polite rodent
I like to think this guy is asking politely for peanuts. Fact is, he knows full well they are coming.
Columbia River View
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.
Mask
Fresh sidewalk paint, in rain, with the mask of a chain. I don’t know why. But it looks cool.
Plum Blossoms
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.
Spring Water
Blue Hole spring in the Devil’s Backbone wilderness, MO. The water truly is blue, offset by changing leaves of early fall.
Roiling Storm
These dramatic clouds are the result of an approaching storm a few weeks ago, something I always enjoy watching.
Smooth as Sandstone
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 Cascade
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.
Bearberry
Bearberry is a common ground cover in North America. For most of the year it flies under the radar as the universal green that you walk on in sandy areas, but in the spring it is covered in delicate pink flowers, shown here.
Crags
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.