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Bandelier National Monument New Mexico

May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ban­de­lier National Mon­u­ment is located about 48 miles North­west of Santa Fe New Mex­ico. This archae­o­log­i­cal area is home to the ances­tral Pueblo peo­ple. Long house was at one time an 800 foot stretch of adjoin­ing multi-storied stone homes with hand­carved caves as back rooms it may be what inspired Adolph Bandelier’s excla­ma­tion, “The great­est thing I ever saw. ” Adolph Ban­de­lier was a self-taught archae­ol­o­gist who came to the New Mex­ico ter­ri­tory in 1880 and who is the per­son the Mon­u­ment is named after. Below is a slideshow of what you will see at this archae­o­log­i­cal site.

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Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

Books & Maps

A Guide to Ban­de­lier National Mon­u­ment [Paperback]

Ban­de­lier National Mon­u­ment Map by National Geo­graphic Maps

Ban­de­lier National Monument

Filed Under: Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, United States

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The Enchanted Doors Windows and Gates

May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A photo walk of down­town Santa Fe, New Mex­ico . The his­toric Canyon Road is home to over 100 art gal­leries. A walk down inter­na­tion­ally famous Canyon Road is filled with unique art gal­leries to suit anyone’s taste. The gal­leries spe­cial­ize in Native Amer­i­can art, South­west­ern art, Ceram­ics, Jew­elry, Weav­ings, Kachina dolls, Sculp­tures, Paint­ings, Wood­carv­ings, Mod­ern and Con­tem­po­rary art and much more. A visit to Santa Fe and espe­cially the is his­toric down­town Plaza and Canyon Road should not be missed. Canyon Road is just one half mile long but, the doors win­dows and gates along Canyon Road and the back streets are all quite unique and affords a great pho­to­graphic oppor­tu­nity. Don’t miss the oppor­tu­nity to visit New Mex­ico, The Land of Enchantment.

Santa Fe is the old­est cap­i­tal city in North Amer­ica and is the cap­i­tal of New Mex­ico today. The Santa Fe area was orig­i­nally occu­pied by Pueblo Indi­ans around 1050 A.D. The town of Santa Fe was estab­lished 13 years before the Ply­mouth colony in 1607. The archi­tec­ture is heav­ily influ­enced by the Native Amer­i­cans Indi­ans, Latin Amer­i­cans and the Span­ish. All three of these groups had a major impact on the her­itage and cul­ture of the South­west. On Jan­u­ary 6, 1912 New Mex­ico became the 47th state of the United States of America.

The pho­tos in this gallery were taken along Canyon Road and it’s back streets.

Click the photo below to view the slideshow of the Enchanted Doors, Win­dows, and Gates, of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Enchanted Doors Windows and Gates

Books and Maps of the Santa Fe and New Mex­ico

Frommer’s Santa Fe, Taos and Albu­querque [Paperback]

The Santa Fe House: His­toric Res­i­dences, Enchant­ing Adobes and Roman­tic Revivals [Hardcover]

Santa Fe, Ban­de­lier & Los Alamos Trail Map [Map]

New Mex­ico Road and Recre­ation Atlas (Bench­mark Atlas) [Paperback]

Frommer’s New Mex­ico [Paperback]

Art Jour­ney New Mex­ico: 104 Painters’ Per­spec­tives [Hardcover]

 

Filed Under: New Mexico, Santa Fe, United States

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Medicine Bow National Forest & the Snowy Range

February 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Late last sum­mer we made our first a trip to the Med­i­cine Bow National For­est.  This is an absolutely beau­ti­ful place in the snowy range moun­tains in south cen­tral Wyoming.  Admit­tedly, this breath­tak­ing place is out in the mid­dle of nowhere, but if you’re used to travel in the South­west, you know how it is.  To get there take the Snowy Range Scenic Byway (Laramie to Saratoga), Hwy 130 west from Laramie. Now, this is the real old west so you’ll see lots of  ranches, prairie grass­lands, the snow range pass at 10,847 feet, Libby Flats with views of the Col­orado moun­tains,  beau­ti­ful snow-capped moun­tains, crys­tal blue high coun­try lakes and spring wild­flow­ers in Sep­tem­ber.   This drive is a pho­tog­ra­phers par­adise and makes the drive well worth­while. Med­i­cine Bow is a great side trip if you’re in the area that is not to be missed.  Activ­i­ties in the area include hik­ing, climb­ing, fish­ing, camp­ing, moun­tain bik­ing, pic­nick­ing, 4x4 trails, horse­back rid­ing and ski­ing in the win­ter. So plan a trip to the Med­i­cine Bow National For­est and don’t for­get your camera.

