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Fronds with Icicle

Fern Generations

January 29, 2020November 28, 2019 MichaelStephenWills10 Comments

Spent and green fern frond with moss and icicles formed during an early April frost.

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Fern generations are here with the spent fronds from earlier years, pale green survivors of this season.

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

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Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern. — Fresh Icicle with Fern

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Instant Sunrise

The instant of sunrise

January 26, 2020January 19, 2020 MichaelStephenWills21 Comments

The sun disk broaches the Atlantic Ocean horizon on a clear January morning.

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Great results from the IPhone 8

January 19, 2020January 14, 2020 MichaelStephenWills13 Comments

There are limitations, certainly, to photographs from that tiny lens on the IPhone 10 (or IPhone X). It captured the moments in this series. I take mine along even with the professional camera bodies, lenses and tripod, for this reason. These images are the unprocessed files.

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Jenny Lake, Grand Tetons

Photographer at work, captured by his wife

December 22, 2019December 21, 2019 MichaelStephenWills6 Comments

Pam captured me at work on the shore of Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

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The header photograph is mine of a hot air balloon over our home last summer. I imagine us floating, the Jenny Lake below us.

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Photographer at work, captured by his wife

December 21, 2019 MichaelStephenWills14 Comments

Pam captured me at work on the north rim of Black Canyon, Colorado. That is a Manfrotto studio tripod and hydro-static ball head.

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The header photograph is mine of a hot air balloon over our home last summer. I imagine us floating, the Black Canyon below us.

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Long Shadows

Northern Latitude

December 5, 2019November 22, 2019 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

Early November on Gorge Road, Finger Lakes Region, New York State. At this month and latitude (42 north) there are long shadows throughout the day. The South Rim Trail of Taughannock Falls State Park briefly emerges from the wooded cliff to this portion of the road that parallels the gorge, descending to Cayuga Lake shores.

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Three Views

Oak and Hemlock — Distant View with Hemlock

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Three Sisters

December 2, 2019November 20, 2019 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

On viewing this photograph my wife, Pam, noticed the shapes eroded from the sedimentary rock of Taughannock gorge. These layers of shale, sandstone, siltstone formed at the bottom of a broad, shallow sea over 380 million years ago. Differential wearing of these rock layers, clearly visible in this photograph, resulted in these formations, including the three sisters and overhangs.

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Three Views from The Bend

Into the Gorge — Taughannock Gorge, November

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View from The Bend

December 1, 2019November 20, 2019 MichaelStephenWills6 Comments

Oaks are the last to release leaves, seen here on an early November afternoon.

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Views from The Bend

The Bend

November 30, 2019November 20, 2019 MichaelStephenWills10 Comments

Standing on the South Rim trail where the gorge bends almost 90 degrees, changing from a northern to eastern flow. The creek is flowing toward the camera, the falls out of view, upper left. Lower left two people walk the 3/4 mile trail of the falls.

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Ancient fort wall with tourists and Cliff Edge of Dun Aonghasa (Dun Aengus)

Where a fort falls away

An abrupt emptiness

November 5, 2019November 1, 2019 MichaelStephenWills9 Comments

Here is the east side of the inner enclosure wall of Dun Aonghasa (Dun Aengus) where it ends at a cliff edge over the Atlantic ocean.

Visible are the last 60 feet or so of the limestone strata supporting the inner ring.

When first constructed, the inner ring was complete, the western side 1,000 feet from the cliff.. Today’s form of a semi-circle was created by nature when the force of Atlantic Ocean waves eroded the cliff, undercutting the strata.

Look close to see a fracture where the next block of limestone will fall into the waves.

Wishing a blessed All Saints Day (November 1st) for all my readers.

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Reference: wikipedia Dún Aonghasa, Sea Campion

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Fronds with Icicle

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Jenny Lake, Grand Tetons

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Black Canyon of the Gunnison

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Long Shadows

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Three Views

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Three Sisters

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Three Views from The Bend

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Zoom In

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Views from The Bend

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The Bend

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Where a fort falls away

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