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Beach ball

Argos — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:32:47 +0000

A farewell shot of Hawaii — this, from the Kekaha Kai State Park, just north of the Kona airport on Hawaii’s big island: Thought the view would be a good fit for my crystal ball; my 7 year old should be credited with the name for the post.

Here’s looking at you…

Argos — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:43:53 +0000

A very cooperative "bearded dragon," photographed at the Denver Zoo...

Have a kiss for me, princess?

Argos — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:02:25 +0000

Another shot from my recent nighttime photowalk at the Denver Zoo: Unlike some of the other zoo residents, this little critter (a Mossy Frog) was more than happy to sit still for me while I tried a few different flash settings on him. From the placard: This frog from Vietnam has evolved skin warts, protrusions, [...]

Clown trigger

Argos — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:31:26 +0000

Seen on my recent outing to the Denver Zoo:

Akaka, falling

Argos — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:54:19 +0000

A closeup of Akaka falls, on Hawaii’s big island:

Pretty little thing

Argos — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:32:36 +0000

On our way to a valley overlook, I ran across this interesting little flower by the side of the trail...

Push me, pull you

Argos — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:46:52 +0000

When we were in Honolulu, we saw about a dozen of these little birds looking for food in a park near the beach...

Black Rocks, White Surf, Green Sand

Argos — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:09:10 +0000

A brief bit of video from Hawaii's green sand beach...

Pele’s workshop

Argos — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:36:34 +0000

Since you never really know who’s reading your blog, I’ve thought it best to talk about travel only after I’ve returned home from it. So now I can start telling you about a family vacation we just wrapped up in Hawaii. The lead-off shot — lava reaching the sea on the “big island” of Hawaii: [...]

Fall colors

Argos — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:07:20 +0000

Yeah, I know — not the most original name. Still, I had this one last colorful backlit shot from our trip to New Mexico about 6 weeks back, and wanted to get it up before autumn was too distant a memory: Taken in Santa Fe, on the plaza…

Magenta-ish

Argos — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:09:49 +0000

A colorful close-in shot from the Rio Grande Botanic Garden in Albuquerque, New Mexico:

In the garden

Argos — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:34 +0000

So courtesy of Stuck in Customs, I found out about an interesting set of Photoshop / Lightroom / Aperture plugins by an outfit called Topaz Labs. They’re reasonably priced (as such things go), have a 30 day free trial available, and Trey’s site has a discount coupon so you can get 10% off on your [...]

Promising

Argos — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:57:08 +0000

Typical Colorado -- a foot of snow one day, sunny and clear the next...

Knee deep in lunchtime

Argos — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:37:36 +0000

I pulled up this summer shot to remind me of warmer times, if only as a break between bouts of snow-shoveling...

Feline

Argos — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:53:48 +0000

When I was out for a quick lunchtime walk at work, I saw this swath of cattails by the side of the road...

Territoriality

Argos — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:19:19 +0000

A vignette seen at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado...

Floating

Argos — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:23:36 +0000

I ran across this nice little scene last weekend: If there’s any moral to this story, it’s that beauty can be found when and where you least expect it. In this case, I found it in a puddle in our yard as the last storm’s snowfall melted. This corner is just dried mud now, [...]

Holdout

Argos — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:24 +0000

One lingering autumn leaf hangs on through the snow...

You can call me Fern

Argos — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:33:31 +0000

Taking advantage of a rainy day in Maine...

Winter has fallen

Argos — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:02:53 +0000

When you live in Colorado, you get used to the idea of indecisive weather...