This photo has become a tradition for this blog on each Christmas Eve since 2010. This ornament is appropriate, as it was spied that year hanging in a vendor’s booth at the Christmas Market in Vienna, Austria.
I do believe I missed last year, but we were busy traveling the world. Goddess and I spent the first half of this year continuing those travels, spending time with friends and family all over the world. We’ve settled down for a spell to see how that suits us.
Know that our wish for you is to have a peaceful end of the calendar year adhering to whatever practices bring you comfort and joy.
Hopefully you will find a bit of relaxation in there too.
Another from Monday’s overnight and sunrise session at Crater Lake.
Here is the Phantom Ship, a rock island in Crater Lake, remnants of the old lava flows from Mount Mazama, the volcano that exploded and collapsed, filling with rainwater and snowmelt to give us Crater Lake.
Cold Phantom
What’s with the odd color combinations, you ask?
Fair enough.
This image was captured about 30 minutes after sunrise from an overlook on the eastern side of Crater Lake. The Phantom Ship is tucked close to the southeastern side of the lake, so it was still in the shadow of the crater walls. Hence the cold, blue colors, since the only light on the rock face was from the blue sky above and reflected off the deep blue water below. The golden hue is the reflection of the south wall of the crater, which was in direct sunlight.
And for a bit of scale, the tallest spire on the island is 170′ (52 meters)., while the island is some 500′ (152 meters) long.
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For those of you who have enjoyed the images, you may not realize that I do offer my prints for sale.
Each image is a click-through, meaning if you click on it, it will take you to another site. For those I think enough of to offer as a print, which are not all of them, it will take you to my web site where you can purchase them and have them delivered directly to you. Without watermarks.
Since I have not done a very good job of making this known, I’m offering two coupons valid for the rest of July, 2013. You just have to browse over to my online gallery.
For purchases up to $300 (before shipping), the discount is 15%. Just use the code 13Summer when checking out.
For purchases above $300 (before shipping), the discount is 20%. Just use the code 13Summer20 when checking out.
Unfortunately, only one coupon is valid per order.
If you are considering prints (e.g., not canvas or framed images) I cannot recommend the metallic finish enough. Seriously. It adds a dimension to the images that cannot be matched in any other finish. Almost three-dimensional, especially when it comes to portraits and landscape. It is my go-to finish for any prints I order, especially for my family portraits.
While I mainly post landscape images here, I do have several other genres that I enjoy capturing: Travel, Architecture, Nature, Street and Autos. Each genre is available directly from my main page.
Thank you for your consideration. And for stopping by to read my rambles.
One of the things that I love about Germans (and Europeans in general) is that they get out and do things.
Even if the weather is what some, if not many, would consider horrible.
Last winter I was out on a 20 mile run through the snow, on a day when the high reached only +8°F (-13°C), and the forest and trails were packed with people of all ages, out to get their walk in, or slide along on their cross-country skis.
But these two were out on a day when it was 34°F (+1°C), rain mixed with snow.
And she was looking quite bright. OK, at least her umbrella was.
BTW, this was Thanksgiving day. A gloomy, rainy Thursday.
A day that Goddess and I were thankful to share, exploring the Weinachtsmarkt and side alleys of Speyer.
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