Clouds and Rain Over a Pasture

Bituminous Coal

http://geology.com/rocks/coal.shtml

Biotite Mineral

http://geology.com/minerals/biotite.shtml

4 cm x 4 cm x 0.4 cm.

Update: The photo below shows the thin, flexible layers of the biotite.

Altostratus

 

Altocumulus

 

Obsidian

http://geology.com/rocks/obsidian.shtml

4.5 cm x 3.6 cm x 1.9 cm

Sky Before Sunset

  

Galena Mineral

http://geology.com/minerals/galena.shtml

2.5 cm x 2.4 cm x 2.3 cm.

Rock with Gold

A tiny amount of gold within a stone.

4 cm x 2.5 cm x 2.3 cm.

Last Full Moon of 2016

December 12, 2016, 6:07 P.M., the last Super Moon of the year rises above a little airplane.

November 14th Super Moon In-camera Merge

     Wondering how other folks managed to take beautiful images of the super moon over a nice foreground, and wondering why some of the images looked truly exaggerated, I trekked over to visit Ben Jacobi. 

      "Ben, do people merge two photographs to make the images of the super moon?" I asked him, not knowing how else to begin the conversation. Of course they merge two images.

      "Oh, yes, you have to. In fact, I merged eighteen images for mine." 

      Truly impressive. Ben has an admirable work ethic and patience for each and every image. Indeed, I learned about exercising discipline during processing from Ben. 

       Feeling more confident about moon pictures, I returned to the Hardin Building at dusk, when I knew the lights of the tower would be lit. Two weeks after I took a few pictures of the Super Moon, I merged the two images to yield the one I show above.

Pinkish Blooming Joan d'Arc Rose

Opening a Gate

 

Citation on Ramp

 

Aerial: Lake Bridgeport

Pink Tower at Meacham

Hipstamatic Horseshoe Bay

iPhoneography provides different methods to exercise one's creativity. 

Below, I show the results of the app Hipstamatic.

Whoa!

Agile cowboy and horse working at the J C Ranch.

Joan d'Arc Rose

Rock Rose