recropped and given a name... Pianississimo

Finally getting around to final edits and naming some of these photos

This is "Purple Haze".





This is "The Gymnosophist"






And this is called "Scent of Rain"

Just call me Google Gadget Man

Hey all, I've been learning how to make Google Gadgets! A gadget is a bit of custom content you can add to your personalized Google Homepage. I made two, one that pulls a random Nature Photo and displays it, and one that pulls a random Landscape Photo and displays it. So, if you want to see a pretty pic when you load your page, you can just click the "Add to Goggle" button below the one you want (or both).





If enough people add it, they will put it in their directory of "choice" gadgets, which would rock. :)

Bury Me in the Cottonwood Trees

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=bury-me-in-the-cottonwood-trees

Winter Shores

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=winter-shores

Weather and Sand

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=weather-and-sand

Rite to Remain Silent

I loved the solitude of this tree in the middle of a sandy floodplain. I found my eyes resting on this image for quite some time, not so much pondering as listening to where it echoed inside me. I realized my breathing had eased and I felt whole, solid and still.

MK Ultra

I was watching some videos about mind control and the mk ultra program, and it inspired this image. Rather obviously, it's been altered.

Smooth tree with lichen

Extraneous blocks

Under the bridge

In These Arms

I like the tile of this one. Can one be embraced by winds, rock, and the scent of pine? Yes, and it feels like home.

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=in-these-arms

Split Infinity

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=split-infinity

Mile Higher

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=mile-higher

Here I Rest

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=here-i-rest

Nowhere to go but Up

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=nowhere-to-go-but-up

Grasp

http://www.vaughnsphotoart.com/index.php?page=grasp

My mom used to live there

I saw this shack from the interstate and got off at the next exit to find it. The service road entrance was a little hard to find but once it was located I followed it to the dead end, parking on the left. The shack was in severe disrepair, the front half of the structure missing it's roof and caving in. The front poor and front door were stuffed full of dead christmas trees, whether to block entrance or just to put them somewhere I couldn't discern. Around the far side, the remains of childrens wallpaper could be seen on one wall, with vague remains of toys and a stuffed animal fading into the collapsed floor. As I was walking around taking photos, a truck came down the road. I walked over to the drivers window. "My mom used to live there," he said, looking through me and through the house into the past, "she was sick and I cared for her there for quite a while. After she passed, we rented it out to some folks. Eventually we decided to sell this land and the folks that bought it built that hotel up by the road there," he said, motioning over the hill towards the entrance. "Do you think they will mind if I photograph this place?" I asked. "They don't give a damn." he said. "You have yourself a great day". And with that he drove off.

I heard a rustling above

I was out walking on my lunchbreak. I crossed under the interstate, went past the town yards and as I passed the cement plant I wished the fences weren't so high. I walked atop the large cement blocks that prevented vehicles from entering private property, then walked on the grass of said private property just to keep it even. As I rounded the edge of the chain link and headed back towards the highway, I heard rustling in the trees above me. I was being watched by three or four large crows. I looked up, they looked down, and we just stared for a bit. Hi there. I figured okay, they want a picture, so i took out my camera. I snapped off three or four, and then shot one more as they flew away. This last shot turned out to be my favorite.



This and the previous image were taken with a Lensbaby 3G mounted on a Canon 5d.

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