Photo of the day

The weather suggested that I would find drama, and the mountain did not disappoint.  I wrote about it with images that can be made even larger over on the journal pages.

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After the shot taken yesterday I set my alarm so that I would be up and ready for the moon set today.  What surprised me was how far south on the horizon the moon had moved in just one day.

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Setting Moon behind Mt. Taylor, New Mexico Tomorrow I hope to have time to set up my camera before it sets.  Hopefully there will be a nice clear sky.  Tomorrow there will be 30 more minutes of light that should give more definition to the mountain.

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Saturday, after I realized that it would be fruitless to try and get to the top of the mountain, I decided that I could still get a reasonable workout by hiking the connecting trail for a couple of hours.  It’s amazing how much one is slowed down by trying to hike through 3 or 4 […]

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Took the high road to Taos on Saturday and enjoyed some of the fall color before soaking in the hot springs at Oho Caliente. I’m not sure why, but I decided to leave my long lenses and tripod at home.  Who needs long lenses, right? The first snows have started to get the slopes ready […]

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Sierra Blanca Peak and it’s range – view to the left of me – looking east – And to the right of me – note the sky at the top of the image that starts to turn to pink, which stretched all the way behind the mountain in the top image. Full sized panorama here.

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Popped over to AZ for the weekend and got in a small hike. About the only way you can actually get eye level with a Saguaro cactus is to be hiking on a trail that climbs up the side of a hill and then you can shoot across to the top of the very tall […]

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Ok, so I’ve got the pages on this new theme all set up and linked up – that is until the menu drops some of them.  So if the galleries will work, this will be a go – otherwise it’s back to plan B, which is the old blog style and the flash galleries.   […]

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I’m trying out a new premium wordpress theme which I really like, but I can’t seem to get to work.  I’ve spent almost two full days on this and am betting very frustrated. So this is supposedly the first “post” of the new theme. Now it won’t edit properly, the galleries won’t upload and I’ve […]

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