Sunset Abstract, Pincher Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada June 2015

Sunset Abstract, Sunset Pano, Pincher Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada June 2015

In the process of producing the panoramic version of the sunset at Pincer Lake, I accidentally opened up all the files in photoshop as layers, and, liking the effect, I worked with it and produced this.

Sunset Pano, Pincher Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada June 2015

Sunset Pano, Pincher Lake, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada June 2015

A highlight from my recent backpacking trip along the Western Uplands Trail in Algonquin Provincial Park. Sunset from one of the campsites on South Pincher Lake, two days into the backcountry.

(Click through to the flickr link to see a larger version.)

Medieval Fencers Ceiling Painting, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, 2013

Medieval Fencers Ceiling Painting, Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, 2013

Hearst Castle has the ‘largest collection of antique ceilings in North America,’ which is to say, every ceiling in the building is an original historical ceiling from elsewhere. This one depicts four medieval figures with weapons: sword-and-buckler, spear-and-shield, sword-and-shield, and another with sword-and-buckler.

Tricolor Field, near Silverton, Oregon, July 2011

Tricolor Field, near Silverton, Oregon, July 2011

Fields of flowers civer the rolling hillside of a flower farm outside of the the town of Silverton, on the way to Stayton-Sublimity, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata), near the Rio Frio, Costa Rica, 2012

Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata), near the Rio Frio, Costa Rica, 2012

We took a boat tour of the Rio Frio (as close as we could get to CaƱo Negro in one day from La Fortuna) and saw a number of different birds, including a large number of what I believe to be Ringed Kingfishers (our guide said they were green kingfishers, but all the identification photos I can find of those show them as having a much greener colour). This one was perched and possessed of a large lunch for such a small bird.

Sunrise from Imperial Point (variant b), Grand Canyon National Park, 2006

Sunrise from Imperial Point (variant b), Grand Canyon National Park, 2006

Several years ago, I posted a rather muted portrayal of what was a rich and impressive sunset. I have recently re-edited it, to give the sunrise some of its fire back. I was not sure which editing variant I liked best, so there will be another version following. You really need to view this one on black to see the ridges in the foreground.

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