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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…
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Wyoming Windows And Walls
I spent a few days in Cheyenne, Wyoming, back in May. I was able to steal a few hours to wander around with my camera. As usual, I found myself exploring a rather tired part of town. Eventually I am going to be able to make a whole gallery of broken windows along the lines…
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Tired Places in Old Madison
Madison, Alabama, has a cute little historic downtown. It’s not large—only a block or two long—and although it looks fresh and well-manicured, if you stray even a short distance beyond that immediate area there are a lot of structures that have been abandoned or neglected. It’s entirely predictable where I ended up. The building above…
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Shady Shores
A few months ago I posted about our visit to the Alabama gulf coast, in particular Gulf State Park and the birds I photographed in the area. One day while we were driving back to our hotel, I spotted the brightly multi-colored building featured here. I didn’t stop then, but made sure to go back.…