Author: Jim
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Bama Back Roads
I am inordinately fond of road trips, particularly ones that happen on two-lane roads. They are such a great way to experience the country. This is especially true as a photographer because you have the freedom to pull over for interesting subjects. The elaborate water tower above was actually along Interstate 65, but close enough…
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Try the Pork
Henager, Alabama. April 2025.
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A Dark Walk in A Desert Park
During our long stay in Alabama, I did take a short trip to my former haunts in Tucson, Arizona, and was able to go on a nice hike through Catalina State Park. Catalina State Park is a wonderful place that sits below the stunning Pusch Ridge. It was a great day for photography with dramatic…
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Pusch Ridge Panorama
Oro Valley. Arizona 2025.
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Burly
Huntsville, Alabama. March 2025.
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Pollination
There are a fair number of swamps and swampy areas in the Huntsville area. In addition to the Beaver Dam Boardwalk in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, featured a few weeks ago, we went to a place called Hays Nature Preserve. It didn’t turn out to be one of our favorite places to walk—primarily because…
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Liana’s Pole Dance
Norton, Virginia. October 2024.
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Twickenham Columns
The Twickenham neighborhood in Huntsville, Alabama, is very close to downtown Huntsville. The columns above are not in that neighborhood, per se, but are close enough that we passed them on the same walk. Huntsville isn’t a particularly large city (population 225,000) but, even so, that there can be so many spectacular homes in its…
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Fall of the Short Line
Como, Colorado. September 2024.
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Decatur Decay
In addition to the “prettier” pictures of Decatur that I shared last week, I found plenty of more worn and weathered tidbits, too. I love the colors in the image above: the blue-green oxidized copper goes really well with the blue-gray asphalt roof tiles. There’s a lot of nice textures, too, including a fine wire…