Portfolios – The Road not Taken Enough

You may have noticed that I recently added several portfolios to my blog (or not, since I didn’t tell anyone…). The links hang out in the left-side menu. Most of the photos I posted on this blog found their way into at least one of the portfolios.

I hope you’ll take another trip through them.

I also set up an Etsy page to sell handmade cards and prints. The cards are 5″ x 7″ (12.7 x 17.8 cm), come with a matching envelope, are blank inside, and have a signed 4″ x 6″ (10.2 x 15.3cm) photo mounted on the front. The 80# cardstock is white. The photo title and location are handwritten on the back of each card. They come in a clear cellulose (biodegradable, non-cellophane) sleeve. They are made to order and can ship anywhere.

Photos included in this post and the Sale Portfolio are hyperlinked to the appropriate Etsy page.

Any other photo from The Road not Taken Enough portfolios may be special-ordered as a card or a paper/metal print. I am currently only able to accept orders through comments and email. Please contact me for sizes and prices.

The Road not Taken Enough leads to some amazing places. I hope you are enjoying the ride.

Colorado, Dinosaur National Monument

A spring snowstorm leaves a mature cottonwood gallery with a delicate coating.

Colorado, Dinosaur National Monument

A mature cottonwood gallery is dwarfed by the western Colorado landscape.

Succor Creek Natural Area, Oregon, eastern Oregon

Feeding on sego lilies, a bee collects and spreads pollen among other flowers.

Oregon, central Oregon, John Day Fossil Beds, National Monument

The last spot of winter sun illuminates Sutton Mountain as seen from across the red, green, and ochre Painted Hills.

Steens Mountain, Oregon, BLM, eastern Oregon, French Glen

Intense paintbrush colors stand in stark contrast to the sage and gray of surrounding shrubs.

Mt. Baker, Mount Baker, Washington

Fern fronds unfurl in the surreal green of a Pacific Northwest spring.

Oregon, Abert Rim, Lakeview, Summer Lake, Lake County

A windless day creates a mirror image of summer clouds in a desert alkali playa, Abert Lake, in central Oregon.

Oregon, Wallowa Mountains, Joseph

Full of snowmelt and spring rain, the Imnaha River squeezes through Blue Hole.

Utah, Moab, BLM

A pastel sky above and golden buttes below, the 2016 super moon sets over Utah.

Colorado, Oenothera

Pure white petals glow in the morning light before fading for the day.

Bottineau, North Dakota, Pelican Lake

Evening reflections of summer reeds create semi- and full circles in the still evening light.

Montana

A blue visits locoweed.

Terrebonne, Smith Rock, central Oregon, rock climbing

A hot air balloon unsuccessfully attempts to blend in with Smith Rock.

North Dakota, Bottineau, Pelican Lake

Summer sun glints off of a dragonfly’s wings as it alights on the tip of a reed.

Oregon, Union, La Grande, eastern Oregon

Clouds, a dusting of snow and the subtle colors of sagebrush desert create a winter landscape.

Utah, fall, fall color, redrock

Fall foliage adds color to red rock country.

Royal National Park, New South Wales

White and mauve rock and black charred branches stand in stark color contrast to the deep blue of the Southern Ocean

Zimbabwe, Africa

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Stripes and swishes.

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Through the shadows and vegetation, Victoria Falls’ mist creates a rainbow.

Chobe River, Botswana, Africa

An African elephant cow and her calf make their way to water along the Chobe River.

Chobe River, Botswana, Africa

Enjoying a sunny afternoon nap.

Magkadigkadi Salt Pans, Botswana, Africa

A Cape crow enjoys first light across the Magkadigkadi salt pans.

Moremi National Park, Botswana, Africa

Winter plain.

Moremi National Park, Botswana, Africa

I knows you loves me, Baby.

Moremi National Park, Botswana, Africa

Zebra belly. Nap face.

Moremi National Park, Botswana, Africa

Morning light makes a lioness glow as she poses for her portrait.

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Ruminating over dinner, an old Cape buffalo bull peers through the sage.

Leopard, Africa, Botswana, Moremi National Park

If cats had emotions similar to humans, this would be disdain.

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The key to maintaining superiority is proper grooming.

Moremi National Park, Botswana, Africa

Grasses can’t hide the intensity of a leopard’s gaze.

Africa, elephant, family

Single file, the young between the older cows, elephants walk to their nighttime hang out.

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A lioness pauses from drinking at the water hole after a zebra dinner.

African elephant, calf, Africa

Shielding her calf, an elephant in Moremi National Park, Botswana, veers away from the lioness drinking at the waterhole.

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Giant grasses or small elephant?

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Hanging on by its toenails, a tree bridges the gap of sand washed out by Pacific storms.

Three landscapes and a soaking shed

A wild winter ride to iconic Central Oregon hot springs offered these landscapes. The road to Summer Lake is a beautiful stretch of little-used highway along the western edge of the Great Basin. Sagebrush gives way to alkali lakes, winds rip across the open flat, and clouds create another dimension of life above the high desert.

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An unsettled day in the high desert.

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Silver Lake, Oregon, snow from the west meets billowing clouds from the east.

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Snow seems to be falling from Summer Lake up to the clouds.

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Between the land and sky of Central Oregon lies Silver Lake.

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Summer Lake Hot Springs soaking shed

Winter Water – snow and ice taking new forms

The only constant is change. Snow turns to ice; ice turns to water; water turns to rivers; rivers become oceans. And eventually, it comes back to land to start the cycle again.

Deschutes River, Tumalo State Park

Building crystals, Deschutes River, Tumalo State Park

Deschutes River, Tumalo State Park

Juniper droplet

Deschutes River, Tumalo State Park

Calm in the rush

End of the trail, Deschutes River

Deschutes River, Tumalo State Park

 

The Painted Hills in winter, an unfinished canvas

At first glance, covering the brilliant colors of the Painted Hills with snow seems an affront. Slowly, though, you realize the colors are more vivid and the landscape patterns surreal; it is a study in negative space. The intensity of the snow and depth of the shadows create an otherworldly effect that makes this fabulous place more so.

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Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice!

All the best and brightest for 2017!

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Spring trees after morning rain. Beartown State Forest, Massachusetts

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Yampa River valley, cottonwoods, snow, and afternoon light. Colorado

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Fern aliens. How can so many shades of green live in one place? Mount Baker, Washington

Sea alien – A.K.A. anemone. Deception Pass State Park, Washington

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Paintbrush in lichen-laden sagebrush. Steens Mountain, Oregon

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

The road through Candy Land

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Fall color against red rock. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

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Super moon set. Canyonlands National Park, Utah

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

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Kalahari Milky Way. Botswana

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Zebra-belly nap face. Moremi National Park, Botswana

Moremi National Park, Botswana

Personal grooming is important in maintaining superiority.

Elephant knees and toenails and a little one tucked under the trunk. Chobe, Botswana

Lilac-breasted roller. Moremi National Park, Botswana

Paradise Found, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

The road through Candy Land

Remember the children’s game, Candy Land? If the board was laid out on a real landscape, this is what the road would look like, marshmallow fudge and cotton(wood) candy.

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Cottonwood Canyon Road, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah

The Road not Taken Enough