This view was on a trail built up the outside of a vertical rock outcropping, which was worth it for the amazing view, but nerve wracking given my fear of heights. The whole landscape around the Columbia River is stunning, especially with the bright spring greens.
This plum tree was completely covered in blossoms this spring, but this branch caught my eye because the cluster at the end of the branch was almost shaped like a pineapple.
Blue Hole spring in the Devil’s Backbone wilderness, MO. The water truly is blue, offset by changing leaves of early fall.
These dramatic clouds are the result of an approaching storm a few weeks ago, something I always enjoy watching.
Lost Creek Wilderness is largely covered in granite from the Pikes Peak batholith, a unique pink rock largely made of feldspar. This composition makes it easily weathered like sandstone, and many of the shapes are reminiscent of regions with sedimentary rocks.
Spring in northern Wisconsin always brings high water from snow melt and rain, which provides spectacular sights at local waterfalls and rivers. This spring certainly delivered with cold nights providing an icy fringe to the water.
I have been enjoying the challenge of editing other peoples photos recently, which I feel has helped me try ideas that I wouldn’t normally on my own photos. This edit of a photo by elel really shows off the depth of the canyon using the fog to layer the cliffs fading into the background.
Up in the mountains where the aspen alternate with wind swept fields I found a tree where a woodpecker had drawn blood. Every hole was covered with a drop of hardened sap, the color of amber. I broke off a piece to examine; here it sits in the crook of the tree.