks on the poles by the road. Most of them were rough-legged hawks, and their heads are very different from the red-tails. The land is farmed out there, including an organic farm noted by the sign that said ' no spraying, organic farming'.
The land is open here, however you can see ranch buildings and work occurring. In the distance, smoke billows from a field clearing fire, and dust devils are stirred up by trucks and work equipment on the dry land. Stacks of hay in various shapes of bales line the roadside at the various storage places. Ranches and farms have their signs, some elegant and others fairly straight-forward.
Once you leave the farmed lands, the cow ranches begin to appear and there is even less to see on the land as far as equipment and activity. The road was filled with orange coated men coming back home from their opening morning deer hunt. Large semi-trucks swoosh by and leave the fragrance of cow manure behind. Murphy and I take a break and wander through the sagebrush just off the road and discover the skull of a cow. Imagine the odds of stopping in just that place to take a walk - and there are the bones.
Color in the desert is pretty bland - except when you find a Cottonwood in color. The colors light up the landscape for miles.
Travelling on to the Sun Tunnels........
The land is open here, however you can see ranch buildings and work occurring. In the distance, smoke billows from a field clearing fire, and dust devils are stirred up by trucks and work equipment on the dry land. Stacks of hay in various shapes of bales line the roadside at the various storage places. Ranches and farms have their signs, some elegant and others fairly straight-forward.
Once you leave the farmed lands, the cow ranches begin to appear and there is even less to see on the land as far as equipment and activity. The road was filled with orange coated men coming back home from their opening morning deer hunt. Large semi-trucks swoosh by and leave the fragrance of cow manure behind. Murphy and I take a break and wander through the sagebrush just off the road and discover the skull of a cow. Imagine the odds of stopping in just that place to take a walk - and there are the bones.
Color in the desert is pretty bland - except when you find a Cottonwood in color. The colors light up the landscape for miles.
Travelling on to the Sun Tunnels........
Sun Tunnels
Murphy and I took a day trip to the west desert yesterday to see the Sun Tunnels, a land art creation by Nancy Holt. Google them if you are not familiar with it.
We took a nice scenic tour, going up to Snowville, UT and taking Hwy 30 over to the tunnels which are just above Wendover, Utah. As you can imagine, the scenery was fantastic along the way and I'll post a few of those photos over the next few days.
The openness of the desert/Great Basin clears my head and renders most of what happens in life inconsequential. Time does not seem to exist in this place, the vastness and quiet push into you and push the worries out.
Here are a few photos of the Sun Tunnels themselves. This was a celebration as the creator, Nancy Holt, was in town and had invited the world to come out and enjoy the sunset with her at the tunnels. A windy day, lots of dust devils, and blowing dirt, but no one seemed to mind, especially the kids and Murphy!
We took a nice scenic tour, going up to Snowville, UT and taking Hwy 30 over to the tunnels which are just above Wendover, Utah. As you can imagine, the scenery was fantastic along the way and I'll post a few of those photos over the next few days.
The openness of the desert/Great Basin clears my head and renders most of what happens in life inconsequential. Time does not seem to exist in this place, the vastness and quiet push into you and push the worries out.
Here are a few photos of the Sun Tunnels themselves. This was a celebration as the creator, Nancy Holt, was in town and had invited the world to come out and enjoy the sunset with her at the tunnels. A windy day, lots of dust devils, and blowing dirt, but no one seemed to mind, especially the kids and Murphy!
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| The tunnels with no one around - just miles of salt desert. |
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| A classic view of the tunnels with a human to show the size. |
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| Kids of all ages had a great time! |
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| Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnel creator, is the lady with the hat in the middle of the photo. |
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| Almost a bit surrealistic. |
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Fall Colors around the house
One of the wonderful things about gardening around the house is not having to travel to capture beautiful seasonal photos! Here's a couple of fall photos from around the house. The light is so perfect for photography these days.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Tuesday Blahs
Today is my Monday at work, and it turned out to be a very busy day until about noon, then dead! Rescheduled meetings and waiting on a November Exec approval for a project to begin contributed to a bit of the slowness.
I visited my Mom this morning and took a couple of photos out the moving truck window as I drove back to work. It is possible, just don't bring the camera up to your eye and try to sight through the viewfinder! You will wind up in an accident. These are 'point and shoot'.
The rose was not shot through the truck window - it stood very still for me :-)
I visited my Mom this morning and took a couple of photos out the moving truck window as I drove back to work. It is possible, just don't bring the camera up to your eye and try to sight through the viewfinder! You will wind up in an accident. These are 'point and shoot'.
The rose was not shot through the truck window - it stood very still for me :-)
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Canna joy!
After a hot summer, our canna lily's are enjoying a resurgence! With the clouds of yesterday and the occasional wonderful light, I had the chance to capture a few shots with my 105mm. Every time I shoot with this lens I marvel at its sharpness and quality of detail.
Here's what I liked!
Here's what I liked!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Upcoming show
You are invited to come to the upcoming show by the "Tutored by the Land" participants. We all arrived with different skills and viewpoints and - although we were looking at the same places - we all saw them differently. Fascinating - and excellent photography across the group!
Come for the open house on 10/19 if you can.
Come for the open house on 10/19 if you can.
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