Random Photos from Road Trips

[AZBuck]

AZBuck

[Mark Sedenquist]

The photo's meaning could be too subtle for us low-imagination types?

Or maybe, the bird can read and ALSO follows the rules?

Mark

[Rick Quinn]

This one obviously can't read. Or perhaps he's just a scofflaw....

[Rick Quinn]

A little further back in this thread, I posted a couple of black and white photos of the San Xavier del Bac Mission near Tucson, and I made the statement that in some cases, taking away the color actually adds to the visual impact of an image. I found a good example of that notion.

This is a photo taken at Chiricahua National Monument in Southeastern Arizona:



Not bad, actually, but when I filtered out the color:



Maybe it's just me, but I really do like the black and white version better!

There's a proposal working its way through Congress to upgrade Chiricahua National Monument and its hoodoos into a National Park. If you're interested in seriously unique landscapes, you'll find the place right near the beginning of Scenic Side Trip #5: Willcox to Benson. (A scenic alternative to Interstate 10!)

Rick

[BillyGr]

Or perhaps this location doesn't have that sign ;)

[Rick Quinn]

Or perhaps this location doesn't have that sign ;)

Ah, but it does: The text is a bit small in this photo, but the sign says (among other things) No Boating, Swimming, Wading



The sign also says you can't harm the wildlife, but it doesn't say a thing about the wildlife getting a free pass on the rest of the rules. All Bird's Dogs must be on a leash! No exceptions! :-)

FYI: This little lake is smack in the middle of Phoenix. The mountain in the background is Piestewa Peak.

Rick

[BillyGr]

Ah, but it does: The text is a bit small in this photo, but the sign says (among other things) No Boating, Swimming, Wading

The sign also says you can't harm the wildlife, but it doesn't say a thing about the wildlife getting a free pass on the rest of the rules. All Bird's Dogs must be on a leash! No exceptions! :-)

FYI: This little lake is smack in the middle of Phoenix. The mountain in the background is Piestewa Peak.

Rick

Just not quite as obvious of a sign as when the bird is actually IN the photo of the sign :)

[Mark Sedenquist]

Megan and I look the "natural" look of these palms. They look so stately.

No one in an urban area would ever let their trees look like this. Those trees have entire colonies of rodents, insects, and etc.


June 19, 2024. Zzyzx, California

[Mark Sedenquist]

I have shot scores of photos from this overlook in Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. This is one of my favorites. Captured just as raking light began to hit this point.


2006, Valley of Fire, Fire Canyon

[Mark Sedenquist]

This is located adjacent to the CalTrans service yard at Shoshone, California.

This is the historic settlement known as Dublin Gulch

Shoshone, California. July 19, 2020