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Tokyo Skytree
We’re going to open our series on Japan with images of the Tokyo Skytree, the tallest freestanding tower in the world at 2,080′ (634m). It stood only 1 km away from my hotel in Asakusa, so I had ample opportunities to photograph it over my eight days in Tokyo. The image above obviously exploited a
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Last of Leadville
This post is not just the last of Leadville, it is the last of 2025. It is the completion of three years of weekly blog posts, which does seem like an accomplishment and a good time for some reflection. I hope that all of you who subscribe enjoy receiving them each week in your inbox.
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Leadville Fall Color
I didn’t have enough time in Leadville, Colorado, to thoroughly explore the area (as if you can ever thoroughly explore an area in the Rocky Mountains), but I would say that it does not have the massive stands of aspen trees that you find near, for example, Kebler Pass, 50 miles to the southwest, an
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Autumn Drive in Northern Colorado
In early October—before our visit to Michigan—we spent a weekend in Leadville, Colorado. Family events collided with our getaway, so we ended up spending one day driving north to Wyoming and back. It was dark on the return trip, but on the way up we got to enjoy driving through valleys sporting some fall color.
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Michellaneous Details
This week’s post features a collection of small details from my time in Michigan, like the leaves, above, that are starting to dry out before they fall. The way they are lit by a spot of sunlight really makes them stand out and their texture pop. At 400mm, I was using all the lens I
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Recovery at the State Hospital
One of the more interesting places I visited in Traverse City, Michigan, is the site of the old Traverse City State Hospital (originally known as the Northern Michigan Asylum) which operated for over a century from 1885 until 1989. After sitting abandoned for over a decade, the site began to be redeveloped into the Village
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Michigan Barns
The barn above was just around the corner from where we stayed last month in Traverse City, Michigan, so it was an easy target for a brief photo outing before I started work for the day. This was one of those situations where you had to choose between color in the sky early and light
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Michigan Five-O
The title of this post is a nod to the popular TV show of my youth, of which I remember nothing other than the intro and theme song and a single oft-repeated line: “Book ’em, Danno.” While Hawaii was the fiftieth state to join the Union (from which the TV show got its name), it
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Hummingbirds in Wyoming
This week we take a break from our usual assortment of neglected structures for something completely different. After our few days in Cheyenne (covered in the last two posts) we spent a week up on Casper Mountain. The house/cabin we rented was well-equipped with hummingbird feeders and no shortage of hummingbirds. I’ve gotten a smattering
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Industrial Wyoming
All but one of the images in this set were taken on the same walk as last week’s post. I separated the images between last week and this week primarily by theme: last week was mostly walls & windows, this week is more industrial-looking subjects, like the storage tank, above. I love the mix of