photo by B.Seeton Morning came fast again and the coffee wasn't strong enough to wake me like I wanted. It didn't help that the air was cold and a storm was moving through. Actually, it wasn't the cold that was bothering me, it was all that wind. I'd hoped to be outside with my camera after a fairly decent winter day yesterday, but not with all this wind. It was so fierce and loud. It blew through the big maple tree out back, tearing some of the last winter leaves off the naked branches. Wide, crispy leaves surfed the wind currents and mixed with the fluffy, slow moving snowflakes; both swirled and floated through the air before making their way to the frozen ground.
And the gray. That endless gray. I've long grown tired of the dull, flat light from day after day of the lifeless, listless gray skies. It makes me hunker over figuratively, if not literally, and leaves me feeling like I need to flip a light switch on or maybe just crawl back into bed and pull the blankets up tight to wait for the sun and for our famous Colorado blue skies. Of course, that won't do. I'm not the kind of tired that going back to bed would fix anyway. With a sigh I sip more weak coffee and then I unexpectedly smile. I just remembered I get to go see the baby goats that were born yesterday. And so my day begins...
I spent hours sorting through some of my photography inventory looking for photos to have reprinted on canvas. The first two photos below come from some of my earlier work and the rest are from today.
And the gray. That endless gray. I've long grown tired of the dull, flat light from day after day of the lifeless, listless gray skies. It makes me hunker over figuratively, if not literally, and leaves me feeling like I need to flip a light switch on or maybe just crawl back into bed and pull the blankets up tight to wait for the sun and for our famous Colorado blue skies. Of course, that won't do. I'm not the kind of tired that going back to bed would fix anyway. With a sigh I sip more weak coffee and then I unexpectedly smile. I just remembered I get to go see the baby goats that were born yesterday. And so my day begins...
I spent hours sorting through some of my photography inventory looking for photos to have reprinted on canvas. The first two photos below come from some of my earlier work and the rest are from today.
Pictured above are yaks on the Mt. Everest trail on the Nepal side. Yaks are some of the most, if not the most, sure footed animals you'll ever see. They can carry up to 210 lbs while traversing over suspension bridges and up and down narrow, rocky paths. It was remarkable watching them negotiate the terrain, fully loaded down with heavy, bulky packs and not once seeing them slip or falter.
One of the rules of trekking was to always give yaks the right of way on the trails. Human trekkers were to step aside and always, always yield to the yaks. Sometimes that meant standing on the outside of the path's edge with nothing between you and a thousand foot drop off. I can still hear the lovely tone from the bells around their necks. [Click on the yaks to read more about these beautiful creatures and to see more yak and Nepal photos.]
One of the rules of trekking was to always give yaks the right of way on the trails. Human trekkers were to step aside and always, always yield to the yaks. Sometimes that meant standing on the outside of the path's edge with nothing between you and a thousand foot drop off. I can still hear the lovely tone from the bells around their necks. [Click on the yaks to read more about these beautiful creatures and to see more yak and Nepal photos.]
This gate is on my friend's farm property where I live this winter and where I stayed for a couple of months the fall before last.
Scenes like these below with the cows, fences, trees, and farm houses in the background typify this county's outlying farm land. What always caught my attention with this particular farm, although it's hard to get a sense of it from these small images, is all the cows with one lone goat. I've nicknamed him Scape.
Seeing these photos so small does them little justice. It's a bit liking watching Star Wars on your
i-phone.
i-phone.
Seeing deer around here is nearly as common as seeing a horse. I was all of 20 feet from this family on my way to the grocery store. Mom and I had a stare down contest. It was a tie, until I opened my truck door and then they all decided to mosey on. It was close to sundown, so the light was low and dull aside from being behind clouds.
ONE DAY OLD TWIN GOATS
I've been keeping an eye on mom over the weeks because I knew she was going to give birth soon. I stopped by yesterday and she'd just given birth to twins. Her human owner asked that I come back today to give her time to recover. Nothing puts a smile on my face quicker than the thought of baby animals.
I opened the barn door 2nd from the right like I'd been instructed to do. The mom was familiar with me from my many visits when I came to talk to them, photograph them and pet them. Mom and Junior were the two who always came up to me, so she wasn't too stressed to have me visit. I could tell by her eyes though that she was protective and was watching every move I made because of her newborns. I didn't get to hold the babies yet or be in the pen with them. I had to shoot through slats and it was dark in the barn.
I excitedly await the day when I can play with them and have a real photo shoot! Twins!! How wonderful! (I clobbered the heck out of my lower lip squeezing in a tight spot to get a decent shot. My lip looks those ads targeting women who want the puffy lips!)
I opened the barn door 2nd from the right like I'd been instructed to do. The mom was familiar with me from my many visits when I came to talk to them, photograph them and pet them. Mom and Junior were the two who always came up to me, so she wasn't too stressed to have me visit. I could tell by her eyes though that she was protective and was watching every move I made because of her newborns. I didn't get to hold the babies yet or be in the pen with them. I had to shoot through slats and it was dark in the barn.
I excitedly await the day when I can play with them and have a real photo shoot! Twins!! How wonderful! (I clobbered the heck out of my lower lip squeezing in a tight spot to get a decent shot. My lip looks those ads targeting women who want the puffy lips!)
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