Saguaro National Park cactus at sunset
Reconnoitering makes a huge difference, and I didn't do enough of it specifically for the photos I took on the trip. I have tons of notes for a return trip, but I was pushing the speed limit of the scenic loop to find this subject as the end of the weather clouds was clearing off even as the sun set.
Mt. Lemmon highway, Tucson, AZ
My first panorama, composed of 8 shots. It should print to about 6 feet long, if I had a place to put such a creation. I "pre-visualized" it the day before at mid-morning, and it was a sunrise worth getting up before 5 am to see.
Tucson is a food town, but not a coffee town. I drove around for blocks, looking for a latte for R. Finally found a red London double-decker bus converted to a drive-thru coffee bar. On the other hand, at El Charro, which looks like a tourist trap or worse at the original location, produced the single best huevos rancheros I have ever tasted. Think tortillas, eggs, red sauce, a cheese-stuffed roasted green chile and home-smoked bacon piled one atop the next. I could go back tomorrow. I tried, but we had to come home.
Downtown farmer's market entertainment
The farmer's market is over for the year - the pleasures of fresh rasperries, Green River melons, corn, green chiles and music are the experiences of the moment, not treasures that can be stored up. Although I do have some peach and blackberry jam in the freezer for a cold grey winter day.
Found in the archive
Never finished properly archiving and reviewing files from a Las Vegas trip last MARCH and I just found this treasure today.
I like geometry, plain and simple. This is the MGM building in Las Vegas
Third Canyon of the Nahanni
The boatmen kept the rafts close to the wall as we descended, so we could admire the plants, lichens and rocks that made a tapestry.
Third Canyon dreamsicle
Even in the slower current near the wall, I couldn't get a crisp shot between the speed of the raft and the shade, only an impression by letting the shutter drag to capture the colors.
Slideshow is done, as is the IBook. That might even arrive today. Real progress. Brooks Jensen in Lenswork (volume 58) says, "There is a universal Law of Audience that says if you finish work, the universe cannot stand that it remains unseen." That remains to be seen.
Ox Bow, home of otters, elk, trout and moose
Still out in the frost, R having retreated to the car. Oddly, I don't get cold while I am photographing, but feel chilled later, when I go inside. Chemical bootwarmers are a very nice thing indeed.
Still a little early on the color at Menor's Ferry, Grand Teton National Park
I staked out my position to align the bush in front of the fence just where I wanted it, to the consternation of two other photographers who showed up a few minutes later, and jockeyed around me. I didn't move until the sunlight lit up both trees and the Grand Teton itself.
Sunrise officially happened about 5 minutes later
After an hour waiting in 25 deg fog, frost will form on a photographer's pack, shoulders, and anything else that is conveniently horizontal.
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