Fun Shooting On The Fly. 05-20-2026
Greetings from San Cristobal, NM. This week, shooting on the fly. You see it, you shoot it, and move on.
I hope everyone had a great week. Enjoy the following.
Looking east, the San Jose Cemetery, Albuquerque, NM
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And looking west.
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When you pass it frequently, and finally, the light is right. Out the window, shooting on the fly.
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At the bottom of Holman Hill, the red-roofed house on the road to Chacon, New Mexico. If you expand the image, you will see on the left, wooden cutouts of full-size cattle. Go figure!
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Just a short hop down the road, still in Holman, NM.
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Next stop, Rick’s Gas Station, Cleveland, NM. Literally pulled over and shot this out the window. Don’t look for gas, cigarettes, or to spend your EBT funds anymore. And there is certainly no phone, no Pepsi or Coke. Quite positive, the video rentals are gone.
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To think the Ford Pinto might actually run, as it was parked along the roadside. I like the VW Van. I had a 1984 Westfalia once. Wish I still had it. I also had a 1958 VW Beetle. Wish I still had that car.
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An adobe home stuffed with hay, the cattle feeding equivalent of a bird feeder.
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The next town is Mora, NM. I shot this one so fast in case they flew away. They actually never left. They just stayed there being boring. Onward.
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Proudly wearing the brand.
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Out the car window from across the road. Devout mobile home in Mora, NM.
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One out of the windshield.
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Highway 163 in Monument Valley, Arizona, has become an unexpected tourist hotspot thanks to a scene from the movie “Forrest Gump.” I spoke with a Navajo artisan at his roadside stand about why fewer people are stopping by. He explained, “It’s because of f*****g Forrest Gump. Everyone stops at mile marker 13, where Forrest stopped running in the movie, to take selfies.”
We watched as a large group of bikers blocked the highway to snap multiple selfies before quickly hopping back on their bikes and heading east. Another tourist ran in place while their partner filmed a video. A third person jumped into the air with arms and legs spread wide, as if to declare, “I’m here, I made it too.”
A short distance west, I noticed these tire marks on the highway. Bikers burning rubber.
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I do a lot of shooting on the fly. It was fun to revisit some of these places.
As always, thanks for looking. Have a great week. G