1958 Ford Fairlane, Taos, NM

April 5, 2017 by Geraint

“1958 Ford Fairlane, Taos, NM” I’ve been rummaging through old files lately and I’ve enjoyed finding images from the first few years when I began using a digital camera. I posted another image of this car in 2005. It’s moved around from time to time. When I posted the original image I got this response from a viewer.
“I believe what we see here is a Canadian version, as the trim, while similar to the American car,
differs ever so slightly. Do you think they borrowed that rear quarter applique for use on the ’62 Thunderbird?!?”
Thanks for looking. G

From Days Long Gone

December 30, 2020April 4, 2017 by Geraint

Days long gone. A store front in Mora New Mexico. Coke, Cigarettes, Phone, and EBT cards accepted. I made this image in February, 2006 when these signs left you knowing in no uncertain terms what you could get for your money … or EBT cards at this location. Since then the building has a new coat of stucco, no phone for sure, but I can’t vouch for cigarettes and coke or whether they still accept EBT cards.

Home On The Range

April 3, 2017 by Geraint

Home on the range in southern Colorado. Another visit to this wonderful location just over the border in Colorado on a recent photo tour. This abandoned homestead looked a little different on a previous visit.

Morning Magpies In The Juniper Trees

April 2, 2017 by Geraint

White Tree And Willows, A Riparian Habitat

Morning Magpies in the Juniper trees, San Cristobal, New Mexico. The bright light coming from the west filled in the usually dark Juniper trees adding a somewhat surreal glow and it popped for me, as though I had a very large fill flash lighting this scene.

Fire On The Mountain

April 1, 2017 by Geraint

Fire On The Mountain. When the sun sets on the mountain it lights a fire in the heart of the viewer. I love the winter light, a time when the days are shorter and the sunlight pierces the end of the day in scenes like this. If you want to see this part of the country at it’s best, join me on a winter photography adventure, for one, two, three days or more. Thanks for looking. G

Grasslands At Shiprock

December 30, 2020March 31, 2017 by Geraint

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Grasslands at Shiprock. Horses grazing in apparent contentment which reflects my mood and infuses my spirit when I gaze on the monumental formation known as Shiprock ‘sailing’ through the grasses on the Navajo Tribal Reservation in the four corners region of north western New Mexico.

White House Ruin, San Cristobal

January 7, 2021March 30, 2017 by Geraint

White House Ruin, in the picturesque San Cristobal valley, in northern New Mexico. The recent snow blanketed the valley and made this abandoned building look almost homely and inhabited again. All it needed was smoke rising from a stove pipe.

Crescent Moon And Blossoms

December 30, 2020March 29, 2017 by Geraint

Crescent moon through blossoms. I love to line up the moon through the trees in the garden and watch it set across the Taos Plateau. Tonight was special as the crab apple tree had begun to blossom. What a difference a day makes from the cold rain yesterday. In this image you can see “earthshine” illuminating the rest of the moon that isn’t lit by the sun. Here is an image from May 12, 2009 of the full moon and blossoms. I think with all the warm weather the trees are blooming early this year. Thanks for looking.

El Salto Rains, Sangre de Cristos

March 28, 2017 by Geraint

El Salto Rains. I have often seen the rain falling on El Salto and Lucero Peaks when it looks like this. The peaks give scale to the columns of rain as they march steadily on in some perceptible purpose through the rock formations to the high Sangre de Cristos beyond. Thanks for looking. G

Cornfield In The Shadow Of Taos Mountain

December 29, 2020March 27, 2017 by Geraint

Remnants of a cornfield in the shadow of Taos Mountain. Springtime in the rockies reveals the remnants of past seasons overlaying the new, with a reminder that winter was in there somewhere as the transitory time of renewal.