When we stayed at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in December, 2019, we visited Valley of Fire State Park. l took quite a few photos, but this one just screamed that it needed to be in black and white.
Category: 2019
New Mexico: Hot air balloon glow in black and white (2019)
What really attracts the eye at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is all the color in the hot air balloons. Lots of red, orange, yellow - every color of the rainbow in varying combinations. Sometimes though, color is distracting. I found one of my hot air balloon photos from the Sunday night balloon glow and … Continue reading New Mexico: Hot air balloon glow in black and white (2019)
New Mexico: White Sands in black and white (2019)
Over on my personal Facebook timeline, I was tagged in one of those "post 1 photo a day for 10 days" of travel photos. Since I've been pretty good at posting my travel photos for the last year and a half, I'm taking this opportunity to redo some of my favorites in black and white. … Continue reading New Mexico: White Sands in black and white (2019)
Arizona: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
Because I was doing my countdown, I missed sharing the day trip we took to Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. We had been there once before, but more as a scouting trip. This time, we headed to the Palm Canyon entrance, thanks to an article by Arizona Highways magazine. The drive The moment you turn off … Continue reading Arizona: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
2019: My #1 photo from 2019
Starting the new year by wrapping up my top 10 Instagram photos from 2019. Here's #1! This wraps my up photo posts for 2019 - now on to 2020. 🙂 Photo #1 The backstory This photo is from the Buckeye Air Fair in Buckeye, Arizona. A friend helped us get media passes, and we happily … Continue reading 2019: My #1 photo from 2019
2019: My #2 photo from 2019
As mentioned previously, I'm counting down my top 10 Instagram photos from 2019. Here's #2! Photo #2 The backstory This photo is also from 2018, when the Chicago Cubs played the San Diego Padres. I did this photo as a throwback photo, because the ballfield didn't have all the netting at the game in 2019. … Continue reading 2019: My #2 photo from 2019
2019: My #3 photo from 2019
As mentioned previously, I'm counting down my top 10 Instagram photos from 2019. Here's #3! Photo #3 The backstory This photo was taken on the first weekend at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, on Sunday, October 6. I can remember the precise date because only the Dawn Patrol took off on Saturday, due to all … Continue reading 2019: My #3 photo from 2019
2019: My #4 photo from 2019
As mentioned previously, I'm counting down my top 10 Instagram photos from 2019. Here's #4! Photo #4 The backstory Like photo #6, this photo was also taken in 2018 and posted in 2019. This was a "bucket list" photo for me as well - to get the Grand Canyon at sunset from the South Rim. … Continue reading 2019: My #4 photo from 2019
2019: My #5 photo from 2019
As mentioned previously, I'm counting down my top 10 photos from Instagram in 2019. Here's #5! Photo #5 The backstory Just when you thought I had run out of Oregon photos, there's one more! This is Mt Hood from Trillium Lake. While living in the Portland area, we never successfully made it to Trillium Lake … Continue reading 2019: My #5 photo from 2019