Melinda B Hipple, author&artist
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Melinda B Hipple, author&artist
@melindabhipple.bsky.social
Author of RAVEN, Behind the Mask, Home Front, and poetry and children's books / editor / artist / photographer / mother of a terrific kid
www.melindabhipple.com
Triptych phone art. Random shots from a local hangout.
#bcbullpen #photography #phoneart #triptych #blackandwhite #melindabhipple
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The mighty pencil. Four portraits of family members done over a number of years. 1) self portrait 2) my son 3) my niece 4) my great niece
#blueskyartshow #graphitedrawing #melindabhipple
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Spent a foggy morning wandering around the community. Love this town.
#fog #photography #bakeruniversitycampus #melindabhipple
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Random autumn leaves where they fell. Colorado, USA.
#leaves #fallcolor #nature #aspen #elm #photography #stilllife #foundstilllife #melindabhipple
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Went out comet hunting last evening. Found Lemmon, but it was barely perceptible with my equipment. Thought this shot was more interesting. A farm silhouetted against the night sky with a plane trekking overhead.
#kansasfarmhouse #nightsky #photography #melindabhipple
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My friend Lynn and I wandered into a nearby field where two mule deer bucks and a doe were grazing. As long as we moved slowly, they seemed to tolerate us.
#muledeer #photographingthephotographer #coloradowildlife #melindabhipple
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Five weeks in, and Mount Sopris finally gets snow my last two days here. Properly dressed at last.
#mountsopris #photography #sunrise #melindabhipple #colorado #elkmountains #housesitting
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I get one more week with this beautiful mountain view. The full(er) moon and cloud cover have created some lovely drama.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #coloradousa #photography #melindabhipple #nightphotography
October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Venus & Company. Captured these two meteors that I could not see with the naked eye. 30 second exposure. There are three more that are so faint they are hard to spot on the image.
#venus #meteors #nightphotography #nightsky #bluehour #melindabhipple
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Higher dimensional quantum mechanics...and a cat.

This has to be a favorite photo I've taken in a long time. Such a fun happenstance.
#photography #humor #abstract #geometry #multifaceted #melindabhipple #shadowscast
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Seven Castles area of the Frying Pan River valley. Took a run up to Ruedi Lake to capture the fall colors. The clouds were being quite the personal assistant today.
#sevencastles #fryingpanrivervalley #coloradolandscapes #photography #melindabhipple
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Head in the clouds. Two more weeks of this incredible view.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #crystalrivervalley #cloudcover #monochrome #photography #melindabhipple
October 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The turkeys wander by in the fields most every day. Love it when they come into the yard. 😆
#turkeys #wildlife #humor #melindabhipple
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cat on a "warm Plexiglass skylight." He does love exploring thirty feet in the air.
#catsofbluesky #catonaskylight #vantagepoint #melindabhipple
September 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Let's find the most complicated--but warm and safe from coyotes and weather--part of the roof we can find.
#caturday #catsofbluesky #smartkitty
September 27, 2025 at 10:39 PM
September 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Chair Mountain, the farthest, right snow-dusted peak. Getting colder, but not sure the snow will stick just yet.
#chairmountain #elkmountainrange #colorado #sunrise #photography #melindabhipple
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The passing storm gifted us with a double rainbow AND snow on the peaks tonight. Couldn't get the rainbow in one shot with the camera, so had to do a panorama with my cheap phone.
#rainbow #mountsopris #photography #melindabhipple
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yet another storm. They are certainly happy to have the rain. On the left side of the mountain, the aspen trees are turning yellow. Hope to get up into the higher elevations later this week and get some fall photos.
#mountsopris #elkmountains #colorado #skies #photography #melindabhipple
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Been chasing the light and angles on this bowl for 8 years. It still reveals something new.
#stilllife #photography #glasslight #contrast #melindabhipple #obsessed
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Watched a couple of coyotes hunting in the field. They pounce on their prey like cats, and eat a lot of mice and voles. A third ran by closer to the house. Always entertaining.
#coyotes #wildlife #melindabhipple
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tinkering with my camera settings to improve my night shots. The Milky Way with a silhouette of Mount Sopris to the left.
#milkyway #mountsopris #nightphotography #photography #melindabhipple
September 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM