Took a drive down to Echo Canyon yesterday morning and photographed the sunrise as well as the seemingly abandoned train cars...back in a second, phone is ringing...
It was the Union Pacific--they asked us to keep the shutterbugs off the tracks from now on.
Happy new year to everyone--family, friends, and devoted visitors!
We sometimes like to have a candle at the dinner table. I have always wondered why candles don't smoke much until you blow them out:
And the chaotic patterns made by the smoke are intriguing as well.
I'll post a little piece on the technical aspects of photographing smoke in the next couple of days over on curtisjudd.blogspot.com. Oh, and if you ever need a little help making better images of the things you want to sell on e-bay, drop on by for a quick how-to on product photography.
After the snow storm, the Salt Lake valley air clear up a bit. Here is a view to the east from work at dusk today:
Get the full rock 'n roll effect by clicking the image. Get the technical info at time and light.
DD taught EV how to make origami wreaths and then DD alerted me to the potential for a color study photograph:
Technical details over at time and light.
The sun sets quite early now that we're approaching the shortest day of the year. On my way home I noticed the moonrise over Olympus Cove and stopped for a quick shot:
I have a secret but cannot tell until Christmas. I hope I can keep it. I have taken an oath not to reveal it.
Putting that aside so that I don't accidentally break my oath, I should mention that we had our first substantial snow of the season last night. I would estimate that we had about four inches fall because parts of the driveway had eight inch drifts. I think I'll put the snow fence up this weekend.
By this evening, a significant amount of the snow had melted but it still seems to have left a nice, clean look in our neighborhood:
What more can I say? Hopefully the image speaks for itself. You know the routine, click for the bigger view.