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First post here, Sandia Mountains above Albuquerque, New Mexico looking frumious.
A couple more shots from the other evening. Beautiful sunlit face of the Sandia Mountains that loom over Albququerque, and a funny late afternoon ballon blubbing around along the foothills of the mountains. You never know what you’ll see. #photography #newmexico #southwest #landscapes #sunsets
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I went out on purpose to find the aurora, however that never materialized. I got a few golden hour and twilight and blue hour photos. Unusually, there was a balloon aloft in the late afternoon above Albuquerque, New Mexico. #photography #landscapes #sunset #goldenhour #bluehour #newmexico #southwest
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A couple of sunset shots. from the vicinity of Placitas, New Mexico, this was the night the first aurora showed up but I had no idea, and this would have been a great place to observe that phenomena! #photography #landscapes #sunsets #newmexico #southwest
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not quite a silk purse from a sow’s ear, my super beaver moon from last week. Looming over hills near Placitas, New Mexico. Made a few poor choices when taking this picture that made it difficult to work with, so now I have a goal of getting better at this sort of thing.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I keep finding more balloon photos to share! Seems crazy it’s only been a couple of weeks since this madness!
#photography #hotairballoons #albuquerque #newmexico
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A couple of ‘environmental portraits of cholla cactus’ taken in different areas near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lovely sunset light and some dramatic clouds. #photography #cactus #southwest #newmexico #landscapes
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I call these ‘rabbitbrush among the cactus’. This particular area hosts a veritable sea of cholla and prickly pear cacti and the bit of these blooming rabbitbrush really stood out and caught my eye. A splash of color in the more drab palette of the cacti.
#photography #cactus #newmexico #southwest
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sunsets out here in New Mexico can be stunning, there is just a vastness and a depth of color that is mind blowing. #photography #sunsets #newmexico #southwest
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sunset colors once upon an evening near Placitas, New Mexico just north of Albuquerque. Evenings out here are always something to experience. #photography #Albuquerque #newmexico #landscapes #nature #southwest "
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Playing with a new lens which I am loving, some pictures taken a couple of nights ago, trying to see how it performs for sharpness, resistance to flare, and color rendition, and out of focus area characteristics, etc. So far so good, some learning to do with this new bit of equipment. #photography
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Morning in the Rio Grande bosque where it flows through Albuquerque, New Mexico. Expected balloons in the sky but they didn't go up that morning unfortunately. Still, was nice to have a lovely walk in a beautiful place. #photography #nature #albuquerque #newmexico #southwest
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Northern red-shafted flicker, Albuquerque, New Mexico. #photography #nature #birds
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sunflowers in the bosque of the Rio Grande River, Albuquerque, New Mexico. #photography #nature #flowers
October 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A few more hot air balloons from the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Sunday. #photography #newmexico #albuquerque #hotairballoons
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico isn’t just about the hot air balloons, there are scads of people doing lots of things and playing with bubble guns is one of them. #photography #newmexico #albuquerque #hotairballoons
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
More hot air balloons from the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. these pictures show off the ‘special shapes’ category of balloons - Darth Vader and a Groundhog and a Scarlet Macaw. There are also pigs, cows, cement trucks…
#photography #newmexico #albuquerque #hotairballoons
October 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A few edited images from the nearly 900 snaps I took on Sunday at the Balloon Fiesta in Albququerque, New Mexico. So much color, pattern, texture, it is nearly overwhelming! #photography #newmexico #albuqerque #hotairballoons
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Balloon Fiesta here in Albuquerque this week. Up at 3am to get to the balloon park, stand in enormous lines, get a cup of coffee, breakfast burrito, stand around in the cold, wait for the balloons to go up. All totally worth it. Just some quick phone snaps here #photography #hotairbaloons #newmexico
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Bees among the rabbitbrush! Just doing bee things. #photography #nature #flowers #bees
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Took a walk the other day, not much to shoot but some asters caught my eye. #photography #nature #flowers #newmexico #southwest
September 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
First image I call "Egg, lost at sea" because I was doing a 52frames assignment involving an egg, moments before I took a picture a sneaker wave swept the egg out to sea and nearly got me too. Second image is of said egg. #photopgraphy #oregoncoast #pnw #Oregon #nature #landscapes
September 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Playing with some images taken during a trip to the Oregon Coast in April. I really liked how this tree draped in moss contrasted with the dark green firs behind it. The black and white rendering works well I think to really bring that out. #photography #nature #blackandwhite #pnw #oregon
September 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I love the desert, especially the mornings. Don’t let anyone tell you there is no color here. Embudito Canyon drains off the Sandia Mountains and hosts a sea of cactus, and other flora and fauna and the geology is pretty spectacular as well. #photography #landscapes #nature #newmexico #southwest
September 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A couple of flowers from a recent hike in the Sandia Foothills, I really need to get better at plant ID. #phtography #nature #flowers #newmexico #southwest
September 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Spotted this Curve-billed Thrasher on a hike in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains next to Albuquerque, New Mexico. #photography #birds #nature #newmexico #southwest
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM