just notion # 9

Everything that was today
burns away
the starry sky
waits just out of sight
I will live forever
here
in between today
and tonight

This is one of my new favorite places on earth. It is Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah. Try and get there some day. This is a shot from my campsite. The photo above is sunset out on the gravel road coming back from a short evening hike. This post is proof I do not mess with all my photos.


Jeff at home

Back from Vacation

This summer I traveled to the west, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, and Arizona. I got lots of ideas from the things I saw. I'll try and share them in the coming weeks. One of the things I saw was the hydrothermal features of Yellowstone's Caldera. These range from steam vents to geysers and thermal pools and hot springs.  All these features expel minerals an grow bacteria that create run off of amazing color. I took close up photos of these amazing landscapes. Upon returning home and dumping my photos into the computer I did some of my usual manipulation of the images, drawing into the photos using the smear effects. The amazing color and texture are the way the original creator made them I just took the pictures, close up. Here are a few of my touched photos.

 

crying out

Waters streaming out from the steam vents

Out of Fear

Created from a photo of pond scum.

run from the tree

Monmouth Hot springs photo (the only touched part is the tree and figure)

Okay, these are all a bit dark, It's what comes out. I just look into the photos and start moving the color, pulling and smearing.

Here's a link to facts about Yellowstone National Park. http://www.buzzle.com/articles/yellowstone-national-park-facts.html

Jeff vacationed out