Lighted Spaces and Landscapes
Excerpts from a Geographer's Photo Archive
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- Not Open Yet
- The Beauty of Doors
- A Quiet Traveler
- Winter Beach
- Los Nombres
- The Weather Broke Here
- Clear Sky, Clear Walk
- The Green Desert
- Not an Ordinary Little Free Library
- Sunset Above the Clouds
- Humming Along
- A River or Waterfall of a Different Kind
- A Bit Market/A Bit Tourist Market
- Wings at the Lake
- Butterfly Beach Day
- Mid-Afternoon Sun
- Much Older, Different Line
- Same Line, Earlier Time
- Small Boy Travel
- More Goðafoss
- The Problem with Waterfalls in Iceland
- Late Afternoon Light Surprise
- Westfjord Waterfall
- Couldn’t Get Back
- The Whole Shoe
Category: Throwaway Shot
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I was walking with others and shooting the murals as I could–didn’t have time to pause and look at them. I shot this, but didn’t pay attention at the time. In the quiet of my office this morning I paused and looked at the names of the fallen bomberos from La Boca and remembered them.…
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This is not a great looking building on a rather dull street, and yet the light was so good. So often wandering in Iceland not spectacular places looked terrific because of the light–the spectacular places looked even better. (Reykjavik, Iceland 2024)
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I took a ton of shots of the Nā Pali Coast coast that day. Each one was lovely and full of the rich colors. This one was the odd one in the group and became my favorite and hung on my office wall for years. For some reason all the colors muted out of the…
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Traveling to famous spots means crowds–but you can evade them a bit. Like most July days, Venice was overwhelmed with people. We wandered over a few bridges, and found a much quieter street with available seats for fine dining. It was a lovely and relaxing evening in our part of town. (Venice, Italy, 2011)
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My first trip to Nicaragua was in 2003. Granada was a city that was being refurbished and renewed for tourists. The cathedral are the spires in the background had not been repainted with their distinctive yellow with melon-colored domes. (Granada, Nicaragua 2003)
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This is one of my favorite sunset shots, but it was just a quick shot without much planning or foresight–right place, right time. It was a “throwaway shot” that turned out well. (Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008)
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