Month: December 2023

Twenty twenty four knocking on the door. I’ve been putting pictures on Picturelongmont for 23 years. In 2001 I was building a library of images of all the buildings up and down the main streets of Longmont. Google did better and soon after rolled out their street view maps. In 2004 I was taking pictures…

This image leans in the category of abstract. I’m not sure but last I checked it seems people like to put labels on things. I don’t. I like this for a reflection image. It’s also a good example of highlights getting over cooked resulting in some melting around the edges. Lastly, it’s a statement crop.…

Sometimes I want to make a picture of nothing. In this case a reflection of something. How about something shiny. They do this kind of thing all the time when like testing a new lens for sharpness. I was testing my patience.

Yellow house in snow. This was Longmont. I liked the looks of the yellow house and in particular how it looks on a snow day.

Looks peaceful with the snow and early day sunlight painting shadows across everything. I like how the sun and shadows on the roof contrast with those on the ground.

This image from our first year at the condo. West wood branch flowing some water. I might have stood in it to make the reflection picture.

Mystery why tire tracks stop there. Life sure is full of mystery. It’s something every day.

If soft focus trees turn you off, then Picturelongmont might be a disappointment for you. I’m coming to terms with my fascination of forests as subjects here. I like the colors, the lines, the contrast of light and shadow. I like to put paint and distort filters on the images. This forest scene is from…

Big band show. This number features some band members at rest.

There are many cats watching you. They are patient. They sit and watch, learning your ways. You are not safe anywhere on or near the ground. I tell the bluebirds this warning every time I see them. I hope for the birds to be smarter than the cats.

Windstorm, windblast, tornado and several trees broke down that day. That was July. This image made the following October.

Same picture but different.

The condos at prospect new town had just been built when we lived in Longmont and I was filling up the photo albums here on Picturelongmont. I liked the neighborhood because in my thoughts it had interesting architecture. Too close together for me but interesting.

Christmas day morning. Peace on earth, goodwill towards all.

We do this every night.

what seemed to me the best was the bedroom

The maple is one of my favorite trees at the condo. I like its looks. But it is a dirty tree. In the spring it spits out leaf shoots that cover the ground and get stuck in everything. Leaves fall constantly. All year. The twirly seed flyers fall constantly and plug up everything. I have…

Bob cut the figures from plywood when he did. We’ve painted them three times.

I like the canvas filter. Don’t use it too much. I like it here on the west wood in winter stand. We’re getting some rain this morning.

West wood here. Winter. The weather here has been remarkable! Blessed splendor.

We’re on the western edge of the eastern time zone. Yesterday was truly the shortest day of our year. I feel the days ahead getting longer starting now.

This rig makes a steamin picture right here. Windblast across the edges right there.

Same or similar image but processed with different set of filters and perspective tools. Some like one but not the other.

It’s not a ski hill. Looks like it could be though. That or a minibike racetrack. I could do some photo edit magic and place bike riders racing up the hill around the imaginary bend. In the meantime, I’ll just look and wonder where the shadows come from.

Fairly early morning with Ollie out at the feeding station. There’s a slope to this image. I think the horizon is level, but the yard appears to slope upward because of how I was holding the camera at an angle. I like pictures of the woods to contain a bit of mystery. Something not quite…

Display of sunflowers at the Lume Indianapolis featuring Van Gogh. Display consists of physical plants mixed over mirror panels to create illusion of great fields of sunflowers. We really enjoyed the Lume.

Things you thought you knew seem different. It’s like the edges move. Something there? I don’t walk in the woods after dark.

Keeping this theme of spring going. We are having exceptional weather the past few days. Blue sky, no wind, and temps in the mid-sixties. Dad used to say, “we’ve been fortunate with the weather”. I agree with him, and we have indeed been fortunate. Even still, it is winter, and nature’s colors are muted for…

The peak of spring. It lasts so briefly you wouldn’t believe it even existed if not for writers, painters, photographers and all artists that capture it at a moment to savor throughout the year.