Giant Ficus Tree
This giant Ficus tree, Ficus macrophyllia, dominates one corner of Ventura's Plaza Park. It was planted in 1874, and you can see how big it is by comparing the size…
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January 16, 2019
Cefalu
Wandering through the Sicilian village of Cefalu, I made my way to the harbor jetty. Looking back at the whitewashed village, it was clear that from a monochromatic perspective, the…
December 7, 2018
Patterns in Paris
The common theme in these three monochromatic images taken in Paris is that they are about patterns---as seen in three dimensional architectural objects, but reduced to two apparent planes. And…
November 30, 2018
Accordion Player
Winding down the steep, narrow streets of the medieval Sicilian town of Cefalu towards the seaward ramparts, I could hear faintly some rather delicious accordion music. Getting closer, he sat…
November 15, 2018
Domes in the Palermo Cathedral
I don't get to use the word syncretic nearly as much as I'd like. Last appearing in this blog to describe the quasi-official mix of Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan,…
November 14, 2018
Palazzo Berardo Ferro, Trapani
Yesterday to get away from the madness at the hotel, I got up early, had a quick breakfast, made my way out the barricades, and drove to Trapani, an old…
November 13, 2018
Abstracting Sacré-Cœur
High atop the hill of Montmartre sits the cathedral of Sacré-Cœur---which, as I've pointed out before, is emblematic (when constructed) of a hard-right quasi-fascism as encouraged by the Church. From a…
October 29, 2018
Bridge of Light
Along the Oregon coast, hard by Heceta Head Lighthouse, we paused to photograph Cave Creek Bridge, lit by crepuscular rays in the morning mist. Too often in this life we…
October 10, 2018
Devil’s Postpile
Deep in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, down the drainage of the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River from the Minarets, Mt Banner, and the Ritter Range,…
October 3, 2018
X-Ray Photography and the Inner Form of Beauty
The process of making these x-ray images of flowers and shells is more like making a photogram---what Man Ray called a rayograph---than it is like using a conventional camera. The flowers…
September 17, 2018
Rainbow Falls in Black and White
I hiked into Rainbow Falls in Devils Postpile National Monument. No rainbows this day, but a great waterfall in monochrome!
September 8, 2018
Papaver Poppy Pods Gone to Seed
When Papavers go to seed, they produce pods that hold the seeds. You can scrape out the pod to harvest the seeds. When one puts a clump of these seeds…
July 11, 2018
Summer Grass
In the traffic island in the middle of our Morning Glory Circle, as spring turns to summer the grass is drying and turning a California brown. I cut and carefully…
May 29, 2018
Geometry
This is the ancient and magnificent Pont Valentre in Cahors, France and its reflections in the Lot River on a clear day with still water.
April 24, 2018
Above the Gran Via
The grand hotels and stately buildings in Madrid have to be seen to be believed, and they are often best seen from above the ground floor. This image of the…
April 16, 2018
Egg
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Coming downstairs on a school-day morning, I found a boiled egg that Nicky spurned alone in a small white bowl. The bowl…
March 25, 2018
Devotional Pose
Click here for a related image, and here for more in my Multiple Exposure series. Model: Muirina Fae
March 16, 2018
New print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured
As you can see here, I just made a new print on Moab Entrada Rag Textured. I'm pleased with the way this came out, and I think the moderate texture…
March 8, 2018