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Snowy Range Mountans

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Books and maps on the Med­i­cine Bow National Forest

Hik­ing Wyoming’s Med­i­cine Bow National For­est — Third Edi­tion [Paperback]

Med­i­cine Bow National For­est Map — Water­proof by US For­est Service

The Med­i­cine Bows: Wyoming’s Moun­tain Coun­try [Paperback]

 

 

Filed Under: Medicine Bow National Forest, United States, Wyoming

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Gloucester Till The End

October 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
Man at the wheel

Man at the wheel

A video and song about the per­fect storm by Earl and Arch. A great trib­ute to the fish­er­men who lost there lives at sea in Glouces­ter.  We try to visit Glouces­ter as often as we can. Cape Ann is one of my favorite places to pho­to­graph.  My brother-in-law, Todd lives in Plum Cove and is a pho­tog­ra­pher, too.  You can visit his web­site at Plum Cove Pho­tog­ra­phy.

Video from a Post on Good­Morn­ing­Glouces­ter

Filed Under: Gloucester Till The End, Massachusetts, United States

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Arches National Park

May 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Arches National Park is located just a few miles north of Moab in south­east­ern Utah. The best time to visit Arches is in the spring or fall with the day­time tem­per­a­tures are in the 60’s  to 80’s.  In the sum­mer the tem­per­a­tures can hit 110+ . All Camp sites in the park are by reser­va­tion only. There are plenty of hotels and camp­ing in and around Moab.  Reser­va­tions are rec­om­mended in the spring and fall. Easter week is the big jeep rally with over 90K vis­i­tors in the area.  Sun­rise and sun­set are the best times to pho­to­graph the park.

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Arches National Park

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Outdoor Photographer Magazine Photo Contest

December 21, 2009 By 5 Comments

One of my pho­tos made Final­ist in the Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher Mag­a­zine Mys­ti­cal Adven­tures Photo Con­test. This photo was shot in Glouces­ter, Cape Ann, Mass­a­chu­setts in Lob­ster Cove by the small vil­lage of Annisquam.  Cape Ann is located on the coast some 43 miles north­east of Boston, Mass­a­chu­setts. The GPS loca­tion for this shot is  Lat­i­tude 42.654855 Lon­gi­tude –70.674945. Click on my photo below to reg­is­ter to vote in the Out­door Pho­tog­ra­pher Mag­a­zine Photo Con­test.  Vot­ing is done by select­ing your favorite pho­tos and rat­ing them 1 to 5 stars.  Every time you vote you are also entered auto­mat­i­cally for a chance to win Polar Bear Photo Adven­ture for two. Of course, I would appre­ci­ate a vote for my photo!

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Fall in Lobster Cove


 

This photo was shot in autumn  just after sun­rise. First, I set up the cam­era on a tri­pod and shot 3 pho­tographs at 3 dif­fer­ent expo­sures; 1/4 sec. 1/15 sec and 1/60 sec. ‚all at F8. Then , I imported them into Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 2, then com­bined them with the Plu­gin Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1, a pro­gram for pro­cess­ing in HDR  High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy. This allows one to see the detail in the shad­ows and high­lights.  It also has the abil­ity to cre­ate some pretty cool spe­cial effects. Then, I imported them back into Light­room for final fine tun­ing. The cam­era I used was the Nikon D80 with a Nikon 16-85mm  Lens  and a Cir­cu­lar polar­izer fil­ter.  Cam­era set­tings, Aper­ture Pri­or­ity, ISO 100, in RAW for­mat and the Lens set to 16mm.

For more infor­ma­tion on HDR or High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy and the pro­gram I use, Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1. Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1 is a stand­alone pro­gram and also has Plu­g­ins for Adobe Pho­to­shop and Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 3.

