When there's nothing to photograph... there's always something to photograph.
Dead juniper branches in a random pattern on Bearpaw Shale. The red pebble, an anomaly. Likewise the bits of yellow lichen.
Raiding my archives until I find time to catch up on processing some new material. Off to the park now with friends visiting from BC; will catch up with you all later.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Tags: abstract nature juniper branches deadwood stone Bearpaw Shale ancient sea bed Late Crecaceous wild prairie Grasslands National Park Saskatchewan Canada copyrighted James R. Page 2011
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The past week has seen the arrival of many songbirds to the Boulder area after spending the winter south of the U.S. border. This normally shy male lazuli bunting male sang its lovely song for me while on a hike at Rabbit Mountain Open Space. Interestingly each male has its own song composed of snippets from the songs of other male lazuli buntings.
Unlike many of its songbird relatives the number of lazuli buntings has remained fairly steady over the past 4 decades.
Tags: Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Rabbit Mountain Open Space Boulder County Colorado
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Abandoned mill complex, Amsterdam, N.Y. The windows are ablaze in the early morning light.
Tags: historic industrial decay timeworn factory mill abandoned crumbling New York
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