Maverick Road Sky

Another view of the sunset by Maverick Road near one of the entrances to Big Bend National Park. This is the same location as the my previous post.  It’s amazing how dramatically the lighting can change in just 8 minutes.

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Big Sky

The sunset view by Maverick Road near one of the entrances to Big Bend National Park. 

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West Texas Vanishing Point

Having gone several miles down this insanely straight, insanely flat road at an insane speed I decided I wanted to stop and photograph this scenery. I used a fisheye lens (AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G ED) and held the camera over my head to be able to see as much of the road as I can past the car.

The cool thing about this 75mph highway is that when you’re standing in the middle of the road and you see a car coming, you still have several minutes to get out of the way.

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Out the Window

I love to fly.  For the past several years, whenever I've gotten a window seat, I've felt compelled to photograph what I see out the window. Recently, while over the North Atlantic on my flight back from London, I saw this contrail when I pulled up the shade.  It looked like pin striping on the sky.  ;-)

Photograph ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved. Click image for larger view.Earlier in the flight, I had noticed a rainbow colored spot down below.  I used my sleeve to wipe the window, but it was still there.  I looked through the next window and could still see the spot.  I pulled my iPhone out of my pocket and took a picture and the spot was there.  When I saw that, I pulled out my trusty Nikon DSLR and took the picture you see below.  That rainbow colored spot, it's called a "glory." If you plotted a line from the spot to my lens to the sun, it would be a straight line.  What's the coolest thing you've seen out the window of an airplane?

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Drawing in the Sand

Photograph ©2010 Alex Suárez. All rights reserved.

One of life’s small pleasures. A boy draws in the sand with a stick.

Notice the hoof prints in the sand in front of the boy.  Those are from paso fino horses that roam freely over the island.