CuervoBarnRuins

Ruins of an old barn in the "ghost town" of Cuervo, NM                  January 25, 2016

Canon EOS 60D with Tamron 18-200mm lens   f/8.0 at 1/160 sec    Aperture Priority  42.0mm  ISO 100   Three bracketed exposures (+2.0, 0.0, -2.0 EV)   Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

Snow & Ice Challenge

My selections of photos in the "Snow & Ice Challenge" reach "A''-Star" level in the Gurustors photography challenge.  Copies of the photo files are available for purchase using the "download" button.  Here are my submissions...

FrostyMorning  was taken along the road in Iowa front of my house.   

SnowIceBranches      Taken in my Iowa front yard after a frosty/snowy morning

IcyBranches    This photo was taken in my Iowa front yard after freezing rain

SnowyBench     This bench was in the back yard of a house I was renting for a month in Albuquerque

WagonView

Old wagon along the road to Ghost Ranch Welcome Center         January 11, 2016

Canon EOS 60D with Tamron 18-200mm lens   f/8.0 at 1/500 sec    Aperture Priority  67.0mm  ISO 100   Three bracketed exposures (+2.0, 0.0, -2.0 EV)   Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

Tex

"Tex" welcomes visitors to a little settlement outside Dalhart, TX   Did not get the sign, one googlr maps, there is a large Sunray Cooperative elevator ner Tex      January 25, 2016

Previously, I had identified Tex as being located in Tucumcari, NM.  That was in error.  The next trip I saw Tex along the road in the NE end of Dalhart.

Canon EOS 60D with Tamron 18-200mm lens   f/9.0 at 1/320 sec    Aperture Priority  35.0mm  ISO 100   Three bracketed exposures (+2.0, 0.0, -2.0 EV)   Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

Rivers, Lakes & Waterfalls Challenge

The most recent collection of my photos that reached "All-Star" level in the Gurushots "Rivers, Lakes, & Waterfalls Challenge.  I had so many good (great?) photos in this category, it was difficult to select 4 for the challenge.

As usual, photo files of those photos are available by clicking on the 'download" button.

LakeManawaSunrise                 Lake Manawa, Council Bluffs, IA

OuzalFalls               Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

LewisFalls                      Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

AlbertaFalls                    Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

On Two Wheels Challenge

It should be no surprise, with all of the photos of my bicycles on bike trails, my group of 4 photos reached the "All-Star" level in the Gurushots "On Two Wheels" Challenge.  Here ate the photos I submitted.  You can purchase a photo file of the photo by clicking on the "download" button.

TunnelD         Tunnel D on the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota

BikingtotTunnel2      Fog rolls out of tunnel 2 on the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin

BikeTrick      Somersault on a bicycle at exhibition by the Twin Cities Fun Factory at Cuyuna Mountain Bike Festival

ColoradoCrossing          Artistic reditoion of a photo of my road bike on the bridge across the Colorado River near Moab, Utah

Be Square Challenge

My collection of photos in the "Be Square Challenge" on Gurushots earned "All=Star" level.   Challenge is for photo with a square (1x1) aspect.

"RushmoreTunnelView"

"OldTruckBW"

"MuleDeer"

"JulySuperMoon"