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Autumn in Cape Ann Massachusetts

November 19, 2009 By 3 Comments

Cape Ann is located on the coast some 43 miles north­east of  Boston,  Mass­a­chu­setts. It includes the towns of Rock­port and Glouces­ter and is home of  The Sec­ond Annual Lob­sta Fest and Seafood Extrav­a­ganza! The pho­tos in this gallery were also shot in Essex, Mag­no­lia and Man­ches­ter by the Sea. Autumn in Mass­a­chu­setts may be the best in the coun­try. Some of my favorite loca­tions on Cape Ann are Plum Cove, Lanes Cove, Rock­port Har­bor, Glouces­ter Har­bor, Rocky Neck, Atlantic Road, Hal­ibut Point, Buswell Pond, Annisquam, Lob­ster Cove and Hoop Pole Cove. All of these loca­tions afford excel­lent photo oppor­tu­ni­ties. I would love to pho­to­graph Cape Ann in the win­ter but,  the weather is too unpre­dictable. So I will have to leave the win­ter pho­tos for my brother-in-law, Todd Har­ring­ton, of  Plum Cove Pho­tog­ra­phy, who lives in Gloucester.

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Autumn in Cape AnnMany of the pho­tos in this Slideshoe were processed in HDR. For more infor­ma­tion on HDR or High Dynamic-Range pho­tog­ra­phy and the pro­gram I use, Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1, click on the links below!. Pho­tomatix Pro 3.1 is a stand­alone pro­gram and also has Plu­g­ins for Adobe Pho­to­shop and Adobe Pho­to­shop Light­room 2.

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Map of Cape Ann Mas­sachachusetts. Click on the mark­ers below to view more information.

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The Old Burying Grounds of Massachusetts in Autumn

November 17, 2009 By 3 Comments

Mass­a­chu­setts is rich in his­tory and old ceme­ter­ies. To visit and pho­to­graph the Old Bury­ing Grounds of Mass­a­chu­setts in Autumn is incred­i­ble. The old maple trees are huge and beau­ti­ful, with bright fall col­ors of yel­lows, oranges and reds. The last trip to Mass­a­chu­setts we went out look­ing for dead rel­a­tives for our geneal­ogy project. You see both my wife and  I have ances­tors in the area that date back to the first set­tlers of this great coun­try.  Find­ing grave stones of many of our ances­tors is a thrill and try­ing to imag­ine what life was like back then. I would like to sit down to din­ner with our ances­tors to visit with them to find out what they were like. The pho­tos in this gallery were shot in the town ceme­ter­ies of Ipswich, Har­vard, Shirley, Essex, Gro­ton, New­bury­port and Lex­ing­ton.  It’s a step back in time.  It’s a chance to under­stand what our Found­ing Father’s sac­ri­ficed for us.

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The Old Burying Grounds of Massachusetts in Autumn

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Veterans Day — Lexington Massachustts — The first to die in the battle of the American Revolution.

November 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

On Vet­er­ans Day we thank all the that serve in our armed forces and we remem­ber the ones in our fam­ily that served.

War of the Amer­i­can Revolution

Moses Souther, Lucy Jack­son Souther, Luke Bartlett, Robert Pren­tice, Matthew May­hew, William Whit­comb, Samuel Keeler,

Civil War

Henry Warner Souther

World War I

Arthur Chris­t­ian Niedermiller

Air­ship Shenandoah

Arthur Regi­nald Houghton

World War II

Howard A. Nie­der­miller, Court­land Gor­don Har­ring­ton, John Henry Pretty

Korean War

Her­bert Charles Niedermiller

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Autumn In Lex­ing­ton Massachusetts

Lexinhton Massachusetts

Map of Lex­ing­ton Massachusetts

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After the October 2009 Cape Ann Nor’easter

November 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Cape Ann is located 43 miles north­east of  Boston,  Mass­a­chu­setts. It includes the  towns of Rock­port and Glouces­ter. Glouces­ter is America’s first sea­port estab­lished in 1623, some 7 years before Boston. A nor’easter is a cir­cu­lar storm were the winds come from the north­east with the worst hav­ing hur­ri­cane force winds. The pho­tos in this gallery were shot after a small nor’easter storm with gale force winds. I can only imag­ine how bad a really big storm would be, like the  storm of Sep­tem­ber 1991, which was made into a movie about the Andrea Gail in The Per­fect Storm. The  sea­port of Glouces­ter has lost more than 5000 fish­er­men in the last 386 years.

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Cape Ann Nor'Easter

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Map of the Cape Ann Massachusetts

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