Today we made a brief visit to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, an attraction we hadn’t been to for a few years. It was a pleasant return and we enjoyed the gardens at its best, the time of year when wildflowers and cacti are in bloom or about to bloom. I got a number…
Category: Arizona
Working with New Techniques
Today I am posting another picture from the West Fork. It’s not a picture that I overlooked in the previous post, but rather one that I am using to test some new Photoshop techniques. I’ll show and describe the photo first; for anyone interested in the techniques applied, read on after the picture. This picture…
Blue Mesa
Another favourite of mine from the archives. Blue Mesa is a geologic feature located in the Petrified Forest NP, in northeastern Arizona. This park is one of two national parks situated adjacent to one another, the other being the Painted Desert NP. The following map, courtesy of the US National Parks Service shows the configuration…
Neighbourhood Walk
I noticed some particularly interesting cloud patterns this afternoon, so I went out for a walk around the neighbourhood, camera in hand. I found a number of interesting picture choices and I’m posting a few of them today. Taken near the entrance to our neighbourhood. I chose this photo because I like the light filtering…