Cranes and Heron on the Rio Grande

November 9, 2014 Timothy Price24 Comments

I took a walk yesterday afternoon and got cranes and a heron on the Rio Grande just before sunset.

Cranes at Bernardo

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 Timothy Price21 Comments

Even though it was a little early, there were still a lot of cranes at Bernardo.

After Glow

October 21, 2014 Timothy Price28 Comments

I took a walk out to the river at sunset to see if the cranes or other birds were flying in to roost for the night. No cranes, but the glow after sunset was really beautiful.

Fireworks

October 20, 2014 Timothy Price19 Comments

On the evening of the last Saturday of the Balloon Fiesta, we walked out to the river and watched the fireworks show set off at the balloon field on the opposite bank of the Rio Grande. All the photos were taken using a Canon 1Ds with a 70-200mm L lens, zoomed to 200mm, ƒ/4, 1/60 sec at ISO 100, hand held.

Wild Grasses

October 17, 2014 Timothy Price12 Comments

Lavinia reminded me a few weeks ago that I was going to go back in the Fall and get photos of the grasses at the rammed earth house that was on the Corrales Garden Tour in June. I went out in the late afternoon a a couple of weeks ago and photographed the grasses from the periphery of the property. While I was on the ditch bank I heard sandhill cranes on the river, so I walked out to the river to look for the cranes after photographing the grasses at the house. I didn’t see cranes, but I noticed that the native grasses in the bosque looked like they were on fire backlit in the late afternoon sun. I’ve alternated photos of grasses at the rammed earth house and photos of the native grasses in the bosque, ending the series with a photo of backlit cottonwoods.

Living on a Prayer

September 20, 2014 Timothy Price18 Comments

A brave Mantis and early morning rain on the Rio Grande.

Rammed Earth & Native Grasses

June 13, 2014 Timothy Price19 Comments

“This integral arrangement — minimalist home of rammed earth walls, plus native grasses — works perfectly as a unit.” reads the introduction to the writeup on the Roger and Mary Downey Garden for the Corrales Garden Tour we went on last weekend. The house sits in the center of the property surrounded by native grasses. Since this is only late spring, the grasses are just starting to grow. The grasses are best seen in the fall when they have reached their full heights and display their varied colors — colors that are reflected in the rammed earth construction of the house.

RammedEarthHouse — South face of the house. The interior shots below show the rooms from left to right in this photo.

A18W1825 — Artists were painting various scenes.

A18W1820 — Stand alone bedroom with its one bathroom.

A18W1837 — Entry and long hall on the north side of the house.

A18W1842 — Long hall leading to the last room on the east end of the house.

A18W1839 — The last room on the right (east end of the house) has a display of figurines, a throw rug and a frosted glass table.

A18W1840 — Interesting ceiling in the last room on the right.

A18W1841 — Looking down the hallway back toward the entrance from the last room on the right.

Reflections In Muddy Water

May 27, 2014 Timothy Price8 Comments

Just south of the Alameda bridge, there are various ponds filled with muddy water from the Rio Grande, that reflect nicely on a still day.

Red & Green

May 6, 2014 Timothy Price19 Comments

Rugged pink Sandias, paddlers at dusk, and a view of the sunset from the bosque.

Trees in the Mist

March 16, 2014 Timothy Price15 Comments

When we left early in the morning there was a mist that gave the trees a ghostly look. As we headed out to Paradise Hills, the mist turned into a thick fog, which is quite rare for the Albuquerque area. When we got to Paradise Hills, a couple hundred feet above the Rio Grande Valley, the sun was making its first appearance above the fog blanketed the valley below.