Category Archives: landscape

The Arabian Sea

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India 2009 The boat didn’t look seaworthy to me. The men sailing in this low riding craft didn’t seem concerned. The sail, made from discarded plastic gunny sacks, billowed in the breeze and pushed the boat gently to shore. Huddled under … Continue reading

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Nemrut Dagh

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Eastern Turkey 2008 The majestic heads guarding the tomb of Antiochus I no longer lie helter-skelter amid the rubble atop Mt. Nemrut in Eastern Turkey. When I first saw photos of Mt. Nemrut, the heads had fallen from their thrones and lay … Continue reading

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Spreading Branches

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Ethiopia 2013 Large trees like this one dotted the landscape. Elizabeth and I spotted one that was the “granddaddy of all trees” but we didn’t ask the driver to stop. It stood alone on the verdant, lush grassland: its symmetrical branches spreading … Continue reading

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Mongolian Horses

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Mongolia 2014 A stallion and his harem…mares and foals…roam the high desert of western Mongolia. I added the yellow color to emphasize the horses. It was dusk when we saw them and they were the color of the earth but darker.

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Paso Robles to Cambria

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Last Weekend Elizabeth called me. She said she was flying out to California and could we meet? Two photographers meeting. Did we sit and sip coffee or tea? No. We grabbed our cameras and headed through the mountains toward the … Continue reading

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A Mongolian Birthday Party

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Mongolia 2014 I had my birthday while I was in Mongolia. I told only one woman and made her promise not to tell anyone else. I hate a fuss. On my birthday, we drove in our Russian vans to Khovd … Continue reading

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Ancient Khiva

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Khiva, Uzbekistan 2012 The walls of the old city gleam golden at sunrise and sunset, a breathtaking sight. Torie and I walked around the walls in the morning and in the evening climbed the large bastion for pictures of the … Continue reading

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Cashmere

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Mongolia 2014 The family we stayed with had set their gers (Mongolian tent-like structures) hard by a fast running stream. Getting water was a simple task for the children. A good-sized herd of sheep and cashmere goats milled about a few steps … Continue reading

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Old Russia

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Northern Russia 2009 When I told my friend, Torie, that I was going to Russia her comment was, “You’ll be shooting onion domes.” I hadn’t thought about it.  But she was right. I never tired of them, though. They represented … Continue reading

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High Desert

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Mongolia 2014 Very little farming is done in Mongolia, only 20% 0f the land is arable. The crops are wheat, barley, potatoes and some fruits and vegetables. The winters are long and severe; early frosts can ruin crops before the … Continue reading

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