LONELY NIGHT AT THE PEARL

A Pink Night at the Pearl

The quality of this jpg is considerably off from what it actually looks like. That said, I think it is a pretty  cool night time photograph.

WEB OF INTRIGUE

Web of Intrigue

Some creative spider weaving at the marsh.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

The DeLuxe Express at Lamy, New Mexico, 2007

This is one of my favorite images. I only made one print, it sold, and like the train, is long gone. I think I  will print one for myself.

SOME NEW WORK ON TWO YEAR OLD IMAGES

Sunset at the Beach, 2012

I am always amazed whenever I come across some of these nearly forgotten images. This photograph was unimpressive at first glance, but once I started processing in Light Room I soon found its potential. The image on this blog is only a representation of what the actual print will look like.

MY NEW EXHIBIT AT THE REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION

I realized earlier this week that a small gallery at the RAA was not being utilized by anyone. I thought it that was a shame to have an empty room in an otherwise full gallery, so I secured the space. I hung a show today in gallery number two.

There are three primary themes within the room. One of them is about the interplay of the ocean and sand. These images represent an ongoing theme for me. I consider what I see in this give-and-take of two of our primary elements - earth and water whenever I photograph at the beach.

The second theme is more on the essence of what I sense from some of the trees of our coastal and redwood forests. It is common to salute and honor the giant trees in our area, and I do almost daily, but there are other elements of the forest that I feel that are unique unto themselves. Perhaps I can succeed in sharing some of that with these images.

I represent the third theme with one image. It stands alone because it represents our prairies and the vastness of our sky. Here on the north coast, we are not always surrounded with the forest, and there are places where one does not hear the sounds of the ocean.

Manifestation at Low Tide

There are other aspects to this marvelous area that many of us call home, and I realize that it will take more than my lifetime to explore all of it.

THE MUMMY BERT

The Mummy Bert at the South Spit

I am hanging a last minute exhibition today at the RAA Gallery in Eureka. I printed this photograph yesterday as I wanted to include something new and related to the other images. I am taking down the marsh exhibit today, and using some of those in the new show. I think this show will have a water theme.

DEATH VALLEY GOLD

Death Valley Gold

This is another image that I am working on from my November trip to the south. I am unsure if it is a candidate for printing.

PATRICK'S POINT

At Patrick's Point 2012

I took this image about two years ago. I suppose that I just forgot about it. Anyhow, here it is.

SELECTING THE BEST COMPOSITION

The Way I Saw it Sunday Morning

Same Image Cropped

The question of the day is: "did I see it right the day I took the image, or does a second look allow me to bring more out of it?"

MORE IMAGES FROM DOWNTOWN EUREKA

A Fresh New Look to a Classic and Classy Building

I took this one on Sunday morning. I sort of wish I would have moved a little to the right so that the entire name "Hamanaka" would show. Oh well!

ANOTHER SIDE OF THE MORRIS GRAVES MUSEUM OF ART

The South Side of the Morris Graves Museum of Art

I took this photograph yesterday morning. I usually think of the front side of buildings first, but there were cars in the way. I am glad that they were there.

UNNATURAL DECAY

The Former Southern Pacific EMD GP9 Number 3778

This locomotive and four other "Geeps" sit rotting away near the former office of the Northwestern Pacific in Eureka. I think they have been sitting here for about twenty years, and it is highly unlikely that they will ever roll under their own power again.

I understand that decay is a natural process. My body emphasizes that to me on a daily basis. Still, I am saddened that these locomotives are in this state. Part of my feelings derive from the fact that about forty years ago I made my maiden trip as an engineer on a unit just like this one, and that first trip was for me the apex of my railroading experience. That trip on the Pixley Local was as good as it ever was for me.

I am unsure of the locomotive's number that I operated that evening,  but it likely could have been the 3778.