Hey, folks, there’s a new WordPress feature in your settings. Under Dashboard > Settings > Media > Image Gallery Carousel. You can have your photo/image galleries display in a mosaic format. Check it out in my post Peak-to-Peak leaf peeping, for example, to see what it looks like. I rarely have a pile of photos to make … Continue reading WordPress adds ‘mosaic’ option to image galleries
There were spots of good color in Boulder Canyon and spots north to Estes. Unfortunately, normally bright patches on distant mountainsides appeared faded due to the haze from Wyoming wildfires, and I don’t think it’s expected to move out before the trees start to fade. Color is also nice along Highway 36 from Lyons up … Continue reading Peak-to-Peak leaf peeping
It was late when I visited Ronni Bennet’s Time Goes By last night, and I completely overlooked this exquisite video of a Eurasian eagle owl in flight. It’s filmed in HD high-speed and you can see the angle and flutter of Every. Single. Feather. as the bird nears its target — a chicken leg in … Continue reading The magnificent intricacy of flight
Erik Stensland is my favorite Rocky Mountain National Park photographer. He has produced innumerable magnificent photos where color is the key player, or a spectacular vista, or light and shadow. But this one jumped out at me because of its geometry. Not what you might expect in nature photography. The composition here fascinates me. Look … Continue reading Composition: There for the practiced eye
Great photographs of lightning are doubly impressive considering the possible danger to the photographer. When the lightning is reflected in a body of water, the photo becomes even more dramatic. And when the surface of the water is as smooth as a mirror, the photo must surely be a once-in-a-lifetime prize. Simone Preuss at Environmental … Continue reading Lightning, water, reflection, magic
