Bi-weekly Background - 2010.10.01

Today's shot is of a pine tree in Lassen Volcano National Park. This was taken near Bumpas Hell, and the tree was clearly not doing so well near the hydrothermal vents. This is one of my favorite shots from the area, just because of the uniformity of each of the bunches of needles -- some yellow near the base, some green near the ends -- and the exposure on the branches.

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Bi-weekly Background - 2010.09.27

Posting way late. Sorry about that. This shot is of a berry bush that I found while hiking in Lava Beds National Monument in northern California. I love the focus in this shot, as well as the detail on the berries. Enjoy.

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Bi-weekly Background - 2010.09.24

Today's background, for your enjoyment, is a leaf that I took on the autumnal equinox, also known around here as DC-henge, since the sun sets directly in the east and the lighting is great for photos in the DC area. General cloudiness blocked my DC-henge prospects, but since I already had my camera, I got some great pictures of normal stuff on the way home from work. I love this leaf, because you can see the leaf's veins so clearly, and it's halfway to fall -- just as the sun was. If I were more poetic, I could probably draw some sort of metaphor from the picture...

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