Act Naturally

Santa Fe National Forest. October 2012.

Oh, hello spring!  I feel like, with the constant flashes of cold here in northern New Mexico, I am constantly re-welcoming spring.  Goddammit, let’s just have more of these little flowers all over town and get our green!

Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, New Mexico.  April 2012.

woodendreams:

(by crystalpassion78)

I take a lot of photos of sunlight through the trees, so I just wanted to point out how weird the lighting is in this. If the lighting is in fact all natural, the mid-distance lighting to make the trees look light on this side is coming from something strange.  Still, I like this shot.

Love the sunlight in the mountains. Sunlight through clouds and tree canopies… that’s how it should be.

Preparing for a bit of a chill tonight here in the mountains.

Illusion & Reality (by Aerial Photography)

To give you better sense of the color of the place…

More late fall in the Bosque.  Albuquerque, NM.  November 2011.

ETA: But again, I think a larger view is necessary.

Late fall at the Bosque; cottonwoods lining the Rio Grande.  Albuquerque, NM.  November 2011.  

Note: best viewed in larger size… I was dismayed when I posted it just now on Tumblr and the leaves make it look terribly pixelly!

I kind of liked the lines the aspens were creating here.  I long for a flat forest to get one of those generic uber-straight line perspective shots.  Is that weird?  Uhhh… I’m being ironic.  Yeah.

Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.  November 2011.

Sun through the aspens.  Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico.  November 2011.