The Denver Botanic Gardens, June 11, 2018

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] [All photos are mine, hosted on Cloudup.com. Let me know if you have access problems.] [Click, click, zoom, click.  Click lower-right arrow in a black box to get a larger photo.] [At a single photo click More/Info for basic photo info.  Click the data display again to make …

Gate. These Days.

[Categories:  Photography, Photography 101 Forever] (Click to enlarge.  Scroll down, click View Full Size to enlarge again.  Click again to enlarge again.  Find your way back.) "Well I've been out walking I don't do that much talking these days These days..." I passed this the other day and it caught my eye. Closer: As is, …

Springin’ in the ‘Burbs – 2016

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Flowers] [Click on a picture to enlarge, then scroll down for camera info or to enlarge further.  It looks like WordPress has corrected their shutter speed mis-reads.] (I live just south of Denver, Colorado.) I mean to say 'Spring in the Suburbs' for those who can't comprehend my mangled vernacular. …

Casual Sunday: Ken-Caryl, Manor Lodge, Botanic Gardens Chatfield

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] M'lady and I did a relaxing drive to a few local sites we hadn't visited SW of Denver, CO. Ken-Caryl Ranch and The Manor Lodge were our first stops. Ken-Caryl is a suburban housing development nested in a fairly narrow valley between the hogbacks rift and the …

Lapham’s Quarterly Spring 2010: Arts & Letters Pt. I

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All photos taken legally (no flash!) by me, most at the Art Institute of Chicago or The Ringling] A review. L.Q. is not one to shy from broad topics such as …

The Denver Botanic Gardens, December 2015. Christmas Lights!

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Click on photos and then scroll down for camera info.  Click 'View full size' to zoom.  Zoom again.  Play!] M'lady and I visited The Gardens the night of 14 Dec. when it was a dry, chilly +or- 35F. The next day's 12" or so of snow had not …

Colorado Autumn 2015 – III and Last

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] (The Autumn 2015 series is listed here.) I almost forgot Silverthorne.  IMO some of the best aspen viewing in Summit County. Climb both sides of the valley (one at a time) and look across to the other side.  Beautiful.   From the east side of the valley looking …

Colorado Autumn 2015 – II

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] Meadow Creek Trail, Summit County: (The first 3 photos in Colorado Autumn 2015 – I are on the Meadow Creek Trail also.) Although this trailhead is right next to Interstate 70 at the east Frisco exit you quickly leave all noise behind as you climb higher.  What a relief. The …

Colorado Autumn 2015 – I

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] Summit County: http://www.summithistorical.org/BakerTank.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreas_Pass Enjoy.

The Denver Botanic Gardens, July 2015

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] M'lady and I did a Members Tour recently and I took a few snapshots.  This was nothing like our visit here last year for the Chihuly exhibit but changing flora being what it is you can visit the gardens year around and see something different each time. I …

Hiking the Sanctuary Golf Course, Sedalia Colorado

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] Recently there was an opportunity for the public to walk on the very private Sanctuary Golf Course.  We walked on the paved golf cart trails but uphill many times it seemed I could have almost scraped my nose and walked on all fours with a little bending over. …

Social Shorthand online story format

I recently came across a captivating online reporting/story format that uses photos and video to an interesting effect.  I thought I'd give it a try.  Here is the result. http://social.shorthand.com/Fairplay740J/n2YJvSgud/favorite-recent-photos The BBC Travel story that captured my attention has many more format features. It is probably an upgrade or the Pro version.  That story is …

Restaurants, Union Station Denver

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Food] During our recent visit to Union Station Denver and The Mercantile Dining & Provision restaurant we browsed several of the other good restaurants there.  Here are some but not all of them:   Am I a foodie?  Shucks no, I just like to eat.  If I was …

Mercantile Dining & Provision Restaurant

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever, Food] I don't usually blog about restaurants (see my TripAdvisor instead) unless they are part of a vacation but Mercantile Dining & Provision in the Union Station Denver was Drop... Dead... Delicious!! We arrived 11:30-ish for lunch, beating the busy lunch crowd (from downtown offices I presume) that …

Union Station Denver

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] This was not a photography expedition.  Photos were taken with a Canon ELPH100HS and enhanced for brightness in iPhoto.   The Great Hall: What others wait for I'm not sure. The recently refurbished station has many fine new restaurants that attract downtown employees and tourists alike.  There …

‘Tis The Season…

[Categories: Photography, Christmas, Christmas ornaments, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery OneDrive photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info on right.] These photos were taken with a Nikon D5200 using 35mm, 18-55mm, and 55-200mm lenses, auto mode.  (I admit I'm lazy.) They seem to zoom reasonably well.  I like to look at detail.  Click, zoom, …

Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2011: Celebrity

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Photography] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [All snapshots (and they're only that) poorly taken with an iPad2 from this issue of Lapham's Quarterly.  Sorry photo people! Click to zoom.] L.Q. posts are for inquiring minds and …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2008: Book of Nature, pt. IV and last, Terra Incognita

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review, Photography] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [Click on photos to enlarge, zoom, and in many cases see camera info.] My marathon pre-view/re-view of the Book of Nature issue finally comes to a conclusion. Will our coexistence with …

Chihuly Glass at Denver Botanic Gardens

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery OneDrive photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info on right.] These photos taken with Nikon D5200, 18-55mm lens. They all seem to zoom nicely, especially the extras on OneDrive.  Click, zoom, click, enlarge, repeat, rinse, repeat. PLAY! Color.  Lots of color. See more HERE. See …

Frisco Art Festival August 2014, a Sampler

[Categories: Photography, Travel Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Gallery/multiple photos: Click any photo to enlarge.  See photo info lower right corner.]     Click to see